A few more juicy tidbits from yesterday. Before we had our walking plan in place, we had indeed called Mark from the hospital to see if he could “swing by” and pick us up on his way home from downtown. Now that I’ve seen the news reports and heard the stories of twenty minute commutes […]
This was the day last year when … oh no, don’t worry, I’m not going to replay every miserable moment of last winter. I actually have a somewhat lighter story to tell, still replete with drama and suspense. Braedan had an appointment with the psychologist this afternoon and Austin was scheduled to have labs drawn. […]
Thanks for all the responses to yesterday’s post. First and foremost, I am no saint of a mother. Not at all. I’m impatient with my kids and short-tempered and have learned (the hard way) that screaming, “BE NICE!” is not the most effective parenting technique. But I am quite pleased at the number of people […]
My boys have a bad case of the gimmes. And the early arrival of the holiday season is only making it worse. Braedan has already circled every single toy in the Target and Toys R Us catalogs, with the exception of princess and Barbie gear. He then stapled together seven sheets of paper to create […]
Braedan brought home his school pictures yesterday: images of a widely grinning boy, standing happily amidst friends and peers who adore and admire him. He has been doing fantastically. I think some of his struggles in August and September may have just been about adjusting to the start of school, due in part to the strong […]
Austin’s To Do list from yesterday: Join cousin’s soccer team, follow cousin around field in the opposite direction of ball for entire game … Check. Make pirate hats with my pals at my birthday party … Check. Enjoy pirate ship cake (and give kudos to Mommy for not letting anything fall apart before I got to […]
Today was spent in full celebration mode as Austin has made it yet another year and is now a big strong four-year old. I parent-helped at school this morning, armed with pirate cookies. Then we had a picnic in our backyard and went for a run before picking Braedan up from his after-school tennis class. […]
Braedan handled Austin’s first bout with cancer beautifully. He made it through the entire thing unscathed, as if it was just another thing you deal with when you have a little brother. He was remarkably happy, well-adjusted and trusting. The second time? Not so much. I’ve been hesitant to write about this because I felt […]
Pediatric Surgery, known to we hospital insiders as “Peed Surge,” a place I’ve visited far too many times over the past three years … is somehow where we ended up yesterday. No, there is not another freak accident to report, just a freaky sort of day, where everything seemed upside down and backwards and I […]
Austin’s appointment this afternoon with the orthopedic surgeon went well. We soaked his hand in sterile water and peroxide until we could peel the bandages off and the doctor was quite pleased with how it looked. He could tell right away from the way Austin was holding his fingers that there was no nerve damage […]