Glue sticks, sharpened #2 pencils, folders, 3-ring binders, and composition books, oh my! And a few tissues to wipe away your back to school tears. You’ve got the physical essentials, saw your kiddos off on the school bus, and stopped crying (mostly), now for some digital fun when they come […]
I’m not the only Bogle going to the gym every day! I’m just the only one who gets to shower off the stank afterwards. The girls’ charter school has instituted a new scheduling policy for all kindergarten classes that will have the 5-year-olds partaking in physical education — phys ed, […]
Thank you to LeapFrog for sponsoring this review. For more information about the LeapFrog Tag Human Body Discovery Pack, please visit their website #LeapFrogTag #spon ********** Science. Girls. There is a known educational chasm between these two words. Thankfully, there are daring people who care to bridge the widening gap; […]
********** We had a Leapfrog reading device at one point. A clunky plastic thing that you’d place a paperback-ish book inside and press down on with a special chubby pen. This was years ago, when the Bear was a wee lass. We didn’t care much for it then, and unlike […]
The wifey’s family reunion was yesterday, in a park near where I grew up. In fact, pavilion #4 was within a stone’s throw from the gruesome fish-hook-in-my-knee-incident of my youth. And no, I’m not 100% over it. The fish hook that is, not the reunion. That was fine enough. Stupidly, […]
I am crazy proficient at many a thing. I can do two loads of laundry from agitate to folding in-between push-mowing the 1/2-acre lawn, running and then emptying the dishwasher, and making the kids a well-balanced lunch spread of freshly cut veggies, homemade egg salad, and applesauce. I’m pretty freakin’ […]
Is there anyone on teh internets better to sum up the emotional tumult of a father & daughter’s inaugural back to school season than Jeff Giles of Dadnabbit? I’m sayin’ no. You’ve gotta give this 5 minutes of your time this weekend.
OWTK’s first ever guest post comes from an old colleague of mine, Greg Citro. He’s the father of an amazing little girl who has already beaten the odds more than the greatest of card sharks. This is his and her back to school season story, one that bares telling. Also […]
