The Countdown Is ON!

Approximately one hour and five minutes remain until I can hug my Annapie.

This is my daily countdown.  I bet many of you have one too - only X number of minutes until I can leave, go to happy hour, get dinner, pick up my kid, call my friend, whatever it may be. There are so many things that we may be anticipating as the day drags on.

My countdown is for Annapie hugs. From the moment I leave her in the morning until I greet her at school at the end of the day, this is what I am looking forward to....her happy face upon realizing I'm there, and her running across the playground yelling "Mommy!!!" before enveloping me in a giant hug.

Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow...

I hate day care goodbyes!   That pretty much sums it up – you can stop reading now.

Just kidding!

This is a phenomenon that every parent who puts a child in day care experiences from time to time:  the melodramatic exit.  Some of us feel awful enough that we have to leave our sweet little ones elsewhere all day while we work, so a parting that has the feel of a bad movie doesn’t exactly put us in the best frame of mind for the day ahead.