Time to resurrect the blog

So....you might think I started a blog and then promptly abandoned it.  Which I did.  However, I chose to not update it for reasons outlined in the previous post - we were having significant problems with Lauren at preschool and I didn't want every post to be all about how she is a hellraiser.

I got a call shortly after that post from the preschool director saying that she was "done" with Lauren.  I asked, "what does 'done' mean?" and she answered, "like, I'm not sure she can come here anymore." Oh. So Scott and I went right over there to meet with them.  We got my dad to take Lauren home.

Apparently she would not nap, running all around the room, riling up the other kids, and the most galling (to them) was that she was completely unapologetic about it.  Director: "Lauren, are you going to go back in and lie down now?" To which Lauren responds, "No.  I am going to run around and yell." Yes, people, she was THREE at the time. G-d only knows what joys await us when she is fifteen.

In order to get the preschool director to not kick Lauren out, Scott and I had to promise to go in at nap time and sit with her for the 30 minute no-books rest time (mandated by the state of Wisconsin - thanks a lot!) EVERY DAY.  My day was Wednesday because we had early release and Scott, poor guy, spent the rest of the days having lunch sitting at preschool.  We did this for about 3 months until we felt Lauren would be ok on her own.  It was actually after her fourth birthday that she just decided she was going to be good at naptime.  She said now that she was four, that four-year-olds rest at rest time. And sure enough, they do!  Literally nothing else changed.  So bizarre!

Now I am free to post again.  There has been a bit of a lag due to lots going on--Gramma Concklin passed away and I helped clean her house; a tenuous situation with my brother and sis-in-law's baby, Walker, Wisconsin Ranger; finishing out the school year; adjusting to being unemployed (by choice); the never-ending sleep issues; and looking into possible Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome for me and Lauren (have appt with geneticist).  However, I hope to document some of the things going on on a more regular basis from here on out!