summergirl1211, Believe me girl been there with the flat head thing!! I'm still nervous girl will chop her hair off in a mad rage at 16 and discover her flat noggin' and start crying over it. Sigh. We have to let them go and fly free at some point. Just like our moms did us. It probably pained them too to watch. But I have to believe they were proud when they saw us pick ourselves back up again and become the women and mothers we've become - right? Our kids are beautiful and unique. We have to practice what we preach too. I believe that in my heart too.
You should be a writer. I'm always jealous of your eloquence.
summergirl1211 - I know exactly what you mean. Both of my kids inherited my Nail-Patella Syndrome. While overall it's not a big deal and the kids are completely healthy, it separates them out from the other kids. Most people would never notice the abnormalities (deformed thumb nails and arms that don't go completely straight), it was something I've been self-conscious about my whole life. I feel sad that my kids are probably going to feel the same thing once they are old enough to realize that those traits aren't "normal".
Sadly, I feel even worse for Andrew because I feel like its probably harder for a guy.
Also, both Kayleigh and I have the overlapping toe thing (not related to the syndrome). It honestly never bothered me until H came around. For some reason the fact that my one toe overlapped bothers him, so he would always try to get it to stay flat.
So with all this Disney talk...We are planning on taking the kids next year because Andrew will still be free, but he'll be old enough to "get it" and be able to enjoy it as well. Kayleigh will be starting school Fall 2017. I wanted to go probably end of October since crowds are lighter and it tends to be cheaper. I feel like I'm a horrible parent for taking my kid out of school to go to Disney. But then again..it's kindergarten.
So with all this Disney talk...We are planning on taking the kids next year because Andrew will still be free, but he'll be old enough to "get it" and be able to enjoy it as well. Kayleigh will be starting school Fall 2017. I wanted to go probably end of October since crowds are lighter and it tends to be cheaper. I feel like I'm a horrible parent for taking my kid out of school to go to Disney. But then again..it's kindergarten.
I'm taking Dagny out of preschool in September to go. And we will go again when Freya is older (probably 4 or 5) and I will 100% pull Dagny out of school to go. She'll probably be in 4th grade but I don't care. Kids are only young once and it's not going to ruin her entire education if she misses a week for fun at Disney.
So with all this Disney talk...We are planning on taking the kids next year because Andrew will still be free, but he'll be old enough to "get it" and be able to enjoy it as well. Kayleigh will be starting school Fall 2017. I wanted to go probably end of October since crowds are lighter and it tends to be cheaper. I feel like I'm a horrible parent for taking my kid out of school to go to Disney. But then again..it's kindergarten.
We took S out of kindergarten and I felt a little bad about it but now I couldn't care less. It's probably the last year you will be able to take her out of school like that and spending time as a family making memories is just as important as school IMO.
I need to travel for my sanity. Tumaini and Liam are going to miss a lot of school to travel, and I'm fine with that. If ever they struggle in school, I'll reevaluate, but if they're doing fine, I'm not worried about them missing a few days here and there during the school year.
We just met a family a few weeks ago when we were at universal studios. It was offseason and they had 2 kids with them, both in elementary school. The parents said they would rather take them out so they could actually see everything and not spend as much time in line on a vacation offseason and take their kids out of school as long as they are doing well in school. It's like a reward for the kid. We always see tons of kids at Disneyland when it's offseason, so you won't be the only ones.
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