Last night I sang You Are My Sunshine (with modified lyrics, of course, as he never appreciated the idea that someone might ‘take him away’) and as I walked out of the room he excitedly said ‘oh yeah! I have gym tomorrow…yes!’ Whoa. You should know, Mr. Reader that Liam lived in constant anxiety about…
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Epic Road Trip 2018
I’m writing today on our last day of a 2 week ‘epic road trip’ through the Rocky Mountains. We have spent the last 14 days camping and driving, hiking and swimming, exploring and chatting. It has been wonderful! In true Conley form, there was little prep work done ahead of time. We had a general…
Firsts and Lasts
We celebrate milestones and ‘firsts’ with our kids all the time but we usually miss the ‘lasts’ because we can’t see what comes next. There was a last time I nursed my babies. There was a last time I buckled them into car seats. There was a last time I lifted them out of the…
Bon Courage!
Our lives are consumed by exams right now. Ellie and Liam are both up to their eyeballs in review packets and everywhere you look in our house has evidence of studying: a ruler lies on the floor outside Liam’s room, my couch has 2 pens and a highlighter, exercise pages have blown off the table…
We’ll Miss You, Buddy
We can see growth in Liam’s independence little by little but in the last couple months it feels massive. He seems more poised and grown up. God help me. As hard as it is, though, they are both at an age where they can take on more responsibilities. So, as he left for tutoring on…
That’s my daughter in the water
Ellie has moved up to the big leagues of swimming. Right before me her face is getting red and her muscles are caving. She was so nervous. She started talking about her nerves at 13:00, a full 6 hours before this first practice. I don’t blame her. Her little piddly group is nothing compared to…
Took our eye off the ball
I’m just back from Ellie’s parent teacher conference. Last time we went to the conference and her home room teacher made it clear we weren’t required because she was doing super well with no ‘echecs’ or failures. That felt great so when I got the letter to schedule a conference this time I certainly enjoyed…