Ed left the house with the kids at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday morning and didn't come back until 6:45 p.m. Sunday evening. I used that time to finish up our packing. And I'm happy to say that that's pretty much what I did. All of the toys (save a basket of cars, a basket of construction vehicles, a group of big construction vehicles, and Seth's tools) are packed. The kitchen, including the pantry food, is packed. (I left out the bread, hot dog buns, chips, vitamins, ibuprofen, Motrin, Ovaltine, cereal, crackers, and a few other snacks.) Our closets are packed. I left out some towels and a set of sheets for the boys' beds. And there are odds and ends all over. My jewelry, our alarm clocks, bathroom stuff, some sippy cups for the kids, laundry detergent, cleaning supplies. But there is a box set aside for all of those things, and I anticipate a quick final packing session on Thursday night/Friday morning.
The boys have handled things pretty well so far. Seth has asked for his weed whacker and his blower a few times, both of which are packed away. He doesn't like that they are packed up, but I've been able to distract him. William is fine with the things that have been packed. He is looking forward to living in the new house.
They also had an awesome weekend with their daddy and were not at all bothered by me staying home. Seth, in fact, has formed an attachment to Ed and wanted Daddy to help him put his pjs on tonight and read to him before bed. That's a new twist! But I'll take it. On Saturday they went to Taekwondo, Starbucks for breakfast, the Air and Space Museum, and then to Ed's parents. On Sunday they went to Uncle Craig's farm, where they rode the tractor and the ATV, and William rode a horse! They came home absolutely exhausted, so I know they had a great time.
Overall, I feel pretty good about where things stand. Ask me how I feel on Thursday night, and it might be a whole different story. But for now, things are good. I started the process of registering William for kindergarten tonight by enrolling him online. Then we get to make an appointment to bring in the paperwork and take a tour of the school. I can't wait!
Monday, May 23, 2011
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
T-Minus One Week and One Day
We will be moving in one week and one day. This is a small sampling of what our house looks like right now:
There are packed boxes and empty boxes everywhere. It feels chaotic, even for me. The boys, however, are doing pretty well with it. They love the boxes and I keep finding random toys in the empty boxes. They use the boxes we haven't used yet (they're still flat) to "build" things. We haven't packed many of their toys yet, but they have been asking questions about when they will see their stuff again. This Saturday is the day we plan to pack up all the toys in the basement. We'll see how they react to that.
Although we've gotten a lot done, we still have a long way to go. The toys, the kitchen, my closet, the bathrooms--all still need to be packed. We have managed to get rid of most of the items we posted on Craigslist. We sold two dressers, a dining room table and chairs, a book shelf, a cabinet, a desk, two filing cabinets, and a table saw. We did not sell 2 chairs, an ottoman, a coffee table, and a book case. But we'll donate the chairs and coffee table to Goodwill, and keep the book case. All in all, it's been a pretty good experience.
I'm pretty excited to get this move on! A bit overwhelmed, but excited. The closing is Thursday, May 26. Moving day is Friday, May 27. On Saturday morning, we'll have the carpets cleaned at the old place. And then we'll have Sunday and Monday to get the old place all clean and walk-through ready. The boys are going to go to school as usual on Friday morning, and then I'll take them to Ed's parents' house Friday night. Ed's parents will bring them to our new house on Saturday afternoon. But maybe we can talk them into keeping the boys until Sunday.
So that's our plan. For now, I've got some packing to do!
There are packed boxes and empty boxes everywhere. It feels chaotic, even for me. The boys, however, are doing pretty well with it. They love the boxes and I keep finding random toys in the empty boxes. They use the boxes we haven't used yet (they're still flat) to "build" things. We haven't packed many of their toys yet, but they have been asking questions about when they will see their stuff again. This Saturday is the day we plan to pack up all the toys in the basement. We'll see how they react to that.
Although we've gotten a lot done, we still have a long way to go. The toys, the kitchen, my closet, the bathrooms--all still need to be packed. We have managed to get rid of most of the items we posted on Craigslist. We sold two dressers, a dining room table and chairs, a book shelf, a cabinet, a desk, two filing cabinets, and a table saw. We did not sell 2 chairs, an ottoman, a coffee table, and a book case. But we'll donate the chairs and coffee table to Goodwill, and keep the book case. All in all, it's been a pretty good experience.
