When Your Six Year Old Has a Fan Club... Recently, I was returning home from the bus stop with our three school age children.  Ours is a remote neighborhood; which means that the school bus drops off a load of children about a mile from our house.  Plus, our house is up a private lane which curves another half mile up the side of a steep mountain.  Have I ever told you that we live in West Virginia? This is one of my favorite times of day.  Is it like that at your house?  The first 15 minutes when you see your children after a long school day?  Ours is always filled with the latest headlines and major news of the day.  Sometimes, I wonder if I should notify CNN. Violet enjoys sharing the latest fashions of her fellow sixth graders.  Lately, there has also been a bit of drama in the band room since auditions for chairs are underway.  Isaac, on the other hand, rarely discusses any news of school; because it is always “great”.  Rather, he’s engrossed in what’s happening with the … [Read more...]