THE LAST DAY OF SUMMER VICTORY
I intended for this to be our BIG POOL SUMMER. I thought my son would be ready to swim on his own and we would actually be able to play, play, play at our neighborhood pool.
Not the baby pool, THE POOL.
Well, intentions are just that. Sometimes they don’t happen.
Sometimes I intend on reading all evening with a good book, sometimes I intend to make a lavish meal during the week- these things don’t always happen either.
During the winter we hit a possible crimp in my BIG POOL PLANS…
My son got tubes in his ears. So what did I do? I had him fitted for custom made earplugs AND got puddy-like earplugs in case he liked those better, and thought we were set.
The only problem was that my 4-year-old son couldn’t stand earplugs in his ears. And I wasn’t surprised. He takes a long time to adjust to something new, as well as being a little stubborn (um… just like his mom).
To make a long story short, we spent the whole summer going back and forth about the earplugs; to my chagrin, I gave in and just held him in the big pool while he tried to swim, keeping his head above water , while crossing my fingers and praying that no water would get into his inner ear canal.
Fast forward to the beach, the second to last week of summer: To go in the waves he absolutely needed earplugs. We sat on the beach, I was thinking good thoughts (please , please). He loves the ocean, he saw it in front of him, he reminded me of a race horse wanting to run as fast as he could into the surf…
“You have to wear your earplugs, I’ve got them right here.”
“Okay.” He replied, as he sat down, criss-cross applesauce and patiently waited for me to put in his earplugs.
DONE.
Are you kidding me? It was that easy?? Then he ‘decided’ that he loves his earplugs…
And finally, on Labor Day, at the pool, he wore his safety vest, his earplugs and swam (for a few feet),
IN THE BIG POOL.
That was our last day of summer vacation.
UGH! I’m filing this away for future debates/compromises/deals/motivations/bribes .
Well, we’re definitely ready for next summer.
DON’T YA JUST HATE IT WHEN…
Don’t ya just hate it when… you are driving around (without KIDS),
doing errands or shopping,
just having time by yourself,
and all of a sudden you realize that you’ve been listening to the Laurie Berkner Kids CD– THE WHOLE TIME!
And you realized it because you’ve been singing or humming along with it.
BACK TO SCHOOL AND BACK TO BUSINESS
We’re back;
back to school, back to business, back to basics.
I’m psyched, it’s the start of another season and another excuse to de-clutter and reorganize.
My son likes his teacher, We love the school and he has a lot of old and new friends in his class.
Life is good;
Of course, this was the first day of his last year of preschool… And he only went today from
10:00 – 10:55am.
GOOD STUFF, BUT I KNOW I’LL MISS MY ‘LUNCH DATE’
Even though it is a rainy Friday afternoon, I’m excited.
We’ve had a great and busy summer and school starts on Tuesday.
I’ve been savoring every lunch with my son this week
because this has been the last week that I will be able to eat lunch with him… he goes to preschool EVERY day this fall for the first time, not just Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
I’m going to miss my ‘lunch date’,
but I’m happy he’s growing up to be a little man and that he is excited for school.
I’m also happy that the start of school means that Autumn is not far away;
Autumn is my FAVORITE SEASON!
My opinion (of course, it’s my blog): Autumn is the most beautiful season and has the best smells…
and the best holidays!
MY LAST VACATION WEEK
I know a lot of people are back to school… My son is not.
His preschool starts next week, the day after Labor Day.
So I am keeping away from the computer as much as possible until September 2nd…
Until then I will share with you musings or insights or observations…
“The moment a child is born, the mother is also born.
She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never.
A mother is something absolutely new.” ~Rajneesh
WHY AM I TIRED?
We’re home from the beach. We had a great week with PERFECT WEATHER!
This morning my son and I went on a brisk walk(with the jogging stroller),
got school shoes (note to self: NEVER wait til the week before school to go to the area’s best and most popular kid shoe store; you will end up going next door to the toy store and buying your son a toy to play with while you wait),
had lunch, did a little grocery shopping and went to Cabin John Park.
Right now I’m on my 4th load of laundry.
I spent all last week lounging on the beach…
so why am I so tired?
GONE TO THE BEACH!
I am at the beach this week… in a big beach house
with my parents,
my brother and his wife, their 1 1/2 year-old son
and my husband and 4 1/2 year-old son.
I’ll try to post when I can although I cannot promise because we are all going to be fighting over the dial-up- no wi-fi.
On a cheery note- I have not been to the beach FOR A WEEK in 2 years…
I’m looking forward to making sandcastles,
sitting in my beach chair… and that’s about it 
GIANT FOOD RECOGNIZES MOMS
I had the absolute pleasure of attending a luncheon sponsored by
Giant Food down at Chef Geoff’s downtown on Tuesday.
Giant Food wants us to know that they love moms.
Frankly, they should; Moms spend the most money in the household and let’s face it-
moms just about always do the grocery shopping.
Everyone should love moms, but that’s a post for another day…
Getting back to Tuesday: Yey- Giant!
We learned lots of incredibly good stuff that is going on at Giant right now,
Got a fabulous and relatively easy lesson from Chef Geoff about making risotto (above),
While having a fabulous lunch.
A few highlights before I head off to the beach:
Prepared foods: Giant will be introducing about 100 new prepared foods in the coming month to help Moms out… including New Rotisserie Chickens!
Simply Enjoy IS A GIANT BRAND! This rocks. This is the only brand brand of spaghetti sauce I use, it’s delicious.
Deli kiosk: this is up there for me with the dawn of baby monitors.
I literally gasped during lunch and had to lay my hands on my chest to regulate my breathing I was so excited. Someday very soon you will be able to go to your local Giant, go to the deli counter, type in what you want… and leave.
When your lunchmeat and cheeses are ready you will hear your name announced on the loud speaker and then all you do is go back to the deli and pick it up! Can you imagine the fabulosity of this? It makes the world a better place… in a little way.
Much more about great things happening at Giant after I get back;
…And I’m trying Peapod- more on that too.
Post Script: Moms out there and especially DC Metro Moms –
give a big SHOUT-OUT of congratulations to Chef Geoff Tracy and his great wife for the birth of their little girl, born just 6 weeks ago… and just 12 months after her twin brother and sister.
Sending lots of wishes for lots and lots of sleep ☺
CHECK THIS OUT-
Today I’m over at DC Metro Moms admitting that I’m a Wipe-A-holic.
Check it out… there are worse addictions.
GREAT MOM QUOTE
“Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible.”
~Marion C. Garretty,
quoted in ‘A Little Spoonful of Chicken Soup for the Mother’s Soul’
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