Guest Post: Back to a new school

August 24, 2011 By 8 Comments

My good friend, Shannon Ott, is sending her daughter to a new school for first grade next week. I so remember the feelings she is having and absolutely love that she wanted to share them in this guest post on Just Precious. What about you? How are you feeling as your kids go off to a new year of school? When you are in the trenches of parenting young children, the days sometimes start to run together as you manage balancing the kids' needs for stimulation and entertainment along with the … [Read more...]

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Back to school: Bring on the tears

August 17, 2011 By 5 Comments

I didn't cry on Big's first day of preschool. Middle was just 6 days old and I was, well, a bit overwhelmed. I was happy to give Big something to do. Happy to send him off to a place I knew he'd be happy. On Middle's first day of preschool, there were no tears. It was my first day, in 4 years, that I sent both kids off and had a few hours to myself. 3 hours, to be exact. And Middle? He was fine. He was excited to go to the familiar classroom he'd dropped off his big brother for his entire … [Read more...]

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Yes, I'm still a cry baby

January 4, 2010 By 4 Comments

I'm Julie. Julie from See Mom Run. Okay, you're right. There was no author named "Julie." Just a subject. Of an essay.  Yes, I'm a Mom-Blogger, but I'm also one of the kids in the book. If you haven't read the book yet, you're thinking, huh? This is written by Mom-Bloggers, about their lives with their kids. Well, grab the book, because one of those moms is a grandmother. And I'm the mother of her grandchildren. So, what's it like to be famous? To be featured in a book? Am I horrified? … [Read more...]

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