Another mostly sunny day, another day spent indoors with the curtains drawn. Stupid brain.

Sophia, I am the opposite of you. I rarely lock my door when I am home and awake, but always when I am out.

I have been watching a Holmes Inspection marathon all day (new show after Holmes on Holmes.) I want them to come and reno my kitchen.

I am at a birthday party with mac, another friend of his that I do not like.

They just had the girls dancing for the birthday boy and he eliminated them one by one based on who they thought was best and of course they were hootchie dancing by the end. 9 YEARS OLD!

No one is speaking english except to me either. I wish I could leave.

Omg really really loud music for musical chairs.

Noah got a haircut today as did Grace. Grace's haircut is undeniably adorable. Noah's can be easily denied.

Is noah's sticking straight up?

I think this party is a greater power showing me that it really is time for us to get on with a new life elsewhere.

yes. They asked if his hair is normally cut with scissors or clippers. The wrong answer was given. Now he has a buzz cut. He likes it, but it makes me cry because he's not my little boy with this haircut.

Grace though is adorable. We cut her hair above the trach ties and she's so cute. She has the cut I've always wanted, but since she has curly hair, it totally works for her. [link]

I can't see the pics now on my blackberry.

It's become clear that this is also one of those parties where some people are invited becaused they are friends with the parents, the kids aren't friends at all. Mac is so socially immature he is just sitting in a room playing a video game while lots of the kids are moving around.

Happy Father's Day to all Buffista Daddys!

Grace, as usual, looks adorable.

Ugh, msbelle, that is hard.

I think M. is a little immature, too. I am going to work this summer on independence. He told me he doesn't have chores as home (grain of salt), but I do notice that he has an expectation to be waited on for a lot of things that an 8 yo is perfectly able to do; i.e., getting a glass of juice, making a PB&J if I get the stuff, etc.

A lot of it is single child stuff, I imagine, but I am going to start working on skill sets; he's a really great, bright kid who just needs some clear boundaries, and to be shown how to do stuff, and follow-through with expectations of what he CAN and SHOULD do. I want him to be proud of his independence at the end of the summer.

Another boy at the party almost started a fight. Thank dog not mac.

There's a 3 year old here that I can talk with more than most of the adults. 20 more min.