I brought my camera to my kids’ school this week. Eloise about died. Esther kept asking for more. Astrid wouldn’t let me put her down so I could actually take more pictures. “TOO MANY PEOPLE PICK ME UP!” She is such a clinger. I guess all of my kids have been clingers. I watch the…
It seems everyone is preparing for Thanksgiving this week. The grocery stores are full of turkey just like the Republican candidate debates. Oh my hell – are they really debating like every week. And is my dear gifted and talented friend Michele Bachmann still in? She never would have figured out how to get a…
Short post today with no witty banter. I know. Boring. Okay I do talk about school conferences below if you would like to weigh in..or maybe tell me a joke. But I wanted to at least put one picture up of something I wore this past week. It was a very chilly, windy day…
Daily. No hourly my kids do things that make me go “OH YES, this is why you go to the G&T school! You are so brilliant my perfect, smart and amazing kids!” For example, just last week as I was cooking dinner my kids came into the kitchen to get a glass of water….
I always hated zoos before I had kids. Seeing animals in a small enclosure out of their natural environment. It made me sad. Watching the tiger walk the same path 532 times a day in a sad circle. The monkeys swinging on the fake trees. The giraffes standing on the cement slabs. I’d tell…
What to wear on a five hour outdoor field trip when it’s only 40 degrees? I admit I’ve never been on a field trip with Esther. Mom guilt here. I’ve been with Eloise and somehow always chose wisely – you know like going to a play or the art museum or a concert. Inside…
I’m not going to go into my deep issues the the hooded sweatshirt in this post…no that is a topic which deserves a post all to itself. Do you want me to write it? Will you be offended? Will you promise to NOT buy me a hooded sweatshirt with a kangaroo pocket..especially in purple or…
Please remind me next year that I should not wait until the last two weeks before school to do everything. I am holding you all accountable for that. We have had all Summer. All.leisurely.Summer to get ready for school – but what fun is that when you’ve got the pool and the beach and…
We just spent the last hour sharpening 72 pencils. School starts in exactly one week. Wouldn’t it be cool if they could just sharpen their damn pencils at school. A fun getting to know you game? Anyway, I have a lot to vacuum here. It keeps me busy. Also, I have not picked out…
I showed up at six in the morning looking completely unprepared. I was heading Out West for a month of tent camping with the seventh grade science teacher and thirteen other students. I arrived with a free cotton sleeping bag that had the Budweiser logo stamped all over it with a wool blanket sewn inside…
When you live with your kids day in and day out, you don’t notice the subtle changes. Sometimes you don’t even notice the not so subtle changes. So one of my favorite things to do is to take a picture the first day of school and last day of school and compare them side by…
Eloise had her year end orchestra concert tonight at school. I notice them immediately when we arrived. They were the ones setting up chairs and putting together tables for the refreshments. They were the ones who sent the note out earlier this week looking for volunteers to bring refreshments. The email I deleted. I see…
I’ll admit right now that for as sappy as I can get over an amazing outfit my girls wear and how that can make me cry from happiness and beauty – these end of year school milestones rarely kick me in the mama-sap stomach. Call me cold, but Kindergarten graduation does nothing for me. Neither…
Eloise came home from school 3 weeks ago crying..”mom, mom oh my god, mom, we started our science rotation today and we had to dig in sand and dirt, just look at my fingernails!” (Eloise likes to keep her fingernails long, manicured and most of all, CLEAN…something I love about her big time.) “Why are…
..on the eve of kindergarten. I never thought it would be this way. You have always been my outgoing daughter. The life of the party. The first to giggle. The first to say hello. But the past few weeks have been filled with tears and pleads. “Mommy, I don’t want to go to kindergarten. Mommy,…
Eloise had a tough year last year. She didn’t connect well with her teacher. She struggled with making friends. She struggled, she cried, but she made it through. Is it possible to love this girl even more by the way she persevered through it? It made me so happy to hear during the past month…
..on the eve of 2nd grade. I love you because you have accepted me as a slacker this year. I know it has been a bit rough with the needy baby and all. So when I asked you what you wanted me to fix you for your extra special, night before school meal..you politely said…
