Quintessentially Quilly

Quilly | November 30, 2007

Hau’oli la hanau, TLP! And many more!

Category: Uncategorized | 4 Comments »
Tags: birthday, detour, friends

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 

Category: humor | 5 Comments »
Tags: detour, he said-she said

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 with pedals, [...]

Category: humor | 22 Comments »
Tags: ECE, pre-K, school

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 [...]

Category: humor | 7 Comments »
Tags: ECE, hello?, pre-K, school, students

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 fact, OC claims it [...]

Category: humor, travel | 9 Comments »
Tags: Hawaii, hello?

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.

Category: Uncategorized | 4 Comments »
Tags: detour

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.  We never [...]

Category: inspirational | 10 Comments »
Tags: childhood, devotion, family, gift giving, gratitude, Holiday, prayer, Thanksgiving

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 [...]

Category: humor | 5 Comments »
Tags: pre-K, school, students

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 [...]

Category: Uncategorized | 12 Comments »
Tags: ECE, hello?, pre-K, school

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 paused for a [...]

Category: humor | 13 Comments »
Tags: ECE, school, students