by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Jun 17, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
Sleep is vexing in this household. For starters, the teen fell asleep at 6:30 and awoke at about 3:30. I’m pretty sure that model is unsustainable, but nine hours of sleep is nine hours of sleep and he might just make it to school on time. The three year-old...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Jun 19, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
If misery loves company, we were a companionable crew yesterday. Take one papa with an ear infection, one mama with a sty that will not budge, and one just-turned teenager with an aversion to transitions (school year ending) then toss in a less-than-sleeping-easily...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Jun 22, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
One of the reasons I so adore living here is seeing—again and again—how people find ways to band together. This week, I wrote my second Mash Note to Paradise for the Hilltown Families blog about the bike paths—and what I didn’t say in...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Jun 25, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
Three endings—two schools, one camp-at-school—plus one transition from the Younger Group to the Middle Group for a not-sure-she-wants-to-be-that-big three year-old for one parent (dear spouse, hanging with rare books’ librarians in Baton Rouge,...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Jun 23, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
Not to be all Dear Diary or anything but Tuesday went better. Lucien started his day off where he left things on Monday night, shrill. A litany of my wrongs tumbled from his mouth, namely, “Why didn’t you wake me up at six?” Uh, for this, seriously,...
