MAY IS MAYING. End of an era: we’ve had a kid in C’s current classroom (the interestingly named “Electric Eels”) for the past 4 years. This Montessori school bundles 4th + 5th grade together,…
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(we made it!) A = 13!! 13 years (and 2 days) ago yesterday at Duke hospital, A was born (not the easiest entrance into the world). 2 nights ago, yet another sleepless night ensued…
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Comments Yesterday So interested in the varied responses here! I was actually surprised at how screen-free some of these comments skewed, though perhaps there is a selection bias as to who feels comfortable sharing…
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As always, your comments yesterday were gold (and compassionate gold at that). Thank you. I read them all but I am going to read them all again. I am still reflecting on the subject…
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Close to 13 years of parenting, a ton of sports, multiple ski trips – it’s actually miraculous that this is the first time any of the kids has fractured anything. Last night A was…
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The joy of having 3 kids means every pic of G yesterday was photobombed and I’m pretty sure they would kill me if I shared. BUT, we have a 7 year old!!! G celebrated…
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Q4 2024 Well. I knew this year would be hard, but I am not sure I knew how hard. It has all been doable, but . . . barely. And definitely at the expense…
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To Babysitter or Not to Babysitter? A is 12.5. C is getting closer to 11. G will be 7 in December. Josh and I have a dinner out in a few weeks and I…
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You know when the universe (or something else, whatever you beliefs may be) seems to throw 3 things at once in your path that are similar? That happened to me today. #1 was admittedly…
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LINKS: TikTok in middle school (NYT gift link courtesy of Jo Piazza’s substack). I wanted to cry reading this. I continue to feel like social media in middle school is like talking a forest…