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My Gymnasts are Not so Tiny Anymore by Gretchen S. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting Melody's events are Beam Bars Vault Floor Beam was definitely her best, for you skimmers. Dixie's events are Bars Vault Floor Beam Bars and vault w ... Read on »

Thoughts from Charlie's Head by Gretchen S. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting "Im starting to see my dream. The pictures flash like when someone takes a picture with a camera. But there's no person, and no camera. Flash, flash, flash. It's harder to s ... Read on »

Enough, already. by Gretchen S. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting I forgot to update, and I'm sorry. Dixie's heart is fine. The cardiologist saw the concern on the old EKG, said it was still within the normal range and he probably woul ... Read on »

Oh good. A new doctor. by Gretchen S. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting I've avoided saying much because it is likely to be nothing. But just in case it is something, we could use your thoughts and prayers. Dixie has been on ADHD medicine for t ... Read on »

Fighting by Gretchen S. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting At christmastime, my mother, aunts and I had all commented about how incredibly well my children got along compared to other sibling groups. How they would get frustrated at ... Read on »

Book Review: Lost and Found by Gretchen S. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting In the five years I've been writing this blog, I have talked a lot about my favorite things: Dixie, Charlie and Melody. I've also talked a lot about my least favorite things ... Read on »

Life in the Car Pickup Line by Gretchen S. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting Two days of the week, I get Charlie off the bus and immediately head over to the girls' school to pick them up from their afterschool enrichment program. Because his bus arr ... Read on »

Charlie would like by Gretchen S. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting Charlie would like his bedtime to be "ten-thirty-more-minutes" and I have to hand it to him--it's quite clever. It smacks of the "jam tomorrow, jam yesterday, but never ever ... Read on »

The Scoop by Gretchen S. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting Oh, what a Spring Break. What an awful, wretched, broken break. Except for the most awesome part. And truly awesome it was! Dowlan begins a job HERE in town after Easter. ... Read on »

Contest! by Gretchen S. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting Now it is time for a round of Guess What Angry Charlie Flushed Down the Toilet. Winner gets $5 PayPal. Leave your guesses in the comments. No cheating Oma and papa! If no ... Read on »

9iversary by Gretchen S. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting Nine years ago tonight, I left my brother at the veterinarian's office and drove to church to walk down the aisle, wearing a veil and talking on the cell phone. It was ... Read on »

After school yesterday, the ki ... by Gretchen S. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting After school yesterday, the kids and I dropped by happy hour with my coworkers to say hi and eat some quesadillas. Charlie, between sugar packets, asked me, "First you kiss ... Read on »

Family Fun by Gretchen S. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting Dowlan's in town for the weekend. I'm normally guilty of using his weekends home as a chance to nap and do things without the kids in tow, but we're in serious need of some ... Read on »

Things by Gretchen S. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting How are Things? Hard. Exhausting and trying in a way they have never been before. So very tested, so very alone. While I have shared a great deal of this parenting and ... Read on »

Charlie had all this to say on ... by Gretchen S. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting Charlie had all this to say on the way to school today-- We didn’t go to school because it was Martin Day. It was Monday, but we didn’t go to school because it was Ma ... Read on »

Tic Tac Toe by Gretchen S. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting Having spent a lot of the last month entertaining themselves in waiting rooms, other people's houses, restaurant tables and on long car rides, my children have developed an ... Read on »

Cocoa Puffs with the Dark Lord by Gretchen S. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting Friday morning, I had breakfast in my kitchen with Darth Vader and a Clone Trooper. Melody had just discovered the book Scary Stories to Tell In The Dark and was reading the ... Read on »

Mornings with Charlie by Gretchen S. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting This morning Charlie woke up, walked into the room and asked, "Is it morning?" "Yes," Daddy answered as he made waffles. "Is it Chwistmas?" he further inquired. "No ... Read on »

New Euphemism by Gretchen S. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting Charlie, big man that he is, now refers to the toilet as 'Free Parking' and, yes, he does have a Monopoly on it at times. Read on »

Huh by Gretchen S. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting In an interesting and only somewhat unexpected turn of events, Charlie is being tested tomorrow for the gifted and talented program. As an educator, I know that gifted ed ... Read on »

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