One night, when Cricket was about 1 1/2 years old, she woke up screaming in the middle of the night. We could not for the life of us comfort this poor child. Finally, I thought to ask: “Cricket, does your ear hurt?” and she immediately nodded and stopped crying. Next day, pediatrician appointment. Yep, ear [...]
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She drives me crazy
July 9th, 2012
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So my school class is over – now I can get back to writing. Yay!!!! Which is just as well because Cricket is stuck in Difficult Mode. I love that she is stubborn. I love that she’s opinionated. But holy Guinness, it is really difficult being her mom right now. Here’s an example: last night [...]
Should
June 22nd, 2012
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Should accumulates. I looked at a picture of people at Stonehenge for the Summer Solstice and I thought “I should have done something for the solstice.” My daughter scratches her head and I think “I should have washed her hair tonight.” I step on crumbs on the floor and I think “I should have vacuumed. [...]
Breathing: 1, Drama: 0
May 30th, 2012
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The past few days there’s been epic amounts of 4 year old drama. We have enough drama to make drama cupcakes. With icing. To last for months. We canceled a trip to the pool because of drama (which of course resulted in MORE drama). My husband and I have been snapping at them a lot. [...]
It’s never Lupus
May 7th, 2012
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I’ve written a few times on this blog about the chronic, often debilitating pain I’ve been in for the past 8 months. Just do a search for the term “pain” on the right on my blog. See? Yep. Pain. Well, two weeks ago I finally got to see a rheumatologist. Diagnosis? Arthritis in my neck, [...]
Take over
March 28th, 2012
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“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” – Lao Tzu Every Tuesday, my girls have swim lessons at 6:30 pm. It’s taken some doing establishing a routine – picking them up at school, getting them changed, snacking along the way. You know, all the things the Parent Taxi needs to do to ensure Shit [...]
Starting a gratitude practice with your kids
February 28th, 2012
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This is an exercise for kids in their late 3s or older. At the end of the day, ask your kids: What happened today that made you [smile/happy]? When I started this with my kids, they automatically told me negative things e.g. Suzy hit me and I cried and stuff like that. And I was [...]
In which my daughter starts to drown on the 10th anniversary of my dad’s death
February 22nd, 2012
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We tried swim lessons at three other places before settling on the British Swim School. The small classes, excellent teachers and emphasis on learning safety before swim stroke technique really sold me. Plus, the teachers, unlike all the others to date, were adept at working with my kids’ fear when it reared its ugly head. [...]
Catching the wind
January 13th, 2012
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I’m trying to expand the Sound in Space meditation game for my kids. They are four now so maybe, just maybe their attention span can be shaped a bit more. I decided to combine some Sound in Space (which my kids adore) with some savasana. Yesterday, I practiced yoga while the girls ran a muck playing with [...]
The “I can’t” birdie
January 3rd, 2012
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Over the Winter break, Cricket and Buzzy Bee got Big Kid Bikes. The first day of riding went well. The second day, we had issues. We took them to a parking lot that has a tee tiny gentle slope (calling it a hill would be a massive offense to hills everywhere). Cricket was doing fine [...]