I'm pretty excited to get this move on! A bit overwhelmed, but excited. The closing is Thursday, May 26. Moving day is Friday, May 27. On Saturday morning, we'll have the carpets cleaned at the old place. And then we'll have Sunday and Monday to get the old place all clean and walk-through ready. The boys are going to go to school as usual on Friday morning, and then I'll take them to Ed's parents' house Friday night. Ed's parents will bring them to our new house on Saturday afternoon. But maybe we can talk them into keeping the boys until Sunday.
So that's our plan. For now, I've got some packing to do!
Monday, May 16, 2011
The Birthday Party
William's birthday party was a big success. Like Seth, he had it at Pump It Up, and all the kids had a blast. The pizza ended up being about 25 minutes late, so we decided to go ahead and serve the cake first. Then right as we started passing out the cake, the pizza came. Not a total disaster, so all was well. And since it wasn't my fault, I wasn't stressed about it at all. But note to self: Plan all future birthday parties in the afternoon so the only thing you have to serve is cake! (Duh.)
Anyway, the cake turned out pretty well:
And I only stayed up until 10:00 p.m. Friday night making it. Not too shabby! Although the party cost us an arm and a leg, and then the other leg, I think it might have been worth it not having to stress about anything, and not having to wake up early to make anything or clean anything. And during the party, I got to talk with all the parents while the kids played. It was great.
Here's the birthday boy while we sang Happy Birthday: (That's his new favorite shirt, btw, paired with camouflage pants. He must have inherited his father's sense of style!)
Not the greatest picture, but he had a great time. Still trying to wrap my brain around him turning 5. After we got home, he said, "I sure am getting big, aren't I?"
You sure are buddy. You sure are.
Anyway, the cake turned out pretty well:
And I only stayed up until 10:00 p.m. Friday night making it. Not too shabby! Although the party cost us an arm and a leg, and then the other leg, I think it might have been worth it not having to stress about anything, and not having to wake up early to make anything or clean anything. And during the party, I got to talk with all the parents while the kids played. It was great.
Here's the birthday boy while we sang Happy Birthday: (That's his new favorite shirt, btw, paired with camouflage pants. He must have inherited his father's sense of style!)
Not the greatest picture, but he had a great time. Still trying to wrap my brain around him turning 5. After we got home, he said, "I sure am getting big, aren't I?"
You sure are buddy. You sure are.
Friday, May 13, 2011
Happy 5th Birthday William
Dear William,
Today you turn 5 years old and my mind is spinning with how quickly your life has passed before my eyes. I could not be prouder of the little boy you have become. Your fifth year of life has been a good one, filled with new experiences and friends, with new found confidence and a thirst for knowledge, and with your ever blossoming imagination.
You have been taking Taekwondo for almost a year now, and you love it. I’m proud of the way you follow directions, pay attention to your teachers, and try your best at every class. (Well, almost every class!) Your favorite part of Taekwondo is “Ninja Night Out,” when the kids get to spend an evening at the Studio playing Super Mega Dodge Ball, eating pizza, and watching movies. Mommy and Daddy love Ninja Night Out, too!
Your love for drawing has really taken off this year and you have created some pretty amazing pictures. You love to draw space ships and animals being rescued and race cars and people. Sometimes you get frustrated when your pictures don’t turn out the way you want them to, but once I remind you that drawing takes lots of practice and patience, you settle down.
Your interests in your fifth year have bounced from space and rocket ships and planets to ancient Egypt (and all things Sphinxes and mummies and pyramids) to volcanoes and earthquakes to missiles and trains and snakes, and of course, to construction sites and equipment. We have started reading The Magic Treehouse series, and you can’t get enough of those stories. And every time we visit the library, we have to go to the nonfiction section so you can get a few books on your interest of the day. I love how interested you are in so many things and how you want to learn more and more about everything. You are just starting to read and sounding out what letters are in words. You sometimes ask me what letters make certain sounds. (“What letter makes ‘uh’ Mommy?”) You worked very hard one day to spell out, “I can do whatever I want.” I was very proud of your effort and amused by your sentiment!
I also love that you are such a good big brother to Seth. You are getting good at compromising with him (especially when I remind you!) and I’m so impressed by how well you share with him. I know it isn’t easy. And as much as you two fight, I see how much you love him and how often you include him in your play and how important you make him feel. Sometimes you even stick up for him, and you’re protective of him, too. I hope that you and Seth will always love each other the way you do now.
