September 7. Day after Labor Day. Our lives transform in an instant. I work — first time in year. A nanny will watch the kids. Grace starts kindergarten. She is scared. Please pray we all survive unscathed.
Bathtubs work magic on crabby children. Except Ellie. She just gets mad. When one child naps, another awakes. Connor often wakes Ellie to play. Tired Ellie sounds like dying Pac-Man. Connor tell us when he’s sleepy. Grace fights sleep like I did. They want to be near me. Except when they really really don’t. I want to be near them. Except when I really really don’t. Ellie won’t drink from a bottle. Connor will drink anything, even coffee. Grace likes water and Sprite most. Grace butts into everyone else’s business. She asks 80 quadrillion questions daily. Connor wears nail...