Comments on: Weekend: Shifting numbers of kids, solo swims…

By: Laura Vanderkam

Laura Vanderkam — Mon, 29 Jul 2024 17:41:32 +0000

In reply to Barb.

@Barb – you should totally take up the organ. If you have organists you follow, you are already halfway there 🙂
It is strange to me that residential organs were a “thing” for rich people to have in their homes back in the day. I mean, of all the things to spend your money on!!

By: Laura Vanderkam

Laura Vanderkam — Mon, 29 Jul 2024 17:40:15 +0000

In reply to Elisabeth. @Elisabeth - oh dear, I could see some combos of my kids being problematic in the CIT/camp attendee dynamic. As it was the 4-year-old said, in no uncertain terms, that his older brother was not to call him by a particular nickname while we were in Sunday School!

By: Laura Vanderkam

Laura Vanderkam — Mon, 29 Jul 2024 17:38:16 +0000

In reply to Elisa. @Elisa- oh, this was quite the packing operation. I was prepared!! There are all kinds of things that could go wrong, so I don't want the lack of something we could have brought to be the problem.

By: Barb

Barb — Mon, 29 Jul 2024 17:15:56 +0000

I don’t know if it is “cocktail party syndrome”, but I sure am having a lot of organ encounters these days. Oh, hush. Anyway, I happen to ring in a performing handbell ensemble, and many of our members come from church bell choirs, so it’s reasonable that at lease a couple of them play the organ. And just last night I met someone at a visitation, and it turns out she plays the organ, just for fun. We shared our organists we follow (the sparkly Anna Lapwood for me, Scottish German Fraser Gartshore for her). But then I open your blog and see a library of organ-building books. I have a new respect for organists, especially those who frequently play on different instruments, like church substitutes and touring performers. Every organ is different, and one might not get much time to get to know it first. But gee, what is the universe trying tell me? I should take up the organ?

By: Elisa

Elisa — Mon, 29 Jul 2024 16:39:50 +0000

Ha, I laughed very loudly when I read about your husband and the fan. Been there!

By: Elisabeth

Elisabeth — Mon, 29 Jul 2024 15:23:03 +0000

I nodded along to so many things in this post.
The Olympics seem to throw me in to a time warp. I literally want to watch it all hours of the day, which is bizarre since I don’t really follow sports regularly outside of the Olympics. It’s such a unique and electrifying atmosphere. And it’s such fun exposure to so many unique skills and talents.

Gold stars on the fan. It’s those little things that parents do behind the scenes that often go unnoticed. It’s nice when someone (especially the other parent) recognizes the forethought that went in to making something successful. Our nine-year-old is also at his first week of overnight camp (in the woods). He seemed a bit nervous, but loves outdoor activities and I suspect he’ll have the time of his life. His big sister is there as a leader, so there is some family connection (though that could be a bad thing, theoretically, since they don’t always see eye to eye and our daughter loves to boss him, so being officially tasked with “leading” – aka bossing – campers around is basically the epitome of what she wants in life).

And floating solo in the pool for an hour sounds delightful.

Oh, and I laughed about your 4-year old’s comment about the length of the mother’s “bathroom break”. Wise beyond his years 🙂