by Mir | Apr 26, 2010 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony, Ottomatic For the People
Friday morning was one of those days where we’re aaaaaalmost done with the week, and everyone is tired and grumpy, and we’re running late and wishing it was already Saturday. So when Chickadee dragged her way through her shower and came downstairs late and...
by Mir | Apr 23, 2010 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience"
We had “one last IEP meeting” before taking our precious snowflake and vowing never to return to elementary school (um, next year, I mean… we’re not ditching the last month of school this year), except that things didn’t go quite the way...
by Mir | Apr 22, 2010 | Health is overrated, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
I have guilt. I have guilt over lots of things, but right now I’m talking about the guilt I feel whenever one of you pretty people feels compelled to comment “You’re such a good mom!” or something similar, because I know the truth, you see. And...
by Mir | Apr 20, 2010 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
I am rather (emotionally, intellectually) wrapped up in my kids at the moment. There will be a time for telling more, but right now I’m only going to say that we have one last IEP meeting today, and tomorrow we head into Atlanta to see the long-awaited...
by Mir | Apr 19, 2010 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
The last few sleepover adventures left you crabby and snappish and generally impossible, so we lowered the boom last summer: No more sleepovers until you are 12. So of course as your birthday approached you began planning a grand sleepover party, and were astonished...
