Liliana’s pre-K class had a parent-involvement reading thingamajig on Tuesday. The email and the newsletter both said to show up at 11:00 and that the kids could not participate unless a parent was present, and since things like this have happened before — her school starting at a different time than usual — I assumed [...]
I think I can dare say the sickness is gone. *knocks on wood* Having a sick baby sucked, and having both Noah and I sick on the same day sucked, too, especially since we have only the one bathroom. Noah’s mom came and took the girls for about five hours, which was a lifesaver. We [...]
Noah’s benefits kicked in about six months ago, but it’s taken until now for me to finally book dentist appointments for the girls. I love how quickly we can get in here. Back in Terrace we always had to wait months and months, and here it’s like, how about next week? It’s wonderful. I was [...]
January is severely kicking my butt. I visited with a friend yesterday — who also suffers from depression that is worst in January — and it was so good to talk with her and find that we are so similar in our crazy, meaning that I’m not the only one who’s, as she put it, [...]
Liliana: “Mama, today is a sad day. Cienna is moving away.” Me: “Well that’s too bad. Where is she moving?” Liliana: “I don’t know. Somewhere. Maybe China.” Me: “Oh really?” Liliana: “Do we live in Canada?” Me: “Yes.” Kaylie: “Canada is the second-biggest country in the world. Russia is the biggest. And the smallest is [...]
