Big Brother is reading! I am so proud of him. We've been working on it for a while. When he turned three, I bought a set of beginning reader books, and we have been slowly (v e r y s l o w l y) working our way through them ( Read more... )

I was just attacked in my workplace. A client grabbed me by the hair -- two big fistfuls of hair. Her fingers dug right into my scalp. It was horrible. I yelled out "Help!" once, and caught the eye of the nurse in the nursing station. I didn't yell out again because I was afraid to escalate the attack. I am pregnant, and as long as she was using ( Read more... )

My mum has been doing an amazing job at advocating for Chuck, but it doesn't come naturally to her. She is quiet, shy, afraid of authority, and easily flustered. She forgets what she wants to ask, especially in the face of an antagonistic authority figure whose agenda is to keep things from her or to rush through the meeting ( Read more... )

Sick, sick, sick. I've been nauseated all month, but now I have some kind of head cold or flu or something too. Yuck ( Read more... )

September 2, 2010

Ms. [Branch Supervisor]
[Local Branch], [Town] Public Library

Dear Ms. [Branch Supervisor]:

Re: Summer Reading Club at [Local] Branch of the [Town] Public LibraryI am writing to express my extreme displeasure at the outcome of the Summer Reading Club at [Local Branch] of the [Town] Public Library. My child, along with several ( Read more... )

7 weeks.

Just starting out. And feeling SICK. But happy, too. Very happy.

Here are some pictures of my boys at Knox Pumpkin Farm, and then at Grandma's.


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Big Bear told me recently that I smell like kites, mittens and jam. What a beautiful composite of fun, comfort and yum, I thought ( Read more... )

Little Bear (Well, I guess he's Big Bear now) is in a Casa program 3 days a week. He is among the youngest in the class, since the program is for ages 3 through 6. Last night was Parent Teacher night ( Read more... )

Finlay is in a Casa Montessori program three mornings a week. He takes a long time to get going in the day, and he is cuddly and cranky most mornings -- kind of like his mother. I wish he could go in the afternoons instead, but it's a morning program. Apparently he warms up after the first half-hour ( Read more... )

just so i remember what happened tonight at bedtime...

Finlay: Why do you tell me stories?

Mama: Because I love you.

Finlay: And Daddy tells me stories. [pause] Why does Daddy tell me stories?

Mama: Because he loves you.

Finlay: I'm gonna tell you a story.

Mama: Okay.

Finlay: Once upon a time... [laughter] ... there was a goose named Finlay ( Read more... )