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Half way.... or a celebration of 9 years.

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J and I had reason to celebrate this weekend.   We are half way through our legal obligations to Kiddo.   ;P   We joke, of course.   We would keep her around forever if we could, but we know that one day she will go off and explore on her own.   We can only hope that we built a strong enough bond with her that she wants to include us, or join us, on adventures once she reaches that point of life, but for now, we enjoy the strange mix of kid and tween, where she both needs and wants us, but also seeks independence and her own self.   On Friday (her actual birthday) we had H around for the afternoon, since it was a half day for the girls.   It was strange, that H and Kiddo were in their own world and doing there own thing, hating if we knocked or intruded, wanting to be their own selves.   The next day, however, when J and I got a chance to do gifts with her and pancakes and just family time Birthday, Kiddo couldn’t get enough of us and loved her ne...
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Long, slow, and steady

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I’ve been away, but that was by choice.   I couldn’t keep focus on Kiddo and the blog with what has been going on in the world.   I stepped back. We are in the doldrums in the problem.   February break hits and it is a needed time.   A refresh.   Then, however, we get back and it’s another 8 long weeks until the next break.   We still have 3 weeks to go.   Winter transitions to spring, so that’s a bonus, but really, it’s just work and school and life.   We have weekends, but knowing that there is no break coming, we kind of bunker.   That and it rains.   Cold becomes warmish until it finally warms.   So, there’s not a lot going on.   Welp, this weekend we went out to shop together and played legos.   Welp, we put away the winter gear and pulled out the rain gear and watched a movie.   Welp, we…. It’s boring.   It’s the slow time. Not that we mind it.   Not that we hate it.   It’s just not content. ...
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