In your fifth year of life, you’ve developed a great sense of humor and you love to make up jokes. You love to be silly and make other people laugh. Your laugh is infectious, and I often find myself having to suppress a giggle when I’m trying to get you to do something and you’re goofing off. Beyond the silliness, though, you are very thoughtful and sensitive and caring. You are a good friend and a deep thinker. I love all of those things about you.
In just a few weeks, we will be moving to a new house, and in just a few months, you will be starting kindergarten. A new chapter in our lives will begin, but I have absolute confidence that you will make new friends, that you will love school, and that you will adjust well to all the changes in your life. You always surpass my expectations when we face something new, and I hope that never changes. I hope that you will always be excited by new situations and ready to face new challenges. Daddy and I will do our absolute best to help you and support you and comfort you and guide you with gentle hands and strong hearts.
So happy happy birthday to the most amazing 5 year old I know. I love you more than I ever imagined was possible, and I can’t wait to see what your sixth year of life has in store for you. But along the way, I’m going to work a little harder to hang on to each and every moment that we share together. Because time passes much too quickly, and I don’t want to miss one second of your 5-year-old awesomeness.
Today you turn 5 years old and my mind is spinning with how quickly your life has passed before my eyes. I could not be prouder of the little boy you have become. Your fifth year of life has been a good one, filled with new experiences and friends, with new found confidence and a thirst for knowledge, and with your ever blossoming imagination.
You have been taking Taekwondo for almost a year now, and you love it. I’m proud of the way you follow directions, pay attention to your teachers, and try your best at every class. (Well, almost every class!) Your favorite part of Taekwondo is “Ninja Night Out,” when the kids get to spend an evening at the Studio playing Super Mega Dodge Ball, eating pizza, and watching movies. Mommy and Daddy love Ninja Night Out, too!
Your love for drawing has really taken off this year and you have created some pretty amazing pictures. You love to draw space ships and animals being rescued and race cars and people. Sometimes you get frustrated when your pictures don’t turn out the way you want them to, but once I remind you that drawing takes lots of practice and patience, you settle down.
Your interests in your fifth year have bounced from space and rocket ships and planets to ancient Egypt (and all things Sphinxes and mummies and pyramids) to volcanoes and earthquakes to missiles and trains and snakes, and of course, to construction sites and equipment. We have started reading The Magic Treehouse series, and you can’t get enough of those stories. And every time we visit the library, we have to go to the nonfiction section so you can get a few books on your interest of the day. I love how interested you are in so many things and how you want to learn more and more about everything. You are just starting to read and sounding out what letters are in words. You sometimes ask me what letters make certain sounds. (“What letter makes ‘uh’ Mommy?”) You worked very hard one day to spell out, “I can do whatever I want.” I was very proud of your effort and amused by your sentiment!
I also love that you are such a good big brother to Seth. You are getting good at compromising with him (especially when I remind you!) and I’m so impressed by how well you share with him. I know it isn’t easy. And as much as you two fight, I see how much you love him and how often you include him in your play and how important you make him feel. Sometimes you even stick up for him, and you’re protective of him, too. I hope that you and Seth will always love each other the way you do now.
In your fifth year of life, you’ve developed a great sense of humor and you love to make up jokes. You love to be silly and make other people laugh. Your laugh is infectious, and I often find myself having to suppress a giggle when I’m trying to get you to do something and you’re goofing off. Beyond the silliness, though, you are very thoughtful and sensitive and caring. You are a good friend and a deep thinker. I love all of those things about you.
In just a few weeks, we will be moving to a new house, and in just a few months, you will be starting kindergarten. A new chapter in our lives will begin, but I have absolute confidence that you will make new friends, that you will love school, and that you will adjust well to all the changes in your life. You always surpass my expectations when we face something new, and I hope that never changes. I hope that you will always be excited by new situations and ready to face new challenges. Daddy and I will do our absolute best to help you and support you and comfort you and guide you with gentle hands and strong hearts.
So happy happy birthday to the most amazing 5 year old I know. I love you more than I ever imagined was possible, and I can’t wait to see what your sixth year of life has in store for you. But along the way, I’m going to work a little harder to hang on to each and every moment that we share together. Because time passes much too quickly, and I don’t want to miss one second of your 5-year-old awesomeness.
