Posts Tagged With: school

First Day of Kindergarten!

Posted on August 16, 2012 by Kelly Wymer

Two days ago I got to send my oldest boy off to first grade, but today, I sent Troy off to Kindergarten. I was so excited for him. He has the same teacher that Jason had last year, which is a good thing because she is great. He was pretty excited last night when he [...]

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First Day of School!

Posted on August 14, 2012 by Kelly Wymer

It has been a busy weekend, and I have so much to blog about now! I am sorry for the lack of correspondence lately. I promise to make it up to you. Today was Jason’s first day of school, and for all of us, the first time we send a kid off to school that [...]

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Gearing Up Academically

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Kelly Wymer

Having been a teacher for 15 years, (I taught high school science…yes, I am that nerdy) I see my kids’ academics as an important part of their lives. Now, I don’t mean to insinuate that if you aren’t or have never been a teacher,you probably don’t care. I am just explaining my own point of [...]

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Buying School Supplies and Election Day!

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Kelly Wymer

Today is a day that will go down in Wymer history. It started out like any other day. We all got up, got ready, and went about our daily business. I was writing freelance articles most of the day, and adding the blog post I should have added the night before but didn’t because I [...]

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Is It Time For School Already?

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Kelly Wymer

After church today, we went to the park with our friends like we do almost every week. While the kids were lethargically playing on this sultry 108°F day, my friend turned to me and said that she was just about done getting all the school supplies for her kids. I just gave her a blank [...]

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Troy Story

Posted on May 19, 2012 by Kelly Wymer

The Troy story begins about 9 months ago. I dropped Troy off at St. Paul’s Preschool in Lenexa, Kansas. Jason had attended preschool there, so I knew everyone, and I loved the school. Troy was so excited to go until the actual day came, and then my sweet, sensitive, and emotional child started to show [...]