Along with being shocked by how much I miss Caroline, this week has been filled with another surprise. Katherine has watched television once. All week. I have fairly strict rules (ok, quite strict rules) regarding the number of shows the girls watch each week but I tend to be more lenient when Katherine is without Caroline, her most […]
Read moreMy friend Lindsey used just the right word to describe the week I am having, bittersweet. Katherine and I see this sunset every night before we snuggle in for bedtime books. I take one step from my deck and land on the beach. I sit and read a book, toes in the sand, with my mom […]
Read moreKatherine headed off to Day Camp this morning. Do you think her backpack is big enough? Katherine will be on the same campus as Caroline. I’m not sure if they will see each other or how they will react if they do. Just last night I asked Katherine if she hoped to see Caroline and she told […]
Read moreJammies at the beach… Life is good. Note: I seem to be having issues getting my pictures big enough… working on it. The gorgeous scene that Katherine and I are enjoying this week will surely be motivation for me to fix this problem!
Read moreToday we dropped off Caroline at sleep away camp for ten days. I spent many, many wonderful summers at this very same camp. We have spent many, many long months trying to decide if Caroline was ready for this adventure. Unfortunately, we forgot to think about whether or not I was ready for this adventure. […]
Read moreI’m quite sure there is nothing better in this world than a big sister reading to a little sister during a visit to the library…
Read moreCaroline is going to sleep away camp this Thursday. I am torn between sheer excitement and utter terror. She will be attending the same camp that I went to and loved which was the same camp that my mom went to and loved. Many of the current directors were there when I was. Each time […]
Read moreToday Caroline was examining her DJ 3K bracelet (Derek Jeter 3000 Hits for those of you don’t follow the Yankees quite as closely as we do in this house), when she read about Jeter’s Turn 2 Foundation. To quote the foundation’s website: The name “Turn 2” is symbolic of the dramatic double-play made by infielders during […]
Read moreI am that Mom who gives books as gifts. Caroline is starting to complain that each of her friend’s birthday presents must include a book but I am persevering through all the “Mom, no one else does this!!” complaints. I just feel too importantly about it. When the girls were younger, we would give their friends […]
Read moreI am on a mission. A mission to find engaging easy readers. A mission to find easy readers that are actually easy to read. A mission to find easy readers that will actually be read by the children who need them. Many books marketed as easy readers are not only deathly dull but hard to read […]
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