A chatty look at a 40 year old’s college freshman year, her kids, husband and other craziness
Things are changing quickly for the Carbone family and since I haven’t documented anything for so long I thought I’d try and catch you up.
Tommy is graduating from the University of Missouri on May 12th with a degree in Journalism with an emphasis in Magazine Editing. We are headed out there to help him celebrate [...]
In the past 4 years I’ve done 6 college move ins, if you don’t know what that means I’ll explain it to you. It’s where you take everything of importance to your college aged child and help them cram it into a very small sleep/study space. Tommy has always let me do what I want [...]
As of today life is finally back to being semi-sane. Both boys got off to college yesterday and I received a phone call from each of them this morning, Simon wanting to know where I had put his mixing bowls and if the cupcake pans belonged to him, and Tommy letting me know he got [...]
We’ve been pretty busy around here, what with preparing for the royal wedding and all! My mother is here from Idaho so that means lots of cleaning and spray painting things. Simon returned from his freshman year at UF, so that means lots of cooking, cleaning and pool volleyball. Olivia is prepping for her AP [...]
Olivia’s English teacher asked the class today who would be getting an Easter basket this weekend, only two other kids besides Olivia raised their hands. Both Olivia and her friend Meg told the teacher that their mom’s send goodie boxes off to their college aged siblings. The teacher was thrilled that at least a few [...]
I’ve recently realized that my role as mom has changed to “the sounding board”. I get daily calls from my boys ( yes I know how lucky I am) filling me in on the hourly activities. They aren’t calling for advice so much as to just talk. They tell me about their day, where they [...]
Tomorrow is Simon’s first official day of college spring break, well at least tomorrow is his last day of school before spring break starts. Olivia and her friend McKenzie are going to accompany me up to UF tomorrow to pick Simon up, while we are there we are going to go to a UF v [...]
Simon’s Eagle Court of Honor went off without a hitch and we can now all cross that off our list of things to do. Tom made a video of Simon’s scouting life that was absolutely amazing, he is in the process of figuring out how to best upload it so everyone can see it. I [...]
Today was spent trying to get all of the last minute details done for Simon’s Eagle Court of Honor. He is celebrating his achievement tomorrow night with a ceremony and then a dessert buffet afterwards. His girlfriend’s grandmother is making the cake, and since she once owned a bakery I know it will be amazing. [...]
I have loved having all three kids home; the noise, the mess and the constant running out of food hasn’t dampened the holiday mood! I love listening to them quietly talk with one another, sharing parts of their lives that aren’t meant for everyone’s ears. I love seeing everyone snuggled up on the couches, covered [...]