lunch break

...booger

"Mommy, when you leave, I'm going to pick my boogers!"

...on reading

...It is common for kids with language issues to also struggle with reading. Charlie has a communication book that comes home with him every night with notes from his teachers and if there's ever any struggle, it's in reading ("distracted," "had trouble with task").

I take this harder than I ever expected.

As Ken said, I shouldn't expect every day to be sunshine and rainbows and unicorns. But that doesn't keep me from wanting every day to be sunshine and rainbows and unicorns.

He might struggle to learn to read (it's still early, I realize that), but I know he already loves to read.

Science, however? He's already smarter than me. (And Ken realized there was a more, uh, correct answer to the second part of the first question).

...fare thee well

...we take one last beach trip every september or october.

This weekend was a little cold and a little rainy. But we still found time for the bookstore.

...and a walk to the  beach

...some sand between our (cold) toes

...a family picture (figures, the one where I'm telling Charlie to put his tongue BACK in his mouth is the one where he is actually looking and smiling)

...and some long naps