Monday is the big day. The big K. Kindergarten. We started getting into The Routine this week. We’ve got a morning chart. We’ve got supplies. We’ve met the kids, principal, teachers, parents. She’s ready. I’m ready. But is kindergarten ready for Violet?
I can’t really fathom what a huge change this is going to make in [...]
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While we were on Long Island we went to visit Nana at the Arbors Assisted Living. Bringing children to a nursing home is like bringing a cake to a Weight Watchers meeting. The old folks gathered around, looking like they wanted to reach out and pet the kids, inhale them, eat them up. Nana, filled [...]
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In the past few short months Graham has:
moved from crib to bed
outgrown his highchair
lost his nap
broke his arm
stopped wearing diapers
started “school”
sprouted molars
learned to talk like a 4 year old
So in a blink he has made a giant leap from baby to kid. No wonder he’s so grouchy. He has no idea what the hell is [...]
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Scene: Driving home.
VIOLET: Mom, when is dinner?
ME: Dinner was two hours ago and you didn’t eat it. That’s it.
V: But Mom! I’m hungry! I want dinner!
M: I guess you missed your chance to eat dinner. I’m not making you another one.
V (furiously): If you don’t make me something to eat, I’m going to EAT YOU!!
GRAHAM [...]
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Rob and I spent half of Labor Day on the phone to various hospitals while helicoptering around splint-sporting Graham, who seemed determined to fall and completely sever his already broken arm. Turns out the clinic doctor was right; no one would cast an arm on a holiday, and most likely the doctors would’ve told us [...]
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“Call the emergency clinic and see if they’re open. There’s something wrong with Graham.”
That’s not the kind of call I like getting from Rob. He did add that Graham was relatively okay… but not before I had nearly collapsed into a heap on the floor.
So here’s the story:
The day after the kids and I came [...]
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That’s how old Violet was when Graham was born. And that’s how old Graham is right now. This blows my mind on many levels… and I can’t really explain why.
Maybe it’s just that Violet seemed so huge when we brought him home…that when she saw him for the first time she gasped and demanded [...]
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That is what time they woke up the morning after their first double-twin bed slumber party adventure. Here is the wreckage:
Father’s Day. Awesome. Not surprisingly, Graham had no trouble taking his first ever nap alone in his big-boy bed.
2nd night: Asleep by 9pm instead of 10. Graham woke up screaming at 2:30am This was my [...]
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Associated Press Release
Scientists around the world are baffled by the seemingly overnight transformation of a sweet, happy, angelic, amiable toddler to a demanding, grouchy, hysterical, selfish volcano of ear-piercing screams. This occurred shortly after his second birthday.
Authorities warn anyone coming into contact with this volatile creature to exercise extreme caution. The causes of his [...]
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The Plan: Move the kids into the same room for the summer.
The Reason: Trip to New York in July. Trip to Oregon in August. They’ll be sharing a room. Graham’s too big for the portable crib.
What we’ve done so far: (will the end result be blissfully rested ready-to-travel children and parents? Or screaming messes? Stay [...]
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