Living, Loving, Learning

Age? 11 Grade?  5th Your teachers this year? Ms. Parker What activities/sports/clubs were you involved in this year? Soccer, Swimming, Basketball, 4-H, Super Saturdays, Beta Club What pets do you have? Omar, Lottie, Zed, Fish What do you want to be when you grow up? A Lawyer Where is one place you really want to go? Hawaii What is your favorite…………. o   Subject in school? Social Studies o   Meal? Lasagna Soup o   Fruit? Apple o   Vegetable? Carrot o   Dessert?  Fruit Pizza o   Candy? Cadbury Cream Eggs o   Drink? Ginger Ale o   Animal? Penguins o   Thing to do inside?  Video Games o   Thing to do outside? Scooter o   Kind of music? Hip Hop o   Song? Alphabet Aerobics by Blackalicious    Place we visited this year? Wellfleet o   Chore around the house? NOOOONE! o   Thing to do with Mama? Camping o   Thing...

Birthday Interview Age? 7 Grade?   First Grade Your teachers this year? Mrs. Durbin What activities/sports/clubs were you involved in this year? soccer, swimming lessons, cheerleading What pets do you have? Lottie, Zed and Omar and tank full of colorful fish What do you want to be when you grow up? A Veterinarian Where is 1 place you really want to go? Disney World (this dream is going to be coming true soon!) What is your favorite…………. o    Subject in school? Art and Computers o    Meal? Breakfast! o    Fruit? Peaches o    Vegetable? Pea Pods o    Dessert?   P.J.’s Ice Cream o    Candy? Chocolate o    Drink? Lemonade o    Animal? Omar o    Thing to do inside? Play on Kindle o    Thing to do outside? Play on my swing set o    Kind of music? Dancing music o    Song?...

 WOW, a whole decade with this guy.  It's overwhelming to think about the amount of experiences one can have in a decade, especially in parenting your first child.  A part of me is feeling nostalgic this morning, remembering my sweet little baby boy.  Remember that stormy spring day in Michigan 10 years ago.  Remembering how our family and friends were drawn together to witness and welcome this new soul into our tribe in that hospital waiting room.  How tiny he was that moment I met him and the deep feeling of recognition flowing between us.  How the days following were filled with awe and wonder, insane LOVE for this wee piece of my heart that now lived outside my body and absolute terror that we weren't DOING IT RIGHT.   But the way bigger part of me is loving this day, loving my 10 year old, loving this journey we are taking together.  Although, I cherished the memories of days past, I am enjoying this moment, today, and looking forward...

My sweet little, well not so little, girl is 6 today.  Hooray!!  I LOVE this age, so happy and inquisitive and yet beginning to become a bit more independent.  This year has seen Lucy conquering so many of her fears, she has really been an inspiration to me.  It has also seen Bruce and I struggling to find the middle ground between helping her find her footing and being her best self and pushing her too far, too fast for her comfort level.  Her first momentous leap was at swim lessons this summer.  We signed her up for 5 weeks of daily lessons at the pond near the house on the Cape.  The first day was wretched with lots of tears and her practically having to be torn off me by the instructors to get her into the water.  The second day was only a bit better and only then because I bribed her with ice cream to get into the water (yeah, I occasionally bribe my kids, got to do what you got to do. ;0) The third day she made it into the water with t...