Remember my angst over whether E. should take dance lessons or not? Well, the gamble has paid off. She couldn’t be happier. Her weekly lessons are the highlight of her week. When she wakes up each day, she asks if it’s ballet day. And as soon as one lesson is over, the countdown for the…
Milestones
Tiny Dancer
After much thought, overthinking and discussion, we made E’s biggest wish (well, at least for this month anyway) come true this week — we started dance lessons. Thank you so much to everyone who weighed in on To Dance or Not To Dance? post. Your input, experiences and advice was really helpful and very much…
First Day of School!
Back to reality today. It’s the first day of school! Even though E. was in her preschool all summer (sorry, they call it “camp” during the summer), it felt like a first day of school after her week off last week. Her school closes the week between camp and the new school year, and a…
Grow, Baby, Grow
Know what I realized? Sometime over the past few days was my one-year blogiversary! And know what made me realize that? This: Every six months, we mark E’s growth on a wall in our house. We started doing it on her 2nd birthday (I wish we had thought to do it sooner!). And when we…
Like a Fish to Water
As you may remember, E’s swim lessons were painful. Very painful. Every day of the three-week lessons was a disaster. She clearly saved her poop all day long because suddenly, just before every lesson, she HAD TO GO POTTY (her emphasis, not mine). And they were marathon sessions. When she realized those stall techniques weren’t…