WOOT!!! We can go whenever is good for you and the Os!!!
It'll take us 2 hours to get there, so maybe we can plan for late morning (10:30-11:00). We can have lunch there and head home in the afternoon.
Lorne: Once the word spreads you beat up an innocent old man, well, the truly terrible will think twice before going toe-to-toe with our Avenging Angel. Spike: Yes. The geriatric community will be soiling their nappies when they hear you're on the case. Bravo.
'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
Spike's Bitches 31: We're Motivated Go-getters.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Cashmere - Aug 18, 2006 6:41:49 am PDT #9250 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
vw bug - Aug 18, 2006 6:44:28 am PDT #9251 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
Oh, good grief. Now Target.com is having trouble accessing the information to allow you to use any kind of gift certificate.
Stupid Target.com. I was told to "try again later."
SuziQ - Aug 18, 2006 6:50:03 am PDT #9252 of 10001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Cindy, K-Bug was a mother's helper for a neighbor a couple of summers ago. The family had adopted 5 kids and she liked having K-Bug over even if it was to just watch some of the kids while she bathed the others. I can't imagine going from zero to five kids and being able to balance all the parental stuff.
§ ita § - Aug 18, 2006 6:57:34 am PDT #9253 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
she always wonders about it, when she has a kid who has never cried at least once or twice, about being left at school, by a parent.
Unsurprisingly, that would be me. I think I shooed my parents away on my first day of Montessori.
vw bug - Aug 18, 2006 7:03:10 am PDT #9254 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
Ok. Giving up on Target.com for now.
Someone make me go do dishes.
Megan E. - Aug 18, 2006 7:16:18 am PDT #9255 of 10001
Go do dishes vw!
*cracks whip*
Topic!Cindy - Aug 18, 2006 7:21:45 am PDT #9256 of 10001
What is even happening?
ita, had you been home with a parent for all the years prior to Montessori?
Katerina Bee - Aug 18, 2006 7:30:03 am PDT #9257 of 10001
Herding cats for fun
Aaawww. Em loves Aimee. Unsurprising, that. Going to preschool is teaching her how to deal with separation anxiety, but don't forget that you're also teaching her that you'll always come back for her.
I also wish that I could spend the day taking naps and having somebody bring me French Toast, preferably with sides o'maple syrup and homemade strawberry jam. Maybe some whipped cream, too. Ooh! And bacon, and orange juice, and and and and... Hm. Better ask for a pony while I'm at it.
§ ita § - Aug 18, 2006 7:33:24 am PDT #9258 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
had you been home with a parent for all the years prior to Montessori?
I'm trying to remember--there might have been a couple months of daycare in NY before I went to Montessori in Ottawa. But I was notorious for impatiently waiting for my parents to leave, or for abandoning them entirely.
Topic!Cindy - Aug 18, 2006 7:42:36 am PDT #9259 of 10001
What is even happening?
Julia is not unlike that. She did have a fairly short period of crying at pre-school first, though. I started her during Ben's summer before kindergarten, and sent him that summer, so that she'd have him there as a cushion. She was thrilled to be doing what her big brother did. It was way better than being stuck at home with me and the baby. She couldn't have cared less that I left, at first.
A week or two in, she started crying. Then she was fine, and I could barely get a kiss goodbye. She may have had a little bump when Ben left, but not much. About six months later (I think) she started with the crying again, but it was only for a brief span, and her teacher said she'd stop as soon as my car was out of sight.