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Birthday Party, Procrastinator Style
William's birthday is in two days. As in day after tomorrow. His birthday party is on Saturday. As of today at 11:00 a.m., I had no plan for how to celebrate his birthday at school on Friday, and no plan for the birthday cake or the party favors.
As of 9:30 p.m. tonight, I have a plan for Friday's school celebration. Friday was deemed "camping day" by William's teacher, so after the boys went to sleep tonight, I headed to the grocery store and bought nut-free granola, chocolate chips, marshmallows, raisins, and Cheerios for the kids in William's class to make their own trail mix. I also bought the ingredients for homemade ice cream (half-and-half, heavy cream, sugar, and vanilla) to make with his class on Friday afternoon, since ice cream is one of William's favorite treats, and the one thing that he requested to share with his friends.
As for the birthday party cake and favors, earlier today, I decided I would make a rocket ship cake and a moon cake, since William is so into space. On the way home, however, William decided that he wants a Spiderman and Iron Man cake. Uh, okay, sure. No sweat! I'll just pull that one out of my arse, since it seems like that's pretty much how I pull everything off these days. This is going to be my model:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sismiss/4795721395/
But I'm going to try to make Iron Man look more like this: http://connect.in.com/cake-man/images-cake-dengan-decor-butter-cream-kitchen-craft-cake-6-678653990502.html because I think it's less complicated than option A.
As for party favors, I got some sidewalk chalk and bubbles, and I guess I'll try to find a moment tomorrow evening to run to the party store for little bags. I'd use ziplock sandwich bags if I had some. But I don't. The party favors have nothing to do with Iron Man and Spiderman, and I'm using the plain paper plates and cups that come with the party package at Pump It Up. So nothing will be coordinated or "cute." But no one really cares. I'm just impressed with myself that I've gotten this far. Nothing like a little last-minute planning!
As of 9:30 p.m. tonight, I have a plan for Friday's school celebration. Friday was deemed "camping day" by William's teacher, so after the boys went to sleep tonight, I headed to the grocery store and bought nut-free granola, chocolate chips, marshmallows, raisins, and Cheerios for the kids in William's class to make their own trail mix. I also bought the ingredients for homemade ice cream (half-and-half, heavy cream, sugar, and vanilla) to make with his class on Friday afternoon, since ice cream is one of William's favorite treats, and the one thing that he requested to share with his friends.
As for the birthday party cake and favors, earlier today, I decided I would make a rocket ship cake and a moon cake, since William is so into space. On the way home, however, William decided that he wants a Spiderman and Iron Man cake. Uh, okay, sure. No sweat! I'll just pull that one out of my arse, since it seems like that's pretty much how I pull everything off these days. This is going to be my model:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sismiss/4795721395/
But I'm going to try to make Iron Man look more like this: http://connect.in.com/cake-man/images-cake-dengan-decor-butter-cream-kitchen-craft-cake-6-678653990502.html because I think it's less complicated than option A.
As for party favors, I got some sidewalk chalk and bubbles, and I guess I'll try to find a moment tomorrow evening to run to the party store for little bags. I'd use ziplock sandwich bags if I had some. But I don't. The party favors have nothing to do with Iron Man and Spiderman, and I'm using the plain paper plates and cups that come with the party package at Pump It Up. So nothing will be coordinated or "cute." But no one really cares. I'm just impressed with myself that I've gotten this far. Nothing like a little last-minute planning!
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
The Birthday Gift
Seth received a gift card to Target from my brother and his wife, Uncle Mitch and Aunt Cheri. After much deliberation, this is what he chose.
Needless to say, he loves it! Thank you Uncle Mitch and Aunt Cheri, two of the most thoughtful and generous people we know. I am absolutely awful about acknowledging all of the wonderful gifts they have gotten for the boys over the years, but I hope they know how much we appreciate them. The boys are very aware of the toys they pick out using the gift cards. William has chosen a solar system fact finder, a make-your-own volcano, a dinosaur excavation kit, blocks, markers, books, and other toys. Seth has gotten a toy blender, construction trucks, blocks, dinosaurs, books and other toys, and of course, the guitar.
So thank you, thank you, thank you! We hope to see you guys soon!
