I found a gray hair.The other day, looking in the mirror, I saw something shiny and discovered a very thick, very obviously gray hair! Gray hair is the look my grandma is going for, not me. I know, I know, there are people who start finding gray in their 20s already. But let's face it, [...]
I remember the day that my children made a switch in their “educational” thinking. For them, it happened in kindergarten, but I know it can happen at any time during those first few years of school. Up until that point in their lives, everything Mom said was right. Mom knew the facts. Mom knew the [...]
How is it that boys get immeasurable pleasure out of beating the living daylights out of each other? Not every boy has a brother, but even amongst their friends, I notice that guys give a punch to the shoulder as they say hello or as the boys leave the classroom, they are tussling and manhandling [...]
I spent spring break with 11 princesses and a snowman and I loved it! My wife and I drove our girls down to Disneyland for their first visit at the “happiest place on earth,” and found that even though we were on a break from school, we could still learn a lot. Here are some [...]
The forecast said rain…all week…and the boys had just begun two weeks of spring break. We were spoiled with the most beautiful, sunny weather for weeks but wouldn't you know it, the kids were out of school and cooped up in my house. Oh sure, that's fun for a day or two, but active kids need [...]
Some days I wonder why I bother. Like with those parenting ideas I have that seem very smart at the time. Most of my boys weren't interested in crafts, colouring, cutting, drawing, etc. I didn't push it. But when Owen went to kindergarten and the poor kid couldn't cut a straight line, I realized that [...]
I've been connected with Abbotsford Christian School (ACS) for a long time. My student teaching placement was in grade three at the Heritage Campus back when Steve and I were still dating. Soon after I graduated and got married, I was hired on to teach grade five for the next three years. Even after I quit [...]
by Moira Louw A few weeks ago, I had the rare opportunity to eat lunch with a former teacher, in her own home. Mrs. Becky Enns (although I know her as Ms. Vandenberg) was my grade 7 teacher, and I still remember her "special guy friend" Jonas coming to visit the class, and the gossip this created [...]
Another Christmas has come and gone. The Christmas tree has deposited most of its needles on my living room floor, the advent calendar is complete, gifts have been given, and the now stale gingerbread houses are ready to be thrown out. Along with the gingerbread and dead tree, it's time to throw out my list [...]
Life is full of surprises. I never had a concrete plan for what I thought my future would look like but I can tell you I didn't imagine what my reality is. Getting married and teaching for a couple of years wasn't so farfetched. That I enjoyed teaching as much as I did was a [...]
