First Day at School

Somehow this day has arrived. Here is Ethan on his first day at school. He showed no apprehension as we trundled through the throngs of weepy camera-toting parents, and blinked back the tears when we left. We had to do the same because we couldn’t show him how we were really feeling today. I had three peeks around the doorway after he thought we had left, and he was making a really good fist of it. He’s a brave kid.

Who knows? Maybe we will be back down at the school today and bringing him to hospital to see his new sister. What a week.

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at the crossroads

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Ethan is shown his locker by his teacher, Lynda Boyce (Linda).

No Dummy.

We are about ready for Lucinda to go cold turkey with the dummies as she is (see below) absurdly attached to them! Lots of time spent ferreting around under her bed at 3am while she yells DUMMY DUMMY!

Perhaps we will take the poetic route as Kim and Lina did and attach the dummy to a helium balloon and wave goodbye as we watch it drift away into dummy heaven.

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Lucinda

The camera’s been out of action for a while, so I haven’t been able to show you Lucinda’s developments. She’s taking a few steps now, and lets the odd word slip (such as “Dog-Dog”, and “Yum”). I wish I could show you her unique one-leg-outboard high speed crawling style.

Here are a few recent snapshots:

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