Category Archives: domestic life

Gavin’s Home School – Writing Edition

Posted on 2015/03/19 by circuskitchen

February 24th-26th 2015   Gavin’s  edification continues. [See:  https://circuskitchen.com/2015/01/23/dear-teacher-from-gavin/  and   https://circuskitchen.com/2015/02/15/gavin-progress-report-snowboard-edition/%5D WRITING UPDATE: Last month Gavin was refusing to perform his English Language Arts (ELA) Assessment at school.   In fact his report card grade for this was *missing* due to … Continue reading →

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Breakfast in Bed

Posted on 2015/03/08 by circuskitchen

Sunday, March 8th 2015 Ingredients, to my view:  My Little Pony, tiny doll bed, crayons, Hello Kitty ink stamper, foam cube, mini scissors and, as ClaraJane points out, “I made it with hot pepper!” Also, wooden toast with Silly Putty … Continue reading →

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Spirit Week Day #4 – Dress Up Day

Posted on 2015/03/05 by circuskitchen

Thursday, March 5th 2015 After staying up a tad late to put the finishing touches on ClaraJane’s ELSA cape last night, the kids’ outfits were ready for “Dress Up” Day.  We’ve already made it through Book Character Day,  School Pride … Continue reading →

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Spirit Week Day 1: Favorite Book Character

Posted on 2015/03/02 by circuskitchen

Monday, March 2nd 2015 For “Favorite Book Character” Day at school, Gavin chose Greg Heffley, aka: the main character in all the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books by Jeff Kinney.   ClaraJane on the other hand, chose the lady … Continue reading →

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Staycation by the Number$

Posted on 2015/02/23 by circuskitchen

Monday, February 23rd 2015 Ah… the kids are back in school. At last I’m back in my favorite corner of my favorite cafe with my $2 coffee and free wifi. (I customarily leave a whopping 50% tip here every time. … Continue reading →

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MIRACLE DAY

Posted on 2015/02/22 by circuskitchen

Friday, February 20th 2015 – continued WHO could have predicted the Miracle Day that would ensue?   After breakfast the kids STARTED HOMEWORK, without being asked!  Such a contrast to all the kvetching the night before.   Then in the … Continue reading →

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Good Morning Funny Face

Posted on 2015/02/20 by circuskitchen

Friday, February 20th 2015   After kvetching out my angst last night, and finding myself at the bottom of a wine bottle, amazingly I woke up TOTALLY inspired this morning -BEFORE the kids somehow- and laid out a business plan … Continue reading →

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Connected Parenting – Dubious and Fraught with Peril

Posted on 2015/02/19 by circuskitchen

Thursday, February 19th 2015 I dunno. To be this connected to your children means to die a thousand deaths in a day, laugh at a thousand jokes, assuage a thousand boo boos, negotiate … you get the idea. And I … Continue reading →

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Gavin Progress Report – Snowboard Edition

Posted on 2015/02/15 by circuskitchen

Sunday, Feb 15th 2015 Since last month Gavin and I have been on a journey around his academic life, ability to work and development of FOCUS. This recent jag started a month ago when his teachers sat me down to … Continue reading →

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What I Did Last Night

Posted on 2015/02/08 by circuskitchen

Saturday, February 7th 2015 As I biked home from the juggling convention through snowflakes and snowscapes in our beautiful city yesterday with my husband towing our kids all zipped up in their esteemed “chariot,” it occurred to me that it … Continue reading →

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