HELLO OUT THERE!!!!

[NamasteBirches]

Anyone still check these parts?

Would love to do a check-in. Miss you guys, even if you're not OAD anymore 😘

[NamasteBirches]

DS is almost 10 & I'm about to have a heart attack most days.
Hope you're all well! ❤️

[goldenbird]

I'm here 🖐
DS is 6 weeks from being 3 😱 and I can't believe it!
Still firmly OAD. Looking at a vasectomy for MH by sometime in 2023, possibly earlier

[bellatrix]

Hi!!

DD turned 9 last week!

[NamasteBirches]

Jun 19, 2021 14:47:34 GMT -6 goldenbird said:

I'm here 🖐
DS is 6 weeks from being 3 😱 and I can't believe it!
Still firmly OAD. Looking at a vasectomy for MH by sometime in 2023, possibly earlier

hi!! 👋
ah yes! We've been talking about a vasectomy for so long - just keep forgetting about it 🤷‍♀️

[NamasteBirches]

Jun 20, 2021 10:41:48 GMT -6 bellatrix said:

Hi!!

DD turned 9 last week!

happy belated birthday to her!! 🎉

[bustedbiscuits]

Hello!! DD is 5 and tentatively going into kindergarten this year. I'm anxious/panicking since I don't know what I'm doing/where to start or what school she will go to yet. She's super excited though.

[NamasteBirches]

Jul 5, 2021 7:23:58 GMT -6 bustedbiscuits said:

Hello!! DD is 5 and tentatively going into kindergarten this year. I'm anxious/panicking since I don't know what I'm doing/where to start or what school she will go to yet. She's super excited though.

Hi!! Kindergarten is an exciting step. Do you have to choose one where you are?

[bustedbiscuits]

Jul 6, 2021 13:13:29 GMT -6 NamasteBirches said:

Jul 5, 2021 7:23:58 GMT -6 bustedbiscuits said:

Hello!! DD is 5 and tentatively going into kindergarten this year. I'm anxious/panicking since I don't know what I'm doing/where to start or what school she will go to yet. She's super excited though.

Hi!! Kindergarten is an exciting step. Do you have to choose one where you are?

We're moving back to the US. So far, there are 2 school districts in the area we're looking at but it all depends on where we eventually find a place to rent. I won't know for sure until about Oct.

[truffleshuffle]

hi! I'm OAD as a product of divorce. DS is 5 and also going into Kindergarten in September. I can't believe it.

[Cheshie6]

I look in every once in a while. Son is 4, did one week of performance camp. He has three more weeks in August, before school starts.

He start his 2nd year of Pre-k in the fall!

[NamasteBirches]

Guys, my kiddo is at sleepaway camp for 3 nights. I've been a wreck.

[goldenbird]

Jul 9, 2021 8:53:05 GMT -6 NamasteBirches said:

Guys, my kiddo is at sleepaway camp for 3 nights. I've been a wreck.

When does he get home?

[NamasteBirches]

Jul 11, 2021 16:31:15 GMT -6 goldenbird said:

Jul 9, 2021 8:53:05 GMT -6 NamasteBirches said:

Guys, my kiddo is at sleepaway camp for 3 nights. I've been a wreck.

When does he get home?

we picked him up on Saturday.
He had a great time, it was such a huge sigh of relief. He already wants to sign up for a full week next year.

[goldenbird]

Jul 12, 2021 5:35:36 GMT -6 NamasteBirches said:

Jul 11, 2021 16:31:15 GMT -6 goldenbird said:

When does he get home?

we picked him up on Saturday.
He had a great time, it was such a huge sigh of relief. He already wants to sign up for a full week next year.

Oh well I'm glad he had fun!

[NamasteBirches]

Jul 12, 2021 7:18:29 GMT -6 goldenbird said:

Jul 12, 2021 5:35:36 GMT -6 NamasteBirches said:

we picked him up on Saturday.
He had a great time, it was such a huge sigh of relief. He already wants to sign up for a full week next year.

Oh well I'm glad he had fun!

thank you! It was so hard. Longest I've ever been away from him.

[goldenbird]

Jul 13, 2021 5:20:10 GMT -6 NamasteBirches said:

Jul 12, 2021 7:18:29 GMT -6 goldenbird said:

Oh well I'm glad he had fun!

thank you! It was so hard. Longest I've ever been away from him.

I've not spent a night away from DS and he's almost 3. I'm sure I'll be excited the first time but then miss him so much lol

[addymac]

It’s such a tricky balance. Like one night away and I’m so happy to not be touched and hear mama 57 times but then I miss him so much and feel guilty and then he’s back the next day and I’m like omg take him back please Yaya!! (Our nanny).

The longest I’ve been apart from DS when DH took him to my MILs and I was apart for two days then I joined. Then I left and it was 4, maybe 5 days of him there. I missed him terribly and DH said DS struggled. But man. How is it that it is glorious and awful at the same time?! Damn motherhood.

[goldenbird]

I'd love to do some kind of trip for my 35th birthday next year, either a girls trip or with MH. DS would be just turned 4. We'll see. Obviously NBD if I did a girl's trip he'd just be home with MH.

[Pumpkinwest]

Eek! I keep forgetting to check in here. DS is 6 and going into Grade 1 in the fall.

Hopefully fur children don’t count because I’m def not OAD in that department 😂

[NamasteBirches]

Jul 13, 2021 7:27:07 GMT -6 goldenbird said:

Jul 13, 2021 5:20:10 GMT -6 NamasteBirches said:

thank you! It was so hard. Longest I've ever been away from him.

