play time

Well we are one week into the school year. Thankfully the meltdown of last week was just the first day. DS#1 and DD#1 are getting into the routine of things, while DD#2 and DD#3 are taking over the house during the day. Right now they are making a choo-choo out of three wooden chairs and a plastic baby doll changing table. I've been summoned. So before they drag me away I will plug my newest blog. www.dairy-free.blogspot.com Only one post is up but go ahead and tell me what you think.

back to school '05

Oh boy....I walked my kids into school this morning and DD#1 melted down in the classroom when it was time for me to leave. She was excited about going to school until right until we walked into the school doors. The kids had to wait in the hallway a little bit and that was my first clue that this wasn't going to be easy. I feel bad for her and I feel bad for me. She gets herself worked up and I don't think I'm very good at helping her to calm herself. She is young for her class and that doesn't help matters. So I had to leave her outside her classroom with the school counselor crying and didn't get to give a wave to my son outside his classroom. Ugh. NOT the way I wanted them to start the school year.

So I will do my best to keep myself on HER side and not feel aggravated. This mothering thing is not all sweetness and light, lemme tell ya. But I know in my heart that the more accepted she feels the sooner this will pass over. I don't know if she' ll think that I understand her behavior but hopefully she'll know that I love her no matter what.

Mothering is not for wimps. Hopefully I will have a cheerier post tomorrow.

the fun begins

Wow! I am posting tonight from the fancy schmancy computer that was passed on to us from my Dad. Blogger works so much better with a newer browser.

Let's try putting a link in. I am taking up the blogging challenge over at http://www.fwmn.blogspot.com Eventually I will get this and the other blog in the making looking cool like the other blogs, but for now you'll just have to put up with my haphazard self improvement. What we really need is a "blog spa" in which you could just log on and get spruced up.

So ends day two.

summer break

It looks like I've taken a summer break right along with the kids. Apologies to anyone who has stopped by here in the last few months looking for something new because you didn't find it here!

How about a back to school resolution? New posts each week!

Now for catch up, my youngest daughter (now to be known as DD#3)broke her arm the weekend before the Fourth of July. So she has been unable to swim until last Friday when her cast came off. We are escaping the Midwest heat and heading up to the lake today.

DD#2 has a wicked milk allergy and I'm finding she's not alone. As a service to her and others who are done in by dairy I am creating a dairy-free blog. More to come on that in the next few weeks.

DS and DD#1 begin school in almost two weeks. It's very busy with the four at home and I'm sure I've been grouchier than they would have liked. Granted they also would like to have ice cream at each meal..... but still nothing like a grouchy mom to ruin a good time.

Well DD#3 has turned on "the jump song" so I need to run and go dance with girls.