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AN Community => AN Community => Topic started by: krbonner on September 06, 2007, 11:42:14 am
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My kids each started school this week, and I want to to do the proud momma thing for a minute. Sure was bittersweet watching my 5 year old climb onto a school bus for the first time...
Katie
P.S. The little one (the one in red) was only 3 months old when my AN was diagnosed. Time sure flies sometimes...
(http://a994.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/108/m_eecdfe1e72ffeebfc6b2a78118ea2671.jpg)First day of Kindergarten
(http://a725.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/87/m_876ea76ebcfd53a63cf61954621031ac.jpg)First day of preschool
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Oh Katie: You must be so proud. The 5 y.o. looks so grown up with the shades on!! & the younger one looks like trouble !!!
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Oh Katie: You must be so proud. The 5 y.o. looks so grown up with the shades on!! & the younger one looks like trouble !!!
Thanks!! ;D
Yes, the older one is a 40-year-old man trapped in a 5 year old's body! But he also has very pale, sensitive eyes and never goes outside without his sunglasses. And the younger one is a very sunny, bubbly, outgoing little guy who gets into everything but has such an infectious giggle that it's hard to be upset with him!
Katie
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OMG! Katie... how cute! Remind me to find girlfriends for them! You can interview the "potentials" at the next brunch.
Phyl
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Boy, those kids are cute! My oldest just started 12th grade. I now have pics of the first day of kindergarten and the first day of 12th grade. It went by much too quickly. Enjoy-you are one lucky mom!.
Mary
2cm AN, Middle Fossa, HEI, Dr. Brackmann 05-24-05
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Wow, does that bring back memories for me and my child. So sweet. Cute kids. I'm not sure what happened to those years...it sounds so trite..but it does go by fast.
Sue in Vancouver
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They are so cute! What a treat to see two cute, healthy kids on this site. Thanks for the smile.
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great pictures Katie! I have two boys as well, mine are 24 and 21 and they grew up way to quickly :(
I bet it was hard for you that first day coming home to an empty and quiet house.
cheryl
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They are the cutest! That little one definitely looks like he's going to be the heart breaker. I want to reach through the screen and give him a big hug. His big brother is going to be the brains and watch over him. My youngest started high school this year. If it gets too quiet around the house, you can always get a dog! LOL Enjoy them while they are young and don't talk back as much yet. They grow up way too fast.
~Karen
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Very cute; bet the house sure seemed overly quiet this week.
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Your sons are adorable!!! I'll bet there is never a dull moment around your house. My children are 15 (10th grade) and 21 (college senior). My how time flies. Every year they had to endure having pics made the first day of school. Maybe one of these days, I'll make a photo album of these pics for them. Looking back so far, the toughest times for me were elementary graduation (still find it hard to believe they actually do that), 8th grade graduation, and around the time my oldest was a high school junior. At that point I realized what I had done right, could have done better and flat out messed up with in the child rearing department. But despite me, they have turned out to be two wonderful daughters.
Enjoy each and every moment!
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Katie, the boys are real cuties. Sorry you and I haven't been able to meet yet. Hopefully in Nov at the Brunch. These are precious moments for you and they do go by fast. My grandchildren, 10, (3) 12,and (1) 14 all started today also. First thing I'll know, they will all be in high school and thinking of moving on. So, hang on to there.
Sue/NH :)
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Katie -
your sons are SO adorable! Thanks for sharing the cute pictures with us.
It seems like just yesterday my children (boy/girl twins) were starting kindergarten and I was so depressed that they were growing up so fast.
This year they started 6th grade, and today we had our first consultation with an orthodontist. Boy, time sure does fly ;D
Jan
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Thank you everyone for the kind comments. I do try to remember how fleeting time is, though sometimes it's hard in the middle of a tantrum! ;)
My boys are my joy. I credit them with helping me recover so quickly after my surgery last fall, and they are constant reminders of what is truly important about life.
