Behold the Quarter Grab

The quarter grab is one of our stranger family holiday traditions. (It might be more aptly called the quarter fling.) No one can remember the exact date of its inception, but consensus is it started around 1998. My dad started collecting quarters in a gallon bucket and every year each of the three children has …

Pregurgitation

I am behind on grading (ugh!) and progress reports are due at the beginning of next week (double ugh!) I was feeling more overwhelmed than usual when I started grading some blog posts tonight. (The insidious thing about blog posts is that they can hide out ungraded on your computer.) Several weeks ago students wrote …