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Away from boys
I’m at SFO, waiting for my flight to return home after a weekend in the Bay Area, revisiting old haunts, and reconnecting with former classmates at my high school’s 30(!) reunion. This trip has been fraught with flight delays and reshedules – to the point that I thought “This is a sign that I shouldn’t…
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Viral visitors
Last week, 3-yr-old J was miserable for 48hrs with a sore throat, cough, and ear pain. We had two sleepless nights with him, and then he was better. Now, about a full week later, both I and 5-yr-old S have sore throats and ear pain, and I have fatigue and muscle aches. Sigh…the joys of…
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Back to school night #1
I’m at Tikvat Israel for the Broadman-Kaplan Early Childhood Center tonight for J’s back-to-school night. It was easier last year, when both kids were at the same school! So, next week, we’ll have this again for S’s school. I’m so impressed with the energy and commitment of the teachers here, and the fabulous director –…
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First week of school
This week, S started kindergarten, which meant that J was at preschool WITHOUT his big brother. And, for me, the worst part was that I had to attend a course that had me out of the house each day before the boys had even finished their breakfasts, and I ended up missing this momentous week.…
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Blogging
I have not crossed over to the level of identifying as a “blogger” to the extent of this Non Sequitor cartoon, but I can see how it might happen (and does)! http://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur/2011/08/30
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Learning How To Take a Vacation – Part 2
After our 2-day drive south,we had arrived in Vero Beach, to stay with our brother and sister-in-law, and their two kids, aged 17 and 11. We had spent a week with them last December, in their home, and our boys had gotten along great with their cousins, so we were reasonably confident that they would…
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Music & Art
This morning, while J was eating his Cheerios, he started singing “The Farmer in the Dell”, and when we got to the “child takes a dog”, he insisted “Elephant!”. Huh? So I started singing “the child takes an elephant…” but he ran into the family room, dragging me by the arm, and pointed up at…
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Learning how to take a vacation
It’s always been difficult – from not preparing adequately, developing unrealistic expectations, and then discovering that the person/people I’m traveling with has totally different goals/expectations from mine – the end result is usually tension, anxiety and disappointment. And, after years of such experiences with vacations, I was fully prepared for our road trip to Florida…
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At the beach
Last year, we vacationed for a week at Ocean City, MD. It was the first trip to the beach for our kids. S figured out the ocean quickly, as he figures out everything physical, negotiating the waves, and diving into the surf by the end of the first day. J, on the other hand, hated…