Needless to say, he loves it! Thank you Uncle Mitch and Aunt Cheri, two of the most thoughtful and generous people we know. I am absolutely awful about acknowledging all of the wonderful gifts they have gotten for the boys over the years, but I hope they know how much we appreciate them. The boys are very aware of the toys they pick out using the gift cards. William has chosen a solar system fact finder, a make-your-own volcano, a dinosaur excavation kit, blocks, markers, books, and other toys. Seth has gotten a toy blender, construction trucks, blocks, dinosaurs, books and other toys, and of course, the guitar.
So thank you, thank you, thank you! We hope to see you guys soon!
Monday, May 09, 2011
Mother's Day Goodness
I had an awesome Mother's Day weekend. The highlights included:
- Impromptu visit to Old Town, Alexandria, where the boys and I strolled along the river, fed ducks, ate ice cream, and enjoyed a beautiful day.
- Many errands and chores accomplished, including library visit, getting Mother's Day prints for family (nothing like waiting 'till the last minute!), grocery shopping, laundry, and packing.
- Sleeping until 8:00 a.m on Sunday morning while Ed took the boys to breakfast, to fill the car with gas, and to buy flowers for me. Awesome!
- Spending time with Ed's family, and watching the boys open birthday presents. William got a Leapster and another Bruder truck. (This time, a snow plow. He already has the garbage truck, the cement mixer, the mobile crane, and the excavator.) He was ecstatic. Seth got a new scooter. It's a lot more advanced than his old one. It actually glides and you have to lean left and right to steer, so it teaches balance and coordination. Good stuff!
- Going to sleep on Sunday night feeling so incredibly lucky and happy to be a mom to two adorable, amazing boys. The overwhelming joy of being a mom does not hit me all the time. And being a mom has not been as easy or natural for me as I thought it would be. But when the moments come--and they do--I feel exhilarated and terrified all at the same time. I hope that my best is enough for them. I hope that they feel loved, supported, protected, encouraged, nurtured, and accepted. Because making them feel all of those things is my job. I hope that I can keep getting better and better at it.
Friday, May 06, 2011
Show Me the Mommy--From the Kids' Perspectives
William and Seth both love to take pictures with my point-and-shoot camera. And boy, have they taken some doozies! This one cracked William up (gotta love 4-going-on-5-year-old humor).
This is Seth's perspective of me in the morning:
This is usually what I'm doing while the boys are taking pictures--surfing the 'net:
Finally--a semi-decent picture! Too bad it's only three-fourths of me!
Well, I guess it's good to see what they see once in a while, even if it's not always the most flattering view!
This is Seth's perspective of me in the morning:
This is usually what I'm doing while the boys are taking pictures--surfing the 'net:
Finally--a semi-decent picture! Too bad it's only three-fourths of me!
Well, I guess it's good to see what they see once in a while, even if it's not always the most flattering view!
Tuesday, May 03, 2011
More Random Thoughts on Packing, and Other Stuff
I still can't seem to get back on the blogging bandwagon. Maybe that's because I'm reading Little Bee and I'm really enjoying it, so I just want to read in the evenings. Or because we've started packing. Back when we moved out of our house and into our current place, I wrote about the differences in Ed's and my packing styles. Ed is a "get 'er done" kind of packer. He packs quickly and efficiently, but he doesn't pay any attention to what he's putting into boxes. And he doesn't label the boxes, other than to write in what room he wants the movers to leave the box. I, on the other hand, am a very methodical and organized (i.e. slow) packer. I go through everything first to purge. Then I pack things according to room, and I label the boxes with an inventory of what's in each box. This is especially important to me this time around, because when we moved two years ago, a large number of boxes ended up in our storage room that we never even unpacked. Slowly over time, we opened them up here and there, and I found things that I had been looking for for ages. And we found a lot of things that we could have thrown out. Had I known what was in each box, we would have been a lot better off.
So Ed has started packing up our books. Except we haven't taken the time to really go through the books and decide what we want to keep and what we want to recycle. So as he tapes the boxes up and stacks them neatly, I drag them down, open them up, fish out the books we don't want, and then repack them. This weekend, I also went through several of the boxes in the storage room that had only been halfway unpacked from our last move, if that, and that Ed had just taped up to move to the new house, and I consolidated stuff, got rid of some stuff, and labeled each one very carefully. Ours is not the most efficient system in the world, but I guess it's okay for now, since we still have some time.
