Comments on: Camping 2010 http://wjfamilyblog.com/2010/06/09/camping-2010/ Tue, 03 May 2011 11:39:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Meema http://wjfamilyblog.com/2010/06/09/camping-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-931 Meema Sat, 12 Jun 2010 00:21:28 +0000 http://wjfamilyblog.com/?p=1350#comment-931 You and Chris came through like the troopers you are. The flowers you pictured are mountain laurels, a native on New England, and related to the blueberry family. You and Chris came through like the troopers you are.

The flowers you pictured are mountain laurels, a native on New England, and related to the blueberry family.

]]> By: aunt nancy http://wjfamilyblog.com/2010/06/09/camping-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-930 aunt nancy Fri, 11 Jun 2010 02:27:17 +0000 http://wjfamilyblog.com/?p=1350#comment-930 Hey isn't your lucky number 7? 7 years married- congrats! I think someday you will look at these pictures and forget the hard times. Your right- to me looks like you had a great time! Hey isn’t your lucky number 7? 7 years married- congrats! I think someday you will look at these pictures and forget the hard times. Your right- to me looks like you had a great time!

]]> By: Lindsay Barry http://wjfamilyblog.com/2010/06/09/camping-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-928 Lindsay Barry Thu, 10 Jun 2010 08:41:23 +0000 http://wjfamilyblog.com/?p=1350#comment-928 As I was reading your attempt to balance the needs and crying of both girls, I completely related. Then, I was delighted to see my name in print! I suspect this is something that all parents of more than one child wrestle with. The hardest part for me is the mental game of feeling like the three-year-old dramatics can be a bit manipulating, such that I am not sure when I am being appropriately loving and concerned and when I am giving in to inappropriate whining and fussing. It is also difficult because Natalie and Ellie never had to share our attention before their siblings, so it can be a starling realization for me of how limited is my ability to care and nuture everyone at all times. I wish we could share stories and advice in person! As I was reading your attempt to balance the needs and crying of both girls, I completely related. Then, I was delighted to see my name in print! I suspect this is something that all parents of more than one child wrestle with. The hardest part for me is the mental game of feeling like the three-year-old dramatics can be a bit manipulating, such that I am not sure when I am being appropriately loving and concerned and when I am giving in to inappropriate whining and fussing. It is also difficult because Natalie and Ellie never had to share our attention before their siblings, so it can be a starling realization for me of how limited is my ability to care and nuture everyone at all times. I wish we could share stories and advice in person!

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