Dear Tad, Happy 4th birthday to you! And given the least bit of encouragement, you will probably sing the Happy Birthday song for yourself today! So much has changed in a single year. First, all of your bones are currently whole and unbroken and uncasted at the moment – which, after two consecutive summers of […]

Ane’s class finally had their Mother’s Day event yesterday at school – her teacher put it off for a week because she wanted to make sure there wouldn’t be any conflicts with older siblings. It ended up conflicting for us, because Tad’s teacher wanted to have his IEP meeting yesterday after school, but, you know… […]

Ane drew a picture of me at school yesterday – they are preparing for Mother’s Day. I love this kid: Look how tall and thin I am! As Grandma pointed out, she put horizontal stripes on me and I’m still thin! Those are apparently snowflakes all around me. I asked if they were flowers, but […]

Whose idea was it to have Teacher Appreciation Day the SAME week as Mother’s Day? Whoever it was, I need to talk to them. Seriously. Not cool. And yes, I should have been better prepared. Don’t rub it in.