The Kohlmans

Lawrence, Five months old! This has been such a fun month. You are full of smiles and laughter, especially for Lincoln. You are very friendly and will smile for just about anyone - and will let them hold you, too. You started daycare two weeks ago and are doing very well! One morning when I dropped you off, Deborah told me, "I just love him! He talks and talks and talks." Your hair is getting soooo long. It's kind of your "signature" thing. I took you in for a weight check and you're already up to 15 lbs., 13 oz. You are very vocal. You love to talk and carry on a "conversation" with anyone who will talk to you. You continue to roll from your stomach to your back, but now you're more interested in scooting around on your belly. You can turn yourself in circles and scoot from one end of your blanket to the other, especially if your ball or another toy is there. You lift your belly off the gr...

First Day of School 2017 Lincoln: preK Lawrence: infant room at daycare Megan: 10th year of teaching

Yesterday we went walking at Dillon Nature Center. At various times, Lincoln would run ahead or veer onto a side path to explore, walking or running on until I would call to him to pause and wait for me to catch up. As I looked back at this picture, I realized that it was yet another preview of what is to come. My boys will grow older, get bigger, venture farther and farther away from my arms. Yes , they'll come back, but all too soon they will run out again to new adventures, returning less and less often. This is what we do, mamas and daddies. We prepare our babies to leave us. And one day, ready or not, they will. Yesterday was not that day. Not yet. We have some years still. But yesterday was an important reminder that my job is to hold them loosely, gently, to help them figure out who they are, to prepare them to make their own good choices, to teach them the importance of being kind to others, to make their own way in this world. Someday, they get to keep going. My hope ...