Last night, Julie was disturbed. As she is, at times, she was sobbing because one of her siblings, I can’t remember which, was “being a jerk” to her. Whenever you do anything that displeases her, that’s her go to insult. So she wandered over to be, heartbroken and sad, and I picked her up and …
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Jul 05
To my son, on the eve of his seventh birthday
Dear Sam – At seven years old, I can see, sometimes, just a little bit, the man you’ll be some day. Smart, so smart, and such a good, good man. When people speak of you, the first thing they always say to me is that you are such a sweet, sweet boy. You …
Jul 02
Three year olds and God
There’s something about that age, for my kids, anyway. Three is where they start to get a concept of God – and I find it absolutely magical. When Jessica Mary was three, she was so fascinated by the concept of God that I started looking much more seriously at Judaism, because I wanted a strong …
Jul 01
Listen my children, and you shall hear
So we went to the library yesterday. Which was somewhat of a fiasco, due to a toddler who shall remain nameless but chose to sob unrelentingly throughout the entire experience. I remember thinking that this girl was no joke when it came to teething, and she still isn’t. But I was able to get books …
Jun 28
Summer Vacation and Toddler Teething
I like summer. Barring a few wretched hours on the first day of vacation, this is just lovely. The kids are mostly all playing together happily. I’ve generally got a few extra kids here – we’re the house where everyone congregates. I’ve got ten year olds in Jessie’s room, watching Dance Moms and working on …
Jun 25
Why I Love Flagg Street Elementary School
I like the thought of homeschooling and will probably end up exploring it more seriously as the kids get older. But Flagg Street Elementary School, where both of my older two attend, and my youngest will start in 2015, is home for us right now and I couldn’t be happier. Jessica Mary is entering fifth …
Jun 20
Blood work
Poor Jessie needed to have some tests run yesterday. She’s had this knee pain that’s been getting progressively worse over the past three weeks, and the doctor wanted to rule out an infection. I had gone to the doctor’s with all three kids, a big purse, a travel mug of coffee and a migraine. We …
Jun 19
Much, much to discuss
I have many blog posts percolating and very little time to get them all out. It’s the last week of school, and I feel like I need about four extra hands and hours in the day to accomplish everything. But I’m still here, wading my thru the swamp of househunting and home inspections and missing …
Jun 13
forts
Okay, I admit it. I don’t like forts. I don’t like building them, and I don’t like it when they get built. I like to think I’m a cool mom, but forts are my downfall. I let them build them. Because that’s what one does when you have six kids here on a rainy Thursday …
Jun 10
I’m a pout pout fish
I just got back from Sam’s end of the year celebration, and I cried thru most of it. His little class, filled with his best friends, the boys that have formed such a big part of his identity, the girls who fluttered around him when he cried because he missed me, this little group of …
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