tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post1226580620023901128..comments2008-10-09T15:42:58.537-05:00Expat mumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17798190669591053390expatchicago@gmail.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-72711049167244780762008-10-09T15:42:00.000-05:002008-10-09T15:42:00.000-05:00You're obviously the Best Mummy Ever!! 17 years is just amazing - mine were two years apart, so it went past in a flash really. Aahh..<BR/>M xxA Mother's Place is in the Wronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383766405951386903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-23381154336221492942008-09-18T08:08:00.000-05:002008-09-18T08:08:00.000-05:00relentlessly sentimental here but only 12 years in and youngest in Y5. BUT I MISS IT!! Even T'oss (as we knew him) the tank engine.Millahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15967731998504496807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-86555843147258642482008-09-17T06:56:00.000-05:002008-09-17T06:56:00.000-05:0017 years deserves a prize, but you sound like you've been a brilliant mum. Pretending to be James the Red Engine - you'd get full marks from my little boys!valley girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10788949037047084412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-44201681659120370152008-09-16T10:39:00.000-05:002008-09-16T10:39:00.000-05:00Wow, hat's off for the 17 years endurance mommy test. Crickey. When my "baby" went off to full time school aged just 4 (she has an August birthday and reception starts the year they turn 5) I thought I would be gutted. I thought I would drive away wailing uncontrolably. I thought I would grab her ankles and beg her to never leave me. But...instead, I found myself doing a mental snoopy dance of joy. And that was only after 8 years with one of my three kids at home.Audreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13284270452155749700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-29641872212904617062008-09-15T18:05:00.000-05:002008-09-15T18:05:00.000-05:0017 years??? Oh my gosh I can't bear to calculate how very old I will be if that happens to me. I'd go straight from Kindergarten drop-off and into assisted living!Mom/Mumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00377035506718286960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-91191596511028876082008-09-15T16:24:00.000-05:002008-09-15T16:24:00.000-05:00Like the new format, expatmum. Hope you are feeling better. Your "cherishing year" sounds wonderful, dare I say it, champion!Hadriana's Treasureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03740533954842010870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-73909659624755334582008-09-15T16:11:00.000-05:002008-09-15T16:11:00.000-05:00Wow. 17 years. I think that qualifies as a mothering marathon.GoneBackSouthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01391620186388562057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-46744653205740800032008-09-15T15:22:00.000-05:002008-09-15T15:22:00.000-05:00Well done for not getting all sentimental. What kind of pipsqueak would do that...?Potty Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04751869800592294891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-590619189450008102008-09-15T13:40:00.000-05:002008-09-15T13:40:00.000-05:00Three international moves would definitely have put me over the edge. Well done you!Expat mumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17798190669591053390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-57952702437649703452008-09-15T11:23:00.000-05:002008-09-15T11:23:00.000-05:00Wow! And I thought I'd been patient coping with 13yrs. I have to say, if I hadn't moved to 3 different countries and cultures during that time I would have gone mad. I never dreamed that watching Sesame Street and Bananas in Pyjamas in Norwegian would become an intellectual activity. Kudos to you for staying sane!<BR/>Wise not to get over excited though. In my experience someone always moves the goal posts just when you think you've won the game!ExpatKathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00085577423870971279noreply@blogger.com