Garden of Lights.

Towards the end of February each year, your school celebrates the coming of spring with a special ceremony. The playground is transformed into a garden of lights, and you arrive at dusk to join a processional in which you and the other children are led out, accompanied with parents, each carrying a candle in a … Continue reading

Almost three.

At almost three you have become very aware of yourself relative to others. As in, me versus you, and mine versus somebody else’s. Alternating between the third person (“Ethan’s iPad!”) and the first (“my choo choo socks!”) Your possessiveness of things you like has even extended to the cats, who you have claimed as yours, … Continue reading

Big boy pants.

In February we went to an open house for the school we hope you’ll go for kindergarten, or maybe sooner. We added you to the waiting list, but one of the requirements is that you be out of diapers when you start. So, we decided to work a little harder on encouraging that transition. You’ve … Continue reading