Fall is here and thank goodness the heat wave has broken!So Daddy has started taking the boys out for bike rides. He says the boys enjoy it and I assume it is a good workout hauling 50+ pounds.
Yeah!!! For Daddy time;)
9 years ago
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Monday, September 12, 2011
{A is for Apple}
Today was Cooper's 1st day of Mother's Day OutWe have known it was coming for some time now
We've been talking about it for weeks
He's been practicing carrying his backpack and lunchbox as well as napping on his napmat
Today started out rough
As I changed his diaper 1st thing this morning and I reminded him what today was he would not let me put him down, wrapping his legs around me.
He didn't want to get dressed, the only way I got him in the truck was by asking if he wanted to ride in brother's seat, who was on a walk with our neighbor. This morning he didnt want to help carry his backpack, lunchbox nor his napmat, he even wanted to be carried inside.
He was feeling very unsure.
I hung out and played with him a while before saying good bye, he was sitting in my lap to prevent me from escaping, but evenutally I was able to sneak out.
I could hear him screaming down the hall, but slowly and surely the screams faded. I stood outside his door till be was better, maybe a little whiney, but I could see he was making friends with one of his teachers. I knew it was time to leave as I was about to start crying as one of the worker was trying to convience me it was okay to leave and that he was doing really well for having never been left anywhere before.
So, I left and Dillon and I played for a couple hours, just the two of us. We ate lunch together, just the two of us. When D went down for his nap I started missing Cooper and anticipating going to pick him up.
When I walked in the door and saw him hovering the same teacher, I knew he had found his safety and then when she told me how he was showing everyone his moves during music time, I knew he had a good time. I was shocked to hear he had actualy napped there, but his favorite teacher had sat by him till he fell asleep.
He proundly carried his Lovie and his artwork out to the car.
His 1st day of school, now history.
I'm sure he's going to love it, and I am sure it will be good for him.
We are BOTH just having to get used to it.
Sunday, September 11, 2011
{where were you when the world stopped turning}
9-11
10 years ago today America changed
This past week the media has been making tribute to 911, every time I listen to someone telling their story I have thought I should right my story of 911. Part of me think, why? My life was not directly impacted by a loved one's death that day, nor has anyone close to me been fighting in the war that has ensued since. So the answer as to why I am writing this is so my boys will know my memories of 911, however circumstantial they were.
As I sit here typing I am reminded of the day I asked my mom where she was when John F. Kennedy was shot. I'm not sure what prompted me to ask. She was sitting in class at Bryan Adams High School. She remember them letting the class watch TV the rest of the day.
9-11-01
I was living by myself in Valley Ranch (Irving, TX), I had my own apartment, going to school at The University of North Texas and working nights at Kirby's Steakhouse. 9-11 was a school day so I was up getting ready for class, the Today Show on in the background so I could casually listen to the news. I must have been just about to walk out of the apartment to drive to Denton because I was picking up the channel changer to turn the TV off as Katie Couric was reporting something strange and unknown was happening in NY, I remember the TV showing a clip of the tower on fire, no facts were known. I turned the TV off and headed to class knowing I would catch up with the news later in the day. The next thing I remember is being on 35 driving North, radio on, barley any cars on the freeway, reports of the other tower being hit and again, no answer as to what was happening. At this point I remember a surreal feeling come over me possibly anxiety due to the unknown, but knowing that something big was happening. As I kept driving to class they reported the pentagon had been hit, I was closer to school than home, do I even go to class at this point? I wanted to watch the news. I got to campus, but the parking lots were bare, I walked through the Union, everyone was standing still staring at the small TV's. At that point I just felt confused so I walked to class because it started at 9:30; 10:30 NY time. Ironically, it was my undergraduate counseling class, a small class, even smaller since many people had chosen to stay home. I remember the instructor coming in, casually sitting in one of the desks with us and asking us what we wanted to do. Did we want to 'process' what was going on or did we want to go home because there was a rumor the campus was most likely going to close for the day. After a brief discussion of what we knew about what was happening, we agreed to all head home, to watch the news. The rest of the day was spent watching channel 5, Matt Lauer, Katie Couric, and Tom Brokaw reporting as information came available. At some point in the afternoon Farrah came over to watch the news with me as well as my good friend at the time, Dylan. There was not much said, just watching in disbelief at the overwhelming unknown terror as it unravelled through the media.
10 years ago today America changed
This past week the media has been making tribute to 911, every time I listen to someone telling their story I have thought I should right my story of 911. Part of me think, why? My life was not directly impacted by a loved one's death that day, nor has anyone close to me been fighting in the war that has ensued since. So the answer as to why I am writing this is so my boys will know my memories of 911, however circumstantial they were.
As I sit here typing I am reminded of the day I asked my mom where she was when John F. Kennedy was shot. I'm not sure what prompted me to ask. She was sitting in class at Bryan Adams High School. She remember them letting the class watch TV the rest of the day.
9-11-01
I was living by myself in Valley Ranch (Irving, TX), I had my own apartment, going to school at The University of North Texas and working nights at Kirby's Steakhouse. 9-11 was a school day so I was up getting ready for class, the Today Show on in the background so I could casually listen to the news. I must have been just about to walk out of the apartment to drive to Denton because I was picking up the channel changer to turn the TV off as Katie Couric was reporting something strange and unknown was happening in NY, I remember the TV showing a clip of the tower on fire, no facts were known. I turned the TV off and headed to class knowing I would catch up with the news later in the day. The next thing I remember is being on 35 driving North, radio on, barley any cars on the freeway, reports of the other tower being hit and again, no answer as to what was happening. At this point I remember a surreal feeling come over me possibly anxiety due to the unknown, but knowing that something big was happening. As I kept driving to class they reported the pentagon had been hit, I was closer to school than home, do I even go to class at this point? I wanted to watch the news. I got to campus, but the parking lots were bare, I walked through the Union, everyone was standing still staring at the small TV's. At that point I just felt confused so I walked to class because it started at 9:30; 10:30 NY time. Ironically, it was my undergraduate counseling class, a small class, even smaller since many people had chosen to stay home. I remember the instructor coming in, casually sitting in one of the desks with us and asking us what we wanted to do. Did we want to 'process' what was going on or did we want to go home because there was a rumor the campus was most likely going to close for the day. After a brief discussion of what we knew about what was happening, we agreed to all head home, to watch the news. The rest of the day was spent watching channel 5, Matt Lauer, Katie Couric, and Tom Brokaw reporting as information came available. At some point in the afternoon Farrah came over to watch the news with me as well as my good friend at the time, Dylan. There was not much said, just watching in disbelief at the overwhelming unknown terror as it unravelled through the media.
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