a new day

i was happy to have a forum for our discontent yesterday. sometimes thats all that needs to be done-a huge vent session, maybe some tears and some yelling to make it really good. and then a deep breath and a new day.

so onto the new day!
the kids are off school for conferences, we had ours yesterday. to sum up each conference:

drew: squirrely in class-but getting better, too smart-but not applying himself
nathan: highest language scores in all of 2nd grade, teacher wishes she could keep him forever
anna: breaking out of her shell, making friends, and right on track with abc’s, etc

mckenna doesnt really have a typical conference-i talk to her teacher almost everyday via email or phone. and we will have her IEP in february, but ill sum her up too.

mckenna: emotional, teachers using less language with her and more prompts to get her to act more independently, language explosion

i so adore these little punks.

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photo taken on 10-17, drews birthday

warning: dont read if you dont like a good pity party of one

not in the mood for halloween.
not in the mood for anything really.
mad that i didnt get the garage organized before this so that i could get to the halloween decorations and put them out for my kids. since the construction this summer our garage has been a monster neither of us wants to tackle.
crabby
tired
house is a WRECK
seriously seriously a wreck
the kids rooms, my desk, my room, the laundry
nothing is organized the way i like it to be
its all clean underneath the mess but its making me crazy and i dont want to keep up with it
im hungry but nothing sounds good
i desperately want to go guzzle a 44 ounce coca cola
but i wont
i am afraid i am going to catch jeffs cold
ive had a lingering migraine since sunday
i really wish i could sleep in everyday
probably shouldnt be posting, but
just
bleh

now – you are only allowed to comment if you want to join in with me. vent away. list form is fast and easy. it will help you let go of some of your BLEH-ness. go for it. im going to go hop in the shower and put on some music that will pump me up. maybe some beastie boys, maybe some damien marley, maybe my classic rock playlist. yes, thats the one. some stones and some grateful dead will do the trick.

family of six #2

and now for my last new york session and my second family of six.

we walked around the meat packing district and if i could, i would shoot every single session there. too bad i live 2500 miles away.

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i love using the group dynamic amongst the stuff i find.

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this crew had amazing chemistry with each other, i hardly had to put any work into pulling personalities out-they were all there for the taking! hope you had fun with me even with the no water, no air conditioning thing. (its not so easy to find usable public restrooms where we were, so kids were giving mom a hard time for “dehydrating” them, and we would all swoon with relief as we passed by air conditioned shops)

i also want to share a new favorite song that my uncle sent me – edie brickell, once in a blue moon from Volcano.

i used to LOVE her, i had every cassette she had out and would sit in my room, listening over and over again, writing down lyrics in my composition books. glad uncle mike found her for me again. xo