There are already two enrtries on this blog labeled "Milestones," which is what I thought I would call this one. As I sat down to pen this, it was the word that kept leaping to the fore front of my mind as I thought about today.
Today, we took the little boy on a train. For those keeping score at home, you may recall that we took many trips this year to "see trains," not a far drive from the house. At one point I got smart, and instead of driving ten minutes in the hopes that trains woud pass, I kept the schedule in the car, and we were able to time it and see them coming and going. A few times we got out of the car and stood on the platform and watched the train either blow by (quite literally, it felt as though we would fall over from the force of it), or slowly toot its way into the station.
Going on the train was left as the dangling carrot to motivate the toilet training, which he needed to start playgroup. Orientation for which was today.
Eldest Daughter started College today, also with orientation, though I doubt she got a stack of paper and a pencil for Mitzvah notes, and probably also did not recieve a paper apple with her name on it. She did however get her schedule, a ride in with a group of her peers, and the very tangible begginning of at least the next chapter of her school life.
Second Daughter left to Israel. We are so excited for these opportunities: academic, religious, independent, and maturity wise. As I hugged her goodbye I ping-ponged in my head: "go/don't go," as I held her tight. She needs to fly, it hurts that she's not here, she is such a presence in the house, the arbiter of right and wrong, justice, and cleaning up so her sisters can benefit from her reward (read: watch Chopped). Not sure how she will manage not putting the little guy in PJ's, the little guy who tonight moved out of the crib and into the bed just vacated by his roommate. I hope the ones she will have over the next ten months will be as easy to live with as he is!
Oh, and it's my sister's birthday.
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"Eldest Daughter started College today, also with orientation, though I doubt she got a stack of paper and a pencil for Mitzvah notes, and probably also did not recieve a paper apple with her name on it."
No, she did not. She did, however, receive four booklets of paper which contained all information for orientation and took about ten minutes to read myself and yet somehow took the woman in front a microphone, projector, slide presentation and a total of three hours to explain to us in depth what she announced numerous times to be "really very self explanatory."
please note that the prisoners were in fact given sustenance in the form of one wrapped zaza and this orientation process was not tested on animals (apparently).
Second daughter can't comment due to her lack of internet access, ad that she is still on the plane!
Boy can't comment because, well, he can't read or write.
But I can comment, thanks for the shout out ;-)
well i can comment...thanks for the shout out
just reread this post and it made me misty eyed again. this time of year creates so many new beginnings which inevitably makes us take stock of the past and future.
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