Cancer Survivor, writing about Health and Fitness as you age

What do we have to do today? I am looking at the list of special things my kindergartner has to bring, dress as or do the last week of school. Each day it is a different thing. Don't they know the challenging logistics this poses to parents who work? Worse, if we take turns with the morning routine, we both have to be aware of the plan. And today is...dress as your favourite book character! Crap!  "How about Batman?" We have a Batman costume we can use, and  I bet I can find a batman book somewhere in this house. "No" "What about Spiderman?"  I know there must be something in the house, even if I have to put him in a red t-shirt and blue jeans and a Spiderman mask. "No. I want to be Jack from Jack and Annie, Magic Tree House" Jeez! What costume do I have for that? I run around the house looking for cheap party sunglasses so I can pop out the lenses and use for Jack's glasses, no luck. I have 10 mins before we have to leave. ...

The elusive textbook. Lucas comes home with various worksheets to do as homework, and as I look at the work, I can get an idea of what they are doing in school, but it is not the same as having the textbook at home with me to look at the ideas, presentation, examples, etc. contained in the books. Right now, I can help him with his homework, but even so, I find that I am very cautious when clarifing a point to him because I don't want to get him confused.  What if I am telling him something different than what he learnt in school? How do I know the "right", "better" or "current" approach to the topic?  This school system where the kids have textbooks in school, but do not own them or don't bring them home with them, makes me very uncomfortable because I'm not confident that I know what they are covering in class or how.  I was thinking about this because of recent confusion in the schools (in Texas) about history texts and what they inclu...