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Mama no likey

Posted August 31, 2007 at 9:21AM by rockergirrl
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I am having a hard time adjusting to this schedule thing now that school has started for my oldest DS. I admit, I have been spoiled the past two years. We have had no schedule at all. Last year he attended a part time preschool but it didn't start until noon. Now all of a sudden I find myself having to wake my children up at 6:00am and rushing breakfast, getting dressed, running out the door and worst of all dealing with morning traffic and trying to find parking. The act of having to wake up my children goes against every grain in my body. I know these are all important lessons for children to learn someday. They obviously cannot sleep in their entire lives but at age 6? It just doesn't feel right to me.

But I made it. I just completed my last drop off for the first week. Next week starts the full days though so we will see how I do. It will actually be a bit easier in the sense that I don't have to turn around and go back to get him almost as soon as I get home. So to congratulate myself for a week well done I stopped by my favorite health food store for a decaf coffee and a chocolate croissant to enjoy when I got home. Tonight my DH is taking him to a baseball game to celebrate with him.

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LatteMommy responded August 31, 2007 at 9:30AM

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AWESOME JOB ROCKERGIRL! You deserved that coffee and croissant! Hope you get to relax tonight while they are at the game. Glass of vino is in order for you tonight!

rockergirrl responded August 31, 2007 at 9:32AM

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oh I plan on it for sure. thanks for the support.

dustbunny responded August 31, 2007 at 11:16AM

dishing the dirt, cleaning the chaos

nice work...

did you say decaf? what? that's amazing :)

rockergirrl responded August 31, 2007 at 11:57AM

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yup - decaf for me these days. I used to down 4 cups a day. Now it just makes me too twitchy.

Day 2

Posted August 30, 2007 at 8:52AM by rockergirrl
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Just got back from the second day of kindergarten. It was a breeze compared to yesterday. Yesterday I was ready to pull him out and homeschool. Today was much better. We left earlier which meant we got a good parking spot, played on the playground before the first bell, my DH rode his bike and met us there before he headed to work, and he was super pscyhed to see his new friend Lennon. I even chatted with a few moms after and it felt good. I left with my littleist stopped at the store for a few things and came home to make some coffee and get some work done before we head out for a walk. I can do this. It is going to be good.

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LatteMommy responded August 30, 2007 at 11:59AM

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YOU GO GIRL! AWESOME. Gosh it's gotta be hard letting them go off on their own. DD is 3 and we will start pre-school when she turns 4 in March, but I'm not looking forward to letting her go just yet. Hope I'll be ready then. How do you prepare yourself?

motherslilhelpr responded August 30, 2007 at 5:49PM

see he already has a new friend, a new chapter in his little life and yours too. Yes it's gonna be good now you can spend time with your other little one and get some bonding time together

Proud kid

Posted August 14, 2007 at 11:22AM by rockergirrl
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Here he is
proud as can be that his first tooth is now gone.

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vtmomof2 responded August 14, 2007 at 11:24AM

Life is crazy but wonderful.

Oh I love those empty spot smiles! Very cute.

Sticky_Mommy responded August 14, 2007 at 12:35AM

I love my job, it gives me a break from my kids!

He is such a HANDSOME boy - love that smile & lashes.

motherslilhelpr responded August 29, 2007 at 8:27PM

he looks like a sweet kid..gonna get the girls!

First tooth lost

Posted August 13, 2007 at 9:09PM by rockergirrl
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E lost his first tooth today. He actually started crying when it fell out. He was extremely upset because he said he didn't want it to be over. He didn't want it to fall out. It took us a while to calm him down. E has always been an emotional kid. He is very sensitive to things that most kids his age would not even pick up on. He reminds me a lot of myself when I was little. Although he said he was upset because he wanted to keep wiggling the tooth I could tell there was much more going on inside of him that perhaps even he could no verbalize. The phase where a child loses there teeth means they are leaving an part of their childhood behind as they enter a new phase. He of course does not know about this but I am sure there is something inside of him that feels it. I can vividly remember having a hard time with every phase of growing up. Inside I would be very upset at the thought and signs that I was growing up. Perhaps it was because I was the youngest and I felt bad that my parents were losing their baby. Perhaps I was just scared to lose my childhood. I had a small pang in my heart when I watched E cry today. A small part of me wanted to cry with him and for him. A part of me could remember and relate to the mixed emotions one feels when phased with the obstacles, excitement and worry of growing up.

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LatteMommy responded August 13, 2007 at 9:17PM

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Oh, that is tough, but happy for him and congrats on the tooth lost.

vtmomof2 responded August 14, 2007 at 9:12AM

Life is crazy but wonderful.

Wow, I never thought about how losing teeth is another phase in growing up, you are so right. This is very deep. My daughter always pulled her own teeth out, I could never understand how she could do it. She was always happy the toothfairy was coming. Now her molars are falling out, 2 already this week alone. She is going to be 10 and she is definitely growing up and making a lot of changes. It is amazing how fast they grow.

Sticky_Mommy responded August 14, 2007 at 9:57AM

I love my job, it gives me a break from my kids!

You're so lucky you can relate and still remember your own experances. That is really hard to see your child upset. So what's working when he does get upset, what do you do to calm/explain to him?

rockergirrl responded August 14, 2007 at 11:14AM

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We just explained that more teeth will be loose soon which seemed to make him feel a bit better. Then of course when we reminded him the tooth fairy would be coming with money it seemed to perk him up. By this morning the sadness was gone and it was all big smiles showing off the new hole in his smile.

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