Taking Joy in What I have

A friend is pg with #8! I knew it would happen, frankly expected the announcement months ago and yet when dh told me last night I felt so sad and envious. The stupid part is I was just reveling in the silence yesterday and in how much easier life is with one 2 year old around. Sometimes I want another baby, and yet it would put some many things I want to do with my older boys on hold again.

Then I heard about this pg and I wanted to cry. It stinks that I can't have any more. Irony of ironies, I am actually the most fertile I have ever been. My period is regular for the first time in my life, I can tell when I'm about to ovulate, etc. etc. BUT my current babies need a mom more than I need another baby, so its just not worth the risk to have another one. I can't say I didn't think about it going to ask the doctor how risky it would be though.

Ah well, I will just have to get my baby fix with this friends babies and then hand them back to her to deal with the spit up and the sleepless nights.

Carol Anne

The wheels on the mom go spin, spin, spin....

My big boys are back in school, my toddler is a dream-so easy to get along with. I have soooo much I need/want to do (including blogging regularly again) and I am just spinning my wheels.

Many blog posts have been running through my head in the last week, but I just couldn't get to the keyboard to get them down.

Best thing to happen lately is my sweet, funny happy go lucky little boy is back. Maestro was so anxious about kindergarten that he was a bear to be around all summer. I thought it might be kindergarten anxiety, but worried that maybe my sweet boy was growing up and the joy of my heart was gone. Last week he had 3 half days of school. On the second morning he informed me "Mommy you don't need to pack me a snack because I am not going". That afternoon when walking from the park back to school to get Galileo, he said "Mommy, I think I'll go to school tomorrow. It was sorta fun today. Mrs. Kelly is a fine teacher".

Maestro: First Day of Big Kid School

Galileo is having a hard go of it. Concentrating and focusing are hard for him which leave him saying the work is hard which is such bologna. I am going in to speak with his teacher next week just to give her a clue about him. I also want to encourage her to keep me informed how he is doing and enlist us in anyway possible to help him succeed. It may be just the sensory stuff, but thoughts of ADD are starting to rattle around in my head.

Little Bit is doing great! His vocabulary is growing every day although I am often the only one who understands him. Its exciting to see him use new words and to start putting words together.

We had a great camping trip at Raquette Lake. I hope to post more pics later. Only downer is that Craig came home with Lyme disease. :( We spent Labor Day weekend with his family at his parents' vacation house in WV. It was a lovely weekend, and every one seemed to get along with eachother which was refreshing.

Now, Little Bit must nap and I must organize myself so I can start to get something accomplished around here rather than just making big ruts with all my spinning.