Hau’oli La Hanau
Quilly | November 30, 2007
Hau’oli la hanau, TLP! And many more!
Quilly | November 30, 2007
Hau’oli la hanau, TLP! And many more!
Quilly | November 29, 2007
Donna was griping because there is no new post here. She just didn’t look far enough. I posted twice today on OC & The Quill.
First: Nurturing
Second: He Said – She Said: Telephunny
Quilly | November 27, 2007
Every afternoon before going home for the day, we bring the children’s riding toys in from the terrace. More often then not, one or two parents are late picking up their kid, so all the little vehicles have “motors” and the teachers have only to direct traffic. There are three little cars, one [...]
Quilly | November 26, 2007
Barbecue sauce, that is. David-of-the-winsome-grin held up his barbecue sauce packet and said, “Hep, peas.” So I hepped. I took the slimy little packet from his slimy little hand, grasped it tightly and attempted to tear the end. Apparently David had been working on the packet for quite some time — with his teeth. Barbecue [...]
Quilly | November 25, 2007
OC would tell you that there aren’t any herring in our pool, red or otherwise. Don’t you believe it. He put them there himself.
The temperature in the swimming pool of our condo complex is about 70F. Most of you probably think that is perfectly warm enough for comfortable swimming. In [...]
Quilly | November 23, 2007
Y’all missed OC’s Thanksgiving post — and he put it up early, too! And after that delicious meal, you might like a bit of dessert.
Quilly | November 21, 2007
For the last several years I have approached Thanksgiving with guilt. It all started in my 5th grade classroom after Thanksgiving one year. Each of us shared how we celebrated and what we ate. One of my students didn’t want to share. We all cajoled and encouraged.
Finally he said:
“We didn’t eat. [...]
Quilly | November 19, 2007
Chaz does not walk. He hops, bounds and bounces. Today he bounced toward the classroom wearing a huge good morning smile just the way he does every morning. Well, not exactly the way he does every morning. Today on his way into the room he whacked his cheekbone. Offended, hand on his cheek, he [...]
Quilly | November 16, 2007
Parents hate to admit it when their kid isn’t quite where he should be developmentally. Dads especially seem to have a hard time with this. Hey, that’s my kid. He’s perfect! We had one of those dads in today. We recommended that the child see a speech therapist weekly. We explained that the child has [...]
Quilly | November 14, 2007
We had been studying our colors for awhile and I decided to switch to numbers.
I pointed at the crayons on the table and said to the child, “Will you count the crayons for me?”
He said yes, then began to count:
“One.
Two.
Four.
Five.
Six.
Seven.
Nine.
Ten.
Eleventy.”
He [...]
Quilly | November 12, 2007
It’s his birthday, you know. He wants nothing more then to be fawned over by a bunch of people he has never met. Honest.
Quilly | November 11, 2007
When O’Ceallaigh goes to preschool fun and games are sure to follow!
Quilly | November 8, 2007
Today in the school cafeteria they served spaghetti. It came accompanied by green salad and fresh pineapple. (Yes, fresh.) There was also milk and homemade dinner rolls. (Yes, homemade.) I kid you not, I have eaten worse food in fancy restaurants. The only damper on the meal is that [...]
Quilly | November 7, 2007
The neighborhood around the school where I work has suffered a rash of tragedies and they have effected our working atmosphere. Untimely deaths, divorces, financial reversals, accidents and such have cast a pall over the neighborhood. Today after school the staff was asked to gather in the library — wholly voluntary, we were [...]


