This evening, JT, Alexander and I had a family outing to see William and Keisha perform in their second school program. Their first performance was their preschool graduation in June and tonight was the first Christmas program.
Along with their kindergarten class, William and Keisha narrated and acted out the birth of Jesus. JT even [...]

The graduation ceremony last Saturday was everything that I thought it would be plus more. The turnout was very nice for a classroom of about 21 children. There were many loved ones and friends supporting the graduating preschool class of 2009. William and Keisha, along with their classmates performed songs and dances in the [...]

On Saturday, June 13, 2009 my wonderful children, William and Keisha, will graduate from headstart.  My husband and I are very proud of them.  They have learned so much over the past school year… things like: writing their first and last names, counting to 100, improving on handwriting skills, letter recognition in words, spelling two, [...]

William and Keisha will be five years old this fall. This is so hard to believe and what has me even more in shock is that they will be going to kindergarten this fall. My twins are now officially registered for kindergarten, thanks the applications that I filled out and the hard work of [...]

I wanted to post this last night after reading Baxter’s post but I fell asleep earlier than expected. Yesterday, Baxter promoted Bloggers Unite Day by asking for vistors to his site to raise money for breast cancer prevention through LookPink. This is an excellent post and I would like to thank Baxter for this thoughtful act.

December 17, 2007 was Bloggers Unite Day and the theme is Acts of Kindness.

I decided to write about how we contribute to my children’s school fundraisers by making purchases at Schnucks grocery stores using an eScript card.

Sometime last year, JT and I first heard of this fundraising program that required a card at Schnucks. Whenever we go to Schnucks, we present our card in the checkout aisle. A portion of our grocery expenses in a given month is donated to William and Keisha’s school. There is no cost to you involved, other than what you are already spending on groceries. We activated the card by calling the toll-free number on the back. I spoke to a representative and completed the call without any effort

The screen capture above describes what portion of your grocery spendings is donated to the school.

I do not always have extra money in the budget to make purchases on traditional school fundraisers such as the pizzas, candles, candy and other items. This is one reason why I support the eScript program so much. We already are making grocery purchases (we seem to be spending more and more these days as the twins get older), so we may as well get our eScript card swiped at the counter, with no additional cost to us, and in turn, donate to our children’s school.

I am so proud of William… while we were out for dinner, I asked William to write his name with the crayon. He hesitated then paused. I then asked him to write the letter his name starts with. He wrote a perfect W. I yelled and screamed with excitement. I bet all of the customers wondered what was wrong with the crazy ass mother.

I could care less because my son was writing his name for the first time.

Then William drew an IL. Three letters down son… you are almost there.

I am so proud of you William.

I had a beautiful day, but I cannot share the news just yet. Let the suspense begin…

My friend Rantz linked me to this site just a moment ago.

On the site, there is a free vocabulary game. For each word you get right, we donate 10 grains of rice through the United Nations to help end world hunger.

FreeRice.com states that they have donated 1,194,402,960 grains of rice since October 7, 2007.

I am up to 620 grains of rice donated since I started playing today. What a nice concept, to build my vocabulary and help someone end hunger at the same time. Try it out and let me know what you think.

http://www.freerice.com

Please advise me where, The View co-host, Sherri Shepard was educated because I do not want my children to go to that school. I was in complete disbelief while I watched this You Tube video:

I can accept that someone may not agree with the theory of evolution. But to not know the world is round is complete nonsense. Hello Sherri, I have a problem with that. Were you nervous when Whoopi asked you the question? You did not appear to be nervous. You are used to being in front of the camera. That could not be the reason. So let us go back to the assumption that you really did not know the answer. Have you never seen a picture of the earth from space or had a globe in your home? I guess not.

*sigh*

I am truly disgusted.

*Update* Thanks Eaglehawk for letting me know that YouTube removed the video. Leave it to YouTube to ruin a moment. I found that the video is still up at the Huffington Post. Direct link to the video is here: http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1184514351/bctid1184493037 and the article is here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/09/18/new-view-cohost-sherri_n_64864.html

1. Do you have children in school?

Yes, my children currently attend pre school.

2. Are YOU currently in school (any level)?

No, but I wish I were in school. I kind of miss it. I hope to enroll in a Masters Program within the next 3 years.

3. Did you (or your children) attend a public or private school?

No, but when my children go to kindergarten in two years, they will be enrolled in a private school.

4. As far as formal education, what level have you completed?

I have a diploma from high school and a Bachelors of Arts in Arabic from college.

5. Do you, or did you have loans out for your (or your children’s) education?

Yes, I took out loans for my education (junior and senior year of college). *deep sigh* I hope that the situation is different for my children.

6. What are your thoughts on the cost of tuition for colleges and universities?

Tuition is extremely overpriced for colleges and universities. The rate of the increase is exponetial compared to the rate of increase of our family income. I better be a millioinare by the time the twins go to college.

http://mmadness.blogspot.com/2007_09_01_archive.html#3248842267287068688#3248842267287068688

1. How different is your speech pattern among your friends versus a stranger you’d meet on the street?

Fairly different. I am definitely more lax with my friends regarding my speech than with a stranger. If I mess up my grammar with a friend, I do not really care.

2. How often do you get asked where you’re from based on your accent?

Seems like during college, I was asked that question a lot. Not that much these days, but sometimes at work when I help customers.

3. What word or phrase said by newscasters is your biggest pet peeve?

Person of interest. Damnit just go ahead and say suspect, why don’t you?

4. Take the quiz: How good at grammar are you?

Results:

You Scored an A

You got 10/10 questions correct.

It’s pretty obvious that you don’t make basic grammatical errors.
If anything, you’re annoyed when people make simple mistakes on their blogs.
As far as people with bad grammar go, you know they’re only human.
And it’s humanity and its current condition that truly disturb you sometimes.

The It’s Its There Their They’re Quiz

5. How often do you look up a word in a dictionary, either online or print?

A few times throughout the week, I use my hardback copy of Webster’s New World College Dictionary and I often go to http://www.m-w.com for the online reference.

6. How many books or guides on grammar do you currently own?

I own, between 10 and 15 grammar books.

http://www.patrickkphillips.com/2007/09/08/saturday-six-episode-177/