Florida Bound

We are headed out of the house by 4:30 tomorrow morning on a 6 am flight to Daytona. I have never been a real fan of Florida, but we are going to be with family in a couple of condos by the beach. Harvey has never been to the ocean, and I can't wait for the two of them to feel the sand pushing through their toes. We will be back on Saturday, and then we are in the final stretch (6 days) before our house officially goes on the market. I have to say, I am kind of sad to leave New Jersey right now--everything is in bloom and the sun is coming out.

My mom found out that she was going to get laid off today. She made it through 40 years in the workforce and countless lay-offs and, well, they finally got her. I can remember holding my breath on nights before big lay-offs and then hearing the laughing sound of my mom's voice through the telephone each time explaining that, nope, they didn't get her this time, but there would always be a next time. And at 62 her time finally came. It's ok, Mama, it's all for a reason. Maybe we will all meet up in the Pacific Northwest just a little sooner than we were planning on it. I love you.

On an unrealted, but happier note, I have been doing some Waldorf-related reading about the early childhood years and it is really coming in handy. One of the ways that Rahima Baldwin suggests in her book, You Are Your Child's First Teacher to get your children's engaged in their toys is to set them up in unique and interesting ways after they go to bed at night so their attention will be drawn to those toys in the morning. Well, Brian has been doing this with Norah's blocks and it has worked. On Sunday morning, she built an intricate city and was so proud of herself.