Benchmarked

May 22, 2012

One of the many problems with Michael’s teacher last year was the fact that Michael was woefully behind in reading. And she never noticed. In fact, around spring break last year I emailed her to tell her how concerned I was about Michael’s reading and her email back to me was basically, “I hadn’t noticed.” [...]

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My Mother’s Day Thank You

May 14, 2012

I found myself all weepy this Mother’s Day.  I’m not exactly sure why.  In case you haven’t figured it out by now, I’m not an exceptionally weepy person.  I leave that to my husband who cries at everything. I found myself thinking of Susan, and her boys, and their first Mother’s Day without their mother. [...]

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How I Was Outsmarted By My 7 Year Old

May 8, 2012

We have been trying to get Michael to stop saying YEAH so much and to start saying YES. Everytime he says YEAH we say, “yeah is not a word, try again.” Yesterday, he walks up to me and says, out of the clear blue, “how do you spell yeah?” “Y-E-A-H” “GOTYA. Yeah is a word. [...]

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Difficult

April 19, 2012

I made a difficult decision in regards to Michael this week. And what that decision was and what it entails really doesn’t matter. But it was amazing to see me go back to all my old habits. I crowd sourced. I stopped sleeping. That pit in the bottom of my stomach returned. And I said things to [...]

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Actual Conversations in My House: Part 2

April 16, 2012

“Mom, can I have a bunny?” “No, because Foster would eat the bunny.” “What if we keep him in his cage the whole time?” “Well, that’s mean to the bunny.  And Foster might still be able to get into the cage.” “When Foster dies can I have a bunny?” “I’m not planning for pets for [...]

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The Daily Grind

April 11, 2012

Yesterday was my first day back at work and Michael’s first day back at school after, seriously, THE LONGEST SPRING BREAK EVER.  I’m never staying home on an 11 day spring break again. I was coming up with the most incredibly random things to do.  I live in DC.  The land of museums, and the [...]

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Scenes From The Most Boring Spring Break Ever

April 4, 2012

So far, my Spring Break Staycation has involved an annual check up for Michael, shoe shopping for Michael in which he got 4 pairs of shoes and I questioned how I would pay my mortgage after that (why are kids shoes so expensive?), and a tremendous amount of wii.  At one point, Michael looked at [...]

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Spring Breaking It

April 2, 2012

I took this week off of work, Michael is off of school, and while he could have spent this week at his after care provider, I have an enormous amount of vacation time at work and decided it was time to start using it.  But we just went on vacation so we are doing a [...]

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Is There A 7 Year Old Sleep Regression?

March 20, 2012

I have been very lucky in the sleep department.  Michael started sleeping through the night when he was 5 months old, and save for a few sick nights here and there, he really has been a very good sleeper.  The kid couldn’t take a nap to save his life, but as far as night sleeping [...]

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Party!!!!!

March 19, 2012

This weekend was Michael’s birthday party, and I was stressed to the absolute maximum capacity.  Michael woke up Saturday morning and said, “mom, my ear hurts” which led us to our 3rd ear infection in a month, or maybe the same ear infection, I have no idea.  At least I believed him this time.  My [...]

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