Day 1529. This is Sammy's 6th week in kindergarten. Most days it's Randy who takes him there, and the goal was for him to leave for longer periods of time each day until he can take him there and come back four hours later to pick him up. Before this week, half an hour was the longest he was in the room without one of us, and that was when I was there with him.

Day 1525. Last night we turned our clocks back, which meant gaining an heart, which I was really thankful for, especially as we had to get up early. My alarm went off at 7:30, when all three kids were already awake and up. Actually, Emmy had taken Sammy's braces of by himself for the first time and helped him out of bed. We got up, had breakfast, and got ready to leave the house just after 8:30 am.

Day 1524. Tammy was waking up frequently during the first half of the night, sitting up and crying and not wanting to be comforted. She had a stuffy noise and couldn't breathe through it. She did it tonight as well, but not as often. She joined us in bed at some point during the night and slept well there, without waking up crying.