Everything is happening too quickly.

All of a sudden I’m in a panic about my life passing me by. Everything that was so far away is happening NOW.

A: Alessandra turns 2 today. HOW? HOW??? She doesn’t know it yet, but there is a life size (read: 54 inch high) Minnie Mouse balloon in our coat closet waiting for the end of the work day. I can’t wait to give it to her! It seems like I blinked and she’s a punky chatterbox who can keep up with her big bro on almost everything except reading/writing. Insane.

B: Raffi has his peanut challenge next week. His scratch test in September fell within the threshold for testing, so here we go. When it was originally scheduled for October I wasn’t nervous or emotional about it, but for some reason (pregnancy, maybe?) now I am. I’m really nervous. And excited. And teary about it. If anyone has taken a child through one, I’d love any and all pointers. I am so curious as to how the nurses and I will actually get him to agree to trying it. He is so used to being afraid of peanuts and peanut butter.

C: I’m less than 2 months from delivery. I feel like there is SO MUCH to do but really there isn’t. Aside from setting up the baby jails (swing, bouncer, pack n play) and rearranging the baby’s room there’s really nothing to do. I still want to buy a glider board for our stroller. And I need a coming home outfit. I know I should get something for the baby to “give” the kids and vice versa, but I figure one of these days off work I will take them to the bookstore to pick something out. You can’t go wrong with books! I want to pack my hospital bag soon, but I also think that’s probably overkill. And last, since it’s on my mind, I am going to throw together a typical schedule for my kids so I can feel relaxed if there are any questions about location of stuff in the house or their usual habits. Not much to do at all the 3rd time around! It’s nice and also scary at the same time.

D: We are already thinking about what we will do for kindergarten for Raffi. We’ve decided he will do 5 day a week half day Pre-K this year at age 4, and then 5 day a week full day or half day Pre-K somewhere else the following year. Then we will need to figure out K. Will we move out of Philly by then? Is there a reasonable private K we like in our area? How do moms in general manage drop offs and pick ups at different schools?

E. Ali is enrolled for 2’s preschool at Raffi’s school this fall. So he will go 5 days a week and she will join him Tuesdays and Thursdays in the youngest kids’ class. She already wishes she could go to school so I have a feeling the transition will be fairly easy for her. Many mornings she tries to get her backpack too and almost always tries to enter Raffi’s classroom with him.

That’s all the random thoughts I have for today. As you can tell, pregnancy has made me scatterbrained, irrational, and emotional. HA.