Parent teacher conferences are always a treat. And I mean that in the most sarcastic way possible. It’s not that I don’t enjoy meeting the parents, I do, and it is quite the window into the student’s life. But, most of the parents who show up are the parent of your kids who are performing well and you really don’t need much to say to them other than I really like your kid, they are doing well. And every now and then if they are too quiet you say you wish they would participate more in class. But my favorite of all the parents who do show up are those of students who are smart enough, but are performing badly because they are going to become a professional athlete. If you are a teacher of any grade above 5th grade you are probably smiling along with this. These are the parents that tell you that their kid couldn’t do the work (not because it was too hard) but because he had practice or was doing extra workouts so that he could become the next big thing in whatever sport. So … [Read more...]
Peep Show…
I’ll probably get my Marshmallow Peep Fan Club Membership revoked (yes, I really belong) for chopping up Peeps, but I wanted to see kind of an experiment of sorts. There are three types of Peep eaters: Number one, the plain Peep eater who eats them fresh out of the container no problem. Number two is the Peep hater who claims some ridiculous thing about them being too sweet. :) And Number three, my category, those of us who love the stale Peep. My poor mother each year would have to by my Peeps early and poke a hole in the side of the containers so that by the time Easter did come around they would be properly ready. And if they weren’t, I wasn’t eating them. So I kind of wanted to put them in ice cream to see if freezing them would have the same effect of sorts as making them stale. Not entirely, though I can say I like frozen Peeps now over fresh ones still. So in a way my little experiment works. My friend thought it was odd I was using chocolate milk instead of … [Read more...]
In the defense of cupcakes…
Lately there has been much talk about how the cupcake is passé. That they are on their way out and pie will be in. Personally, cake beats pie in my book any day. Do I think they are on their way out? Well, maybe the $4 ones from cutesy boutique cupcake shops yes, but not from your own home. Does anything say love more than a homemade baked good? And a portable one at that? Think back to your childhood memories, many of mine are tied to delicious meals my mother made and more importantly her baked goods. Nothing was more exciting to me than the first day of snow for each winter. My mother had a tradition where she would bake all day. I knew I would be getting off the school bus, running through the snow and bursting into a house filled with smells of freshly baked goods. A house filled with smells of love. My favorite were the orange rolls, as she only made them twice a year: the first snow and Christmas. Anyone can buy you something, but baking something for someone or getting … [Read more...]