Another thing that is driving us both nuts is the Goodwill pile. Ed wants to throw everything away. I keep salvaging things from the garbage pile and putting them either in recycling or in the Goodwill pile. He just wants the stuff out of the house and thinks that although the intention to take stuff to Goodwill or to recycle it is good, we won't ever get around to it and the stuff will be piled up in our house until we're on the cusp of moving, and then we'll end up throwing everything away in the end. He can be so dramatic! He's not winning that argument. He took an old monitor and surround sound system to Best Buy for recycling this past weekend, and I'm making a run to Goodwill on Saturday. I'm sure I'll make a few more Goodwill runs before all is said and done.
In the meantime, things are moving right along. Tonight, we got home from work at 6:15 and I was so happy to see that Ed was already home. He played outside with the boys while I cooked dinner in peace. It is so hard to come home and to have to make dinner while also attending to the needs of the boys and to know we have less than 2 hours to play, cook dinner, eat dinner, do nebulizer, take bath, brush teeth, read stories, and give kisses goodnight. So it is awesome when Ed is home when we get there. And I can not WAIT until we move to the new house and the boys can play on the patio while I make dinner. I know I've said that before, but with our set-up now, I really can't let the boys go outside unattended. I do let them play in the front yard while I dart back and forth between the kitchen and the front door to monitor both them and dinner. But it makes for a stressful 30 minutes or so. I'm hoping that the shorter commute and enclosed back patio (with a kitchen window that faces the back patio) will make a big difference in the after-work scramble. I'm also hoping that Seth and I will get out the door a little bit earlier in the mornings, which means we'll be able to leave work a little bit earlier in the evenings. Every 10 minutes counts in such a big way! It's crazy to me to think about the fact that in four months, our schedule will be really different. William will be starting kindergarten. And it will just be Seth and me commuting. And William will talk about kids and teachers that I don't know. And life will be so different. Different, but good. I can't wait. But then again, I can.
So Ed has started packing up our books. Except we haven't taken the time to really go through the books and decide what we want to keep and what we want to recycle. So as he tapes the boxes up and stacks them neatly, I drag them down, open them up, fish out the books we don't want, and then repack them. This weekend, I also went through several of the boxes in the storage room that had only been halfway unpacked from our last move, if that, and that Ed had just taped up to move to the new house, and I consolidated stuff, got rid of some stuff, and labeled each one very carefully. Ours is not the most efficient system in the world, but I guess it's okay for now, since we still have some time.
Another thing that is driving us both nuts is the Goodwill pile. Ed wants to throw everything away. I keep salvaging things from the garbage pile and putting them either in recycling or in the Goodwill pile. He just wants the stuff out of the house and thinks that although the intention to take stuff to Goodwill or to recycle it is good, we won't ever get around to it and the stuff will be piled up in our house until we're on the cusp of moving, and then we'll end up throwing everything away in the end. He can be so dramatic! He's not winning that argument. He took an old monitor and surround sound system to Best Buy for recycling this past weekend, and I'm making a run to Goodwill on Saturday. I'm sure I'll make a few more Goodwill runs before all is said and done.
In the meantime, things are moving right along. Tonight, we got home from work at 6:15 and I was so happy to see that Ed was already home. He played outside with the boys while I cooked dinner in peace. It is so hard to come home and to have to make dinner while also attending to the needs of the boys and to know we have less than 2 hours to play, cook dinner, eat dinner, do nebulizer, take bath, brush teeth, read stories, and give kisses goodnight. So it is awesome when Ed is home when we get there. And I can not WAIT until we move to the new house and the boys can play on the patio while I make dinner. I know I've said that before, but with our set-up now, I really can't let the boys go outside unattended. I do let them play in the front yard while I dart back and forth between the kitchen and the front door to monitor both them and dinner. But it makes for a stressful 30 minutes or so. I'm hoping that the shorter commute and enclosed back patio (with a kitchen window that faces the back patio) will make a big difference in the after-work scramble. I'm also hoping that Seth and I will get out the door a little bit earlier in the mornings, which means we'll be able to leave work a little bit earlier in the evenings. Every 10 minutes counts in such a big way! It's crazy to me to think about the fact that in four months, our schedule will be really different. William will be starting kindergarten. And it will just be Seth and me commuting. And William will talk about kids and teachers that I don't know. And life will be so different. Different, but good. I can't wait. But then again, I can.
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