Today Julianna turned 9. Quite a year huh? I’ve been writing these birthday blog posts for a bunch of years for each girl. I’ve always found that its a nice way to reflect on the year as it relates to each girl; to think about the struggles they’ve encountered, the victories they’ve achieved, and the
Tag: transitions
‘A’ is for all of us, the old and the new.
Three and a half weeks ago I wrote about dropping Julianna off at camp. It was her 1st day at overnight camp then. Three and a half weeks before that, I wrote about the final preparation for going to overnight camp. Today, I am writing about picking her up at camp. This, in essence, is
Reading; Their Minds
I don’t remember how old I was when people stopped reading to me at my bedtime. These days I get read to most nights. At some point, the girls’ bedtime went from us reading to them to them reading to us. I find the whole thing fascinating. Both girls have always enjoyed books. We went
Hidden Gems
So now we’re a few weeks into our family’s latest transitions. I’ve written about these transitions as they related to the kids but haven’t written a ton about them solely from my perspective other than to essentially out myself as a huge baby with minor emotional instability issues. To recap, Julianna started Kindergarten a few
Transition
I cried every day for a solid 12 months when I was dropped off at kindergarten so the outlook isn’t pretty for my girls. My mother will remind you, me, and everyone who will listen of this fact as frequently as possible. The girls just finished their respective “transition weeks” at school. This is the