And so, another year goes by. Today was Austin’s third birthday. Of course, we can’t make it through this day without reflecting back over his birthdays past and how very far we’ve come in three short years. We celebrated his first birthday while home on furlough, five days “off” sandwiched between 14-day and 15-day hospital stays. […]
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Now it’s my little one’s turn. Austin had his first solo day of preschool today and, let me tell you, it was not easy. He’d already done two practice days but I was in the building for both, a fact he knew and clung to for comfort and security. Today was the day that I’d […]
On this day, I know every one of us thinks back to where we were on that morning eight years ago; what we were doing, how we learned the news, who we called first. Everyone has their 9/11 story, just like everyone of older generations has their Pearl Harbor story or their JFK assassination story. […]
One of the interesting things about sending a child off to kindergarten, especially as a stay-at-home mom, is suddenly having so little information about what they do all day long. For the past five-and-a-half years, I’ve had almost complete down-to-the-minute knowledge of every bite Braedan eats, each child he plays with, how many times he uses the bathroom. And now […]
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What a star Braedan was today! We were up bright and early (not an easy thing in this household, trust me) and drove over to the new house after dropping Austin off at my mom’s so I’d be able to stay for the orientation. We parked there and took some pictures and then Mark and I walked […]
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Braedan and I just finished Charlotte’s Web, keeping us up much later on the night before the first day of school than I should have allowed. I warned him yesterday that the ending would make me cry, an idea that fascinated him all day, as he waited with breath equally bated for the end of the […]
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We went to visit Braedan’s school on Tuesday. We just showed up and got buzzed in, so I could show him around since we did all the orientation/Open House/playdates at Boulevard before we bought the new house. The secretary walked us around, showed us the music room and art room, the gym and library. We checked out […]
While I’m on the subject of cute things Braedan has said, I might as well share the very funniest thing to ever come out of his mouth. This was right after Austin was born, around the time Braedan referred to “Mommy’s milk containers” (I’ll let you ponder for a moment which body parts he was talking […]
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We finally got Braedan’s teacher’s name in the mail (Mrs. Murphy) and his assigned first day (Thursday, Sept 3 — the kindergarteners are split into thirds for the first three days for a calmer transition) making this all so real. My little guy, suddenly a big boy about to go off to real school. Wow. It’s funny, as a […]
Every day we know we’re lucky to have Austin. As I’ve said before, I try hard not to hover over him, I push myself to let him be a normal kid, taking risks and falling down and all that. But sometimes, I let him go too far. On Wednesday, after the funeral of our friend’s mother, there […]
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And another year
And so, another year goes by. Today was Austin’s third birthday. Of course, we can’t make it through this day without reflecting back over his birthdays past and how very far we’ve come in three short years. We celebrated his first birthday while home on furlough, five days “off” sandwiched between 14-day and 15-day hospital stays. […]
Letting go, part 2
Now it’s my little one’s turn. Austin had his first solo day of preschool today and, let me tell you, it was not easy. He’d already done two practice days but I was in the building for both, a fact he knew and clung to for comfort and security. Today was the day that I’d […]
September 11, 2007
On this day, I know every one of us thinks back to where we were on that morning eight years ago; what we were doing, how we learned the news, who we called first. Everyone has their 9/11 story, just like everyone of older generations has their Pearl Harbor story or their JFK assassination story. […]
Letting Go
One of the interesting things about sending a child off to kindergarten, especially as a stay-at-home mom, is suddenly having so little information about what they do all day long. For the past five-and-a-half years, I’ve had almost complete down-to-the-minute knowledge of every bite Braedan eats, each child he plays with, how many times he uses the bathroom. And now […]
My star
What a star Braedan was today! We were up bright and early (not an easy thing in this household, trust me) and drove over to the new house after dropping Austin off at my mom’s so I’d be able to stay for the orientation. We parked there and took some pictures and then Mark and I walked […]
Charlotte’s Web
Braedan and I just finished Charlotte’s Web, keeping us up much later on the night before the first day of school than I should have allowed. I warned him yesterday that the ending would make me cry, an idea that fascinated him all day, as he waited with breath equally bated for the end of the […]
Enchanted
We went to visit Braedan’s school on Tuesday. We just showed up and got buzzed in, so I could show him around since we did all the orientation/Open House/playdates at Boulevard before we bought the new house. The secretary walked us around, showed us the music room and art room, the gym and library. We checked out […]
“A little bit of Austin”
While I’m on the subject of cute things Braedan has said, I might as well share the very funniest thing to ever come out of his mouth. This was right after Austin was born, around the time Braedan referred to “Mommy’s milk containers” (I’ll let you ponder for a moment which body parts he was talking […]
The Countdown
We finally got Braedan’s teacher’s name in the mail (Mrs. Murphy) and his assigned first day (Thursday, Sept 3 — the kindergarteners are split into thirds for the first three days for a calmer transition) making this all so real. My little guy, suddenly a big boy about to go off to real school. Wow. It’s funny, as a […]
Split second
Every day we know we’re lucky to have Austin. As I’ve said before, I try hard not to hover over him, I push myself to let him be a normal kid, taking risks and falling down and all that. But sometimes, I let him go too far. On Wednesday, after the funeral of our friend’s mother, there […]