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Denis left very early this morning for a business trip. He’ll be back in the wee hours of next Sunday morning. Now I get to play single mom to two kids and two dogs. Wish me luck!
Today was Carolyn’s last day of preschool: They had a little graduation ceremony for the kids. It was so cute! I was worried I would cry, but the only thing that made me even tear up a little was watching Carrie and her close friends walking up to receive their “diplomas” and picturing how they [...]
Dear Carolyn, Today you are 4 years and 7 months old. This is the last time I will write to you while you are in preschool – school is out next week, and then in a few short months you’ll be getting on a school bus every morning. You are so excited for school. But [...]
Carrie got all dolled up in her new “tankini” swim suit for beach day at school today. I feel like a bad mom, though, all the other little girls had modest little cover-ups over their suits. Since our pool is right in the backyard, I’ve never understood the need for one. Oops! Meanwhile, back at [...]
So after sitting in the auditorium for two hours this evening, Denis and I are pretty firmly convinced that it’s not the bus that worries us, or the lunchroom, or which teacher she’ll get. No, we’re actually scared of the other kindergarten parents… Oh, and the cafeteria lady, who when asked about nutrition in the [...]
Carrie woke up with her eyes “glued” shut with gunk this morning. The pediatrician thankfully has walk-in hours, and she has a mild case of conjunctivitis…aka pink eye. Sigh. We skipped dance this afternoon, even though the pediatrician thought it would probably be fine, because I’d feel terrible if any of the other kids came [...]
The school district here runs a program for all the local preschools where they bus the incoming kindergarteners in from their preschool, let them tour the kindergarten building and watch a video about bus safety, and then bus them back to their preschool. So that’s what Carrie’s class did today: She was all excited about [...]
Dear Anna, Today you are 10 months old. Now it is most definitely time to start planning that birthday party of yours. As far as you’re concerned, as long as it involves chocolate cake you’ll be happy – we went to another baby’s birthday party last week and you were desperately trying to get that [...]
We got up this morning and went to Simply Crepes for breakfast. Aside from a decent wait (they don’t take reservations) it was a nice time. For as fancy as they look, they have a really great kids menu. And I got a lovely bouquet of flowers from Denis and the girls:
The studio Carrie takes dance at had their group photos done today. The kids all had to wear their costumes and a bit of makeup. (As an aside, I actually bought Carrie her own makeup, as I don’t really wear it and all of mine is quite old. So in the same shopping trip (at [...]