I love being a piano teacher. I really, really do. Yesterday at 5:00 my student jumped out of his family’s Surburban and raced up my front steps, unzipped his backpack with gusto and said in a loud, vibrant voice, “You’ll NEVER guess what my grandma sent me in a box!”…

Ms. Crazy Preschooler has been busy with mud. I gave her permission to play in my flower pots since I have to empty them of mud before we move anyway. She’s taken to replanting last year’s freeze dried flowers and watering them profusely. She can’t quite figure out why they…

The Banana loves jumping. She likes it so much she can’t stop when she’s in her jumping seat. She can’t stop even if she’s tired, even if she’s screaming, even if she doesn’t want to jump any more. So after awhile, I just simply have to remove her.