Calbert vs. The Bully!

Thought-provoking and entertaining as well, Calbert: The Third-Grade Cowboy tackles a timely and serious subject of school bullying to which parents of children and children themselves can actually relate with. Go and grab this arresting read!

Calbert: The Third-Grade Cowboy: Facing the Bully

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Bullying is Always a Big Deal!!

The boys and I are back at school.  They are there as students and I'm there as a teacher.  We have been back now for an entire week.  We seem to start earlier and earlier every year, but we are off to a great start.  I have noticed that the kids are starting to "stake their claim" and the attention once again has been turned to bullying.  However, a bright and hopeful spot, is that the children in my school who have read my book have been coming to me when they are faced with bullies.  The trust we had before seems even stronger now.  I am very proud of all my students and wish them all a bully free year!

Calbert: The Third-Grade Cowboy/Facing the Bully

Back to School Time!

Time has come for my boys to be enrolled in school and for all of us to venture out for school supplies.  The boys are very excited, however all I see is $$ flying out the door.  We are all excited and hopeful for the new year.  I am a teacher at my kids school, so playing the teacher/parent roles are sometimes tricky.  Now comes the time for all students to start heading back to school, this includes bullies and would be bullies.  It's the time of year kids that are being bullied are afraid to go back to school.  School bullying is a problem, no matter where you liver or where you are from, someone in your life is facing bullying in some form.  Be close to your kids, watch for changes that might indicate they are having a problem with a bully.  Have wonderful start to the new school year!

Mission Disney World!

I am using all the funds from my books to take my boys to Disney World.  A bit like killing two birds with one stone, I love to write and could get a vacation out of it too!  How cool would that be?  Working my third book, but this one is going to take some time, in chapter 4 but have barely scratched the surface of this book.  This book is about Jason, Calbert's older brother.  That is Calbert of Calbert: The Third-Grade Cowboy/Facing the Bully!  My new web-site is up and running.  Check it out!
http://www.calbertthethirdgradecowboy.com/

Back to my Hometown

I have been asked by my hometown to return and be the Author at the "Meet the Author" part of a festival for kids.  They are expecting around 10,000 children, hope I still have a voice when I finish! =)  Good think I like to talk.  I hope they will be able to see that they can be ANYTHING they want to be, the sky is the limit!  Most will be students from the school I graduated from, many years ago, I really am looking forward to the trip!

Trying something new!

Had my first acupuncture treatment today.  Jury is still out, but boy is the arthritis in my hands feel so much better than when I walked into the office.  No pain, but I didn't really expect any.  I am happy I went, another trip back to on Thursday.  I have tried Tiger balm and love it, hard to find but I try to keep some around for those really bad days.

When is a Cup not a Cup?

All three of my sons and I are in Taekwondo, last night after an evening of sparring I asked my 7 year old, while he sucked on a slushy, if he had worn his cup while sparring.  The answer from him was a NO, while trying to explain to him that he MUST wear his cup, my 4 year old piped in to let me know that he and the 8 year old had to share a cup. (Forgetting they did share a single slushy from a single cup) I explained to him that both the 7 and 8 year old had their own cups.  It was then my friend, who was visiting, pointed out that we were talking about two different kinds of  cups. =)  I want Grandchildren, so those boys of my better start wearing their cup!