Posted in day to day on Feb 24th, 2010
I decided to go have lunch with Bito at his school today.
(Just in case you were wondering, school cafeterias haven’t changed one bit since you were a student.)
While there, one of the lunch ladies came up to me to ask if I’m Bito’s mom. When I acknowledged that I am, she laughed a little. Then [...]
Posted in mommying on Dec 24th, 2009
I just had a horrible sinking feeling in my stomach.
What am I going to do once The Crew discovers there is no man in a red suit who delivers presents on Christmas?
I mean, I’m all about advancing the Santa myth. Heck, I believe in Santa Claus (though not necessarily in the traditional sense). I [...]
Posted in day to day, mommying on Oct 5th, 2009
There are some days when the afternoon seems to stretch endlessly.
Of course, I am more anxious for The Husband’s arrival on those days. The Crew must smell a weakness in me, because they are exceptionally squirrely.
We had one of those days recently. After battling with the kids for a bit, I threw my [...]
Posted in education on Sep 20th, 2009
You know what I really hate?
Well, lots of things. But today, I’m going to give in and actually tell you by posting a rare rant in my blog.
Bito’s public school and Cupcake’s private preschool are currently running the same fundraiser that all the other schools in the DC Metro area are no doubt running.
I hate [...]
Posted in day to day on Sep 7th, 2009
Bito starts Kindergarten tomorrow.
Not quite sure how I feel about this because my emotions change on a moment-by-moment basis. Elated, thrilled, sad, nervous, melancholy, excited…
I am pleased with the school and he has a great teacher.
I am sure he will do great.
Will I?
Posted in day to day on Aug 21st, 2009
Bito will be starting kindergarten this fall at the local elementary school.
I’m not sad or anxious in a, “My baby is leaving!” sort of way. Instead, I am afraid my sweet baby boy’s exquisite self won’t be known. Yes, I freely admit that as his mother (and the person he has spent the most time with [...]
Posted in nablopomo on Nov 22nd, 2008
Bito is starting to wake up when he needs to go potty in the middle of the night. That’s great! We’re on our way to being completely potty-trained! Yay!
Well, no, not quite. Bito wakes, but he does not get up and actually go to the bathroom. Instead, he sits in his bed and whimpers. And [...]
Posted in nablopomo on Nov 7th, 2008
Whoops. Apparently I forgot to post this last night for NaBloPoMo (my hatred for that word grows every time I use it). It was all it written…I was just too fried yesterday to remember to put it in my blog!
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I’m known to tell my children that I am The Giver of Life-after all, they grew [...]
Posted in nablopomo on Nov 3rd, 2008
Bito’s Early Intervention teacher called me this afternoon. She normally visits him at his private preschool on Mondays, but there were no classes today due to the county-wide teacher workday.
A bit of background: in 2006, after many tests, evaluations and interviews with the county’s Early Intervention team, we were told Bito has a language delay, [...]
