Hold my breath and pray that good things happen. That’s been my mindset as I’ve watched my older daughter get her first taste of public school as a sixth grader at Foothills Middle School. My daughter attended St. Joseph School in Wenatchee from preschool through fifth grade. And it was a good experience for her […]
This isn’t a post that will debate whether the Trump administration’s immigration policies are right or wrong. The Wenatchee Mom Blog probably isn’t the appropriate place for that. What I want to bring to the attention of readers of this blog site is the impact those policies — whether you agree with them or not […]
No rain, no strong winds and no wildfire smoke. That’s the usual hope for the parent volunteers who put in a lot of hard work preparing for and then pulling off the annual St. Joseph School Harvest Festival. And we’re the first to admit: it is a lot of work. But it’s also a lot […]
My 9-year-old daughter played in her first AAU basketball tournament over the weekend. The tourney drew about 10 teams from all over North Central Washington. As a parent, it was an eye opener. This wasn’t city league basketball, where you often see girls on opposing teams chatting and smiling during stoppages in the game. This […]
It’s only a matter of a few months now before my older daughter turns 10 and is “eligible” to have a sleepover. Ten is the age my wife and I set for our girls to have a friend over for the night or go to a friend’s house overnight. I know, my two girls live […]
Maybe you’ve seen me? I’m the guy with the scowl most mornings as I drive my girls to school. It’s not the heavy morning traffic on Western Avenue that has me uptight. It’s my two girls. I know I should accept that my 6-year-old butterfly girl moves like molasses in the morning and politely refuses […]