My baby went and had his first day of first grade. It was fine. I got a little teary eyed when I left him at his classroom, and he didn't seem in any great hurry for me to leave, but we both recovered. When he got off the bus at the end of the da

The lactose-free experiment was largely a bust. No observable effect. Nick had a couple of minor tummyaches while dairy free, then nothing for several days after. Yesterday he had a humdinger of an ache; he was laid up for a couple hours. He also too

Well, school's almost out. One last day, but Nick gets out at noon, and as he already told me, "There's no more learning in kindergarten, Mommy." They fooled around most of today and I'm sure the same will happen tomorrow. This

Nick's class had their Easter party today. So, first, all the parents were asked to send in six filled eggs for an egg hunt. Simple enough. Except that nothing about school is ever as simple as you'd think it would be. They were supposed to b

Thank you for all the comments on the zoo! We're thinking things through right now, I'll have more to say in a day or two.Speaking of Nick and school, my dad sent him a lunchbox earlier this week. Not a kid's one; it's larger than Ric

It was bound to happen sooner or later - Nick missed the bus. It wasn't entirely his fault, though. I, um, overslept. I only woke him up fifteen minutes later than usual, but that did throw him off. And, well, things happened, and there went the

Nick's family picnic went well. I packed a nice lunch and made sure to feed Zoe beforehand. After the kids collected their bag lunches, we went to the playground to eat. I'd say about a third of the kids in his class had an adult visitor. We

Report cards came out this week. No big surprises; Nick's a fairly good but not top student thus far, better at math than at reading. He's starting from behind with the reading, because we didn't put much effort into learning his letters

Zoë fell asleep at about 10:30 last night. She didn't wake up again till 3:30, Then she fell asleep again till 6:30, and dozed off again after nursing. That's FIVE STRAIGHT HOURS OF SLEEP! Not to mention all the sleeping afterwards. Word

Further proof that kindergarten ain't what it used to be: Nick has a spelling test on Friday. A spelling test! Good lord. Although he seems to be preparing nicely. The words are At, Bat, Cat, and I, which seems like a simple, useful set to start

Nick wanted to say something while Rich was talking to me, so he raised his hand. We found that extremely amusing.Zoe's cord has fallen off. She has an outie.Nick is pretty horrified by spit-up, and can't believe I just wipe it off my shirt a

I'm not sure how well I'll been doing at explaining my feelings about kindergarten. It's hard for me to articulate; my emotions are mixed, to say the least. Being really, realy tired doesn't help either. Maybe in a week or two I'l

Nick was in a much better mood when he got off the bus today. He wasn't particularly communicative about his day, but I'm assuming school is getting better. And he got a present in the mail, Zoë was alert and cheerful for a few minutes o

Nick is finding adjusting to kindergarten...difficult. As in this morning he tried to talk me into letting him stay home. And yesterday, after school, he cried because he doesn't have as much time to play with Zeus. Then he told me that they all

Zoe had her first visit to the doctor Monday. She's nice and healthy. Perhaps more significantly, Nick had his first day of kindergarten. Mom and I drove him to school and dropped him off at the gym. I was fussing and mushy; he basically told me

We went to the school for Nick's testing today. Despite some last minute confusion due to him being switched to a new teacher at the last minute, it went fine. He seemed happy with Mrs. K, and marched off with her to "ask and answer some que

My mother is expecting to come to town Friday. Nick's birthday party is this Saturday. His birthday proper is next Wednesday. Unless the baby decides to put in an appearance earlier, I will be induced next Tuesday. And Nick starts kindergarten th

Kindergarten starts in just a few weeks, and everyone we meet wants to know how Nick feels about that. Well, he's basically indifferent. He's got other things on his mind. The imminent arrival of his baby sister, and his upcoming birthday and

We're having a garage sale tomorrow. If you live around here, feel free to stop by and, you know, buy some of our junk. Regardless of where you live, spare a moment of sympathy for us as we sit out in the heat and 60% chance of rain, all for the

There's less than a month to my due date. So theoretically, I could go into labor pretty much any day now. Probably not today or tomorrow, though; my OB assures me that nothing's happening yet. Before my appointment, we trotted over to Admiss

Everything I wrote yesterday is true, but I'm in a better mood about it all today. In case you were worried that I was approaching a breakdown or something. Also, Beth and Jonathan stopped by for a visit this evening. Company always cheers m

Nothing much exciting happened yesterday or today. Which is probably just as well, because I have a lot to write about the weekend, which was action-packed. Saturday morning we all left the house bright and early (by my standards, anyway) to go to Jo

Kindergarten registration  was yesterday. They've been running ads in the paper for a month. I put the date in my PDA and carefully assembled all the paperwork I would need. I don't really have to tell you what comes next, do I? Naturally, I for

It had been far too long since our last trip to the zoo, so on Friday Nick and I headed on over. Nick had such a good time, he insisted on visiting the entire zoo. I would have preferred to husband my energy by leaving an hour or two earlier, but wha

As it turns out, Ms. T was able to come back to work after all. So we went over to the school today. Where Nick proceeded to throw a tantrum in the classroom, while the principal was walking by. At the end of the session Ms. T, the principal, and a s