December 2018

At 11:45pm pm on Christmas Eve, Sarah started asking if it was time to get up and open presents. This continued every hour or so until 5:15am on Christmas when we all got up to begin the day. We had a wonderful day filled with Amy’s new favorite game: Cat Crimes. It involves logic problems that can be… Read more »

When Sarah came home from school on Tuesday, she immediately asked me for striped fabric or fabric on which she could draw stripes. She desperately wanted to make a pair of striped pajamas for Sc. I asked Sarah if it would be ok to instead ask Sc to bring a pair of her own pajamas…. Read more »

A little over a week ago, Carl’s grandfather died. He had a full and wonderful 99 years. We waited until that weekend to tell the girls because we weren’t sure how they would react. Amy seemed a bit sad, mainly from understanding how Carl was feeling and because she could relate to how she loves… Read more »

The week has felt frustrating regarding Sarah getting ready for school in the morning or going to get Amy in the afternoon. Sarah was more resistant about it than she has been in a while. I started to feel like Scrooge or the Grinch, just hating Christmas because that is what she is asking about… Read more »

Sarah loves bus shelters and some of the ads in them. She especially loves the Molyneaux carpet ad with a kid wearing a green shirt on a green carpet. Amy’s favorite ad has a cat playing a keyboard. A few months ago, Sarah’s favorite bus shelter was taken away! It was at a corner near… Read more »