Katie
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Katie,
Your doing such a fine job. They are so cute. I'd love to meet them some day. It seems like yesterday, I was dropping my daughter off, actually I followed the bus to her first day of kindergarten, to take her picture as she went inside. Natalie will be 26 in November. Enjoy each day as they do fly by. See you in November at the brunch. Bring pictures. I love their hair colors!! So sweet.
Sincerely,
Sue
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Katie I have the perfect lil pirate for them! My 4 year old niece :o) If they are anything like her I bet they keep you on your toes! What a bitter sweet day...you know the first day of school is the true mothers day! It's a day of peace and quiet and anxious waiting to hear how their day went. Mine just started his senior year. I wonder if he'll let me take his first day of college picture LOL
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Batty, My oldest is in college and I usually only hear from her when she needs cash! My youngest who started high school this year always wants cash! My biggest problem is that the money tree died a long long time ago! There was a good cartoon in the Saturday paper this past weekend, the cartoon was Cathy showing how things have gone up in cost so much and comparing the price of a notebook years ago to a notebook now among other things and we all know that a notebook then was a paper notebook and a notebook now is a computer. Well, I hope you get the idea without me boring you and maybe some of you saw the cartoon. Anyway, if I could scan, I would copy it somehow. Anyway, point is, things have really changed since I was in school to the way things are now and my youngest will be graduating HS in 4 years. I can't imagine how it will be by the time Kates kids are ready to graduate HS. I guess by then they will need a notebook for HS! You ready for that one Katie??
~Karen
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Our local paper stopped carrying Cathy and I found it is available at www.gocomics.com/cathy
I have to have my Cathy fix every day. You can read previous days strips also so the one mentioned is avaiable. I thought that particular strip was very good and does makes us think about what life used to be.
Cheryl R
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Batty, My oldest is in college and I usually only hear from her when she needs cash! My youngest who started high school this year always wants cash! My biggest problem is that the money tree died a long long time ago! There was a good cartoon in the Saturday paper this past weekend, the cartoon was Cathy showing how things have gone up in cost so much and comparing the price of a notebook years ago to a notebook now among other things and we all know that a notebook then was a paper notebook and a notebook now is a computer. Well, I hope you get the idea without me boring you and maybe some of you saw the cartoon. Anyway, if I could scan, I would copy it somehow. Anyway, point is, things have really changed since I was in school to the way things are now and my youngest will be graduating HS in 4 years. I can't imagine how it will be by the time Kates kids are ready to graduate HS. I guess by then they will need a notebook for HS! You ready for that one Katie??
~Karen
Karen,
Both my kids are already very adept at using computers, and the 5yo even knows where all the letters are on the keyboard! My husband is a self-proclaimed computer geek (he's a software engineer), so we have about 7 computers for a household of 2 adults and 2 children - I have no doubt that they will be using notebooks for schoolwork long before they reach high school!
;D
Katie
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Yay Katie--I think this forum needs more family pix like these! What cuties! Thing 2 reminds me o' my Thing 2 grandkid. Only 2 last week and already a well-developed sense of humor. I see how much work raising 2 little boys is and all I can do is think of how awesome you are to have coped with AN surgery and 2-little-boy-motherhood at the same time. Bravo, lady! You totally RAWK!!!!!!
Hugs,
Capt Deb 8)
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Katie,
Long time no post. it's been a while, was just lurking about and found this post. The boys are very cute, you must be so proud. More importantly, I am so proud of YOU. Getting through a day post AN surgery is tough for everyone, but when you have tiny ones depending on you, It makes the challenge all that more difficult. My girls were 6 & 9 when I had my surgery, almost 3 years ago now. And I remember how hard it was to try and carry on the mom duties with all the postie stuff. I remember when you had your surgery thinking about the additional challenge you had, and your boys were much younger than my kids at the time. ALthough I do know that having the kids and their needs that needed to be met helped me pull along that much quicker. Take care of yourself and those darling little ones.
HUGS
Patti UT