or, My Travelling Companion was 7 years old ( Read more... )

So my son had a school function today.
He's in there somewhere, I promise! Every year, I'll post pics of this thing, I'm sure. It's very nice to be a part of a school with such great parental involvement and so many neighbours attending.

I'll give you a hint - he's in
 
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We threw a birthday party for Nate yesterday. It was a somewhat lower-key version of the same party we threw last year - same spot, same games. We had a bit less food, not as many kids, and a lot fewer pictures. But we did have a fabulous time! Click on the link for the rest of the pictures.

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I woke up at 4 am and said the words that change lives: "It's time to go to the hospital ( Read more... )

Happy spring, easter, oestre, narwaz, equinox, dameroxanne's birthday, etc. and so on ( Read more... )

This seems to be of interest to various people, so here's an update on the broken hearted child. It is funny, in one way, but in another way it is really kind of upsetting. Recap - Nate is in love with his daycare teacher, and when he learned that she was married he embarked on a campaign of faking illnesses (or believing that he was ill) that ( Read more... )

Poor poor Nate - he has a crush on his daycare teacher, Ms Donna, and she's married. He's mad at her but he still loves her, but he doesn't want to see her. So all of the upset and unhappiness of Friday and yesterday came to a head this morning. He was fine before I stood over him to get him to get dressed, and then he was fine in the car, but ( Read more... )

Slowly, slowly, I'm showing signs of recovery. I've been able to take 2-3 steps at a time without any crutches at all, provided they're preceded and followed by long rests. I can get around our house on just one crutch. So that's something, at least. I have a lot less pain than I have had, so I'm dialing back on the pain medication a little bit ( Read more... )

Nate got sent home from daycare this morning with a much more prevalent rash on his elbows. It doesn't look like the chicken pox, it really looks like poison ivy. He did have a wee bit of a fever and the sniffles this morning, but felt good enough to go to school (daycare). He and his dad spent the day in the doctor's office, who said "well, ( Read more... )

A. did have to work today, but only for about 2 hours starting at 7 am. He had to put down a bit of ice melt at Public Housing, but other than that pretty much everything was clear. I went to pick up my mom for the morning adventures. My cousin and his wife flew in from the coast in a rented Diamond Star D40 and cousin J. the pilot took Nate, my ( Read more... )