I've not spent a night away from DS and he's almost 3. I'm sure I'll be excited the first time but then miss him so much lol

the first time I was away from overnight (besides his NICU stay) was about 2 years ago for a weekend camp. 🤷‍♀️

[NamasteBirches]

Jul 14, 2021 20:43:11 GMT -6 Pumpkinwest said:

Eek! I keep forgetting to check in here. DS is 6 and going into Grade 1 in the fall.

Hopefully fur children don’t count because I’m def not OAD in that department 😂

fur babies def don't count 🤣

[Cheshie6]

Jul 14, 2021 20:43:11 GMT -6 Pumpkinwest said:

Eek! I keep forgetting to check in here. DS is 6 and going into Grade 1 in the fall.

Hopefully fur children don’t count because I’m def not OAD in that department 😂

I’ve got 3 dogs… so I’m out if it counts.

I’m not ready for sleep away anything.

How are we feeling about school this fall?

[Pumpkinwest]

Aug 1, 2021 19:05:31 GMT -6 Cheshie6 said:

Jul 14, 2021 20:43:11 GMT -6 Pumpkinwest said:

Eek! I keep forgetting to check in here. DS is 6 and going into Grade 1 in the fall.

Hopefully fur children don’t count because I’m def not OAD in that department 😂

I’ve got 3 dogs… so I’m out if it counts.

I’m not ready for sleep away anything.

How are we feeling about school this fall?

When they were in class (I think it was about 50/50 over the last year and a half of at home or in class - we are in Ontario) things seemed to be pretty well organized and under control for COVID at our school.

DS is also amazing at wearing his mask and never complains. I’m so lucky that he’s adjusted really well. I’m holding on to cautiously optimistic for school but I also feel like cases could explode again in the fall for our 4th wave 😩.

[Cheshie6]

Aug 1, 2021 19:30:49 GMT -6 Pumpkinwest said:

Aug 1, 2021 19:05:31 GMT -6 Cheshie6 said:

I’ve got 3 dogs… so I’m out if it counts.

I’m not ready for sleep away anything.

How are we feeling about school this fall?

When they were in class (I think it was about 50/50 over the last year and a half of at home or in class - we are in Ontario) things seemed to be pretty well organized and under control for COVID at our school.

DS is also amazing at wearing his mask and never complains. I’m so lucky that he’s adjusted really well. I’m holding on to cautiously optimistic for school but I also feel like cases could explode again in the fall for our 4th wave 😩.

My mom just passed, but I feel on edge! I live in an anti-mask, anti-vax (only 40.5% vaccinated) area but we’re rural and didn’t get hit hard the first few times.

[Pumpkinwest]

I’m so so sorry Cheshie6 ♥️ How are you holding up?? That is a lot of stress all at once.

[Cheshie6]

Aug 2, 2021 6:01:24 GMT -6 Pumpkinwest said:

I’m so so sorry Cheshie6 ♥️ How are you holding up?? That is a lot of stress all at once.

She had been sick for a while, so I bounce between I still need my mom and she wasn’t the lady she once was. Full of life, love and happiness. Sad my son won’t get adventures with her, discover “new” parks, and libraries. She was ab active grandma. A cuddle grandma that makes me the saddest.

[NamasteBirches]

Aug 1, 2021 19:05:31 GMT -6 Cheshie6 said:

Jul 14, 2021 20:43:11 GMT -6 Pumpkinwest said:

Eek! I keep forgetting to check in here. DS is 6 and going into Grade 1 in the fall.

Hopefully fur children don’t count because I’m def not OAD in that department 😂

I’ve got 3 dogs… so I’m out if it counts.

I’m not ready for sleep away anything.

How are we feeling about school this fall?

I'm feeling skeptical about everything but there's no online option this year so DS is going in person full time.
They're only just recommending masks, too so that's also something to worry about.
I'm trying to take things day by day because if I think about it to much, I'll drive myself crazy.

[Cheshie6]

Aug 2, 2021 13:58:36 GMT -6 NamasteBirches said:

Aug 1, 2021 19:05:31 GMT -6 Cheshie6 said:

I’ve got 3 dogs… so I’m out if it counts.

I’m not ready for sleep away anything.

How are we feeling about school this fall?

I'm feeling skeptical about everything but there's no online option this year so DS is going in person full time.
They're only just recommending masks, too so that's also something to worry about.
I'm trying to take things day by day because if I think about it to much, I'll drive myself crazy.

I agree with trying to not think about it. I am but only on the day to day. 

[Pumpkinwest]

Aug 2, 2021 6:56:15 GMT -6 Cheshie6 said:

Aug 2, 2021 6:01:24 GMT -6 Pumpkinwest said:

I’m so so sorry Cheshie6 ♥️ How are you holding up?? That is a lot of stress all at once.

She had been sick for a while, so I bounce between I still need my mom and she wasn’t the lady she once was. Full of life, love and happiness. Sad my son won’t get adventures with her, discover “new” parks, and libraries. She was ab active grandma. A cuddle grandma that makes me the saddest.

This absolutely breaks my heart. I nearly lost my mom in a car accident when DS was 6 weeks old. Obviously not the same thing, but I definitely have thought about what it would be like if she wasn’t here and I just can’t imagine. Message me anytime if you need someone to talk to ♥️