One morning last week I kept a friend's new baby for a little while. The sweet baby was asleep when I got there and on the monitor she looked so precious in her swaddle blanket. Right before her mom returned home, she woke up. I was so excited to see her and hold her. She was all smiles and snug as a bug in a rug. I spent a long time trying to figure out the swaddle blanket and struggled to get her out of it. Sarah Kate LOVED to be swaddled as a baby. It would always calm her down and help her sleep longer. Maybe this explains why SK likes her clothes to be tight. SK's little velcro swaddle blanket was nothing compared to the Miracle Swaddle Blanket. It was a puzzle for me. That night when I was tucking my girls in for bed, I told SK that I was going to swaddle her. I wrapped her up as tight as I could and she pretended to immediately go to sleep. Emily wanted to be swaddled too. The girls got a big kick out of this and they laughed and laughed. I know I was crazy to do that, but it was a whole lot of silly fun!
Maybe I am wrong, but I don't remember life being so complicated when I was in middle school. Everything is so competitive now. Maybe it was back then and I just didn't realize it. Sarah Kate started playing city league softball a couple of weeks ago. We've been encouraged to get her private batting lessons. When I was in third grade I started playing softball and I just did it for fun! No stress at all, as far as I can remember! I just played. I wasn't very good, but I liked it! Ha! Emily started band this year! Before school started, I got a letter from the school district strongly encouraging "your band student to take instrument lessons." WHAT? I bought into it and got Emily private clarinet lessons (which she really enjoys)! But, what happened to learning as you go? I never thought about taking private trumpet lessons when I started band. It seems like most parents are striving for their child to be THE BEST. I guess that's a go
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