When Ryan picked Cael up from preschool today he received his first bit of feedback about how Cael's doing (besides, "He stopped crying eventually!"). It turns out that Cael is "the best 3 year old dancer" one of his teachers has ever seen. Apparently, Cael decided to make the singing portion of the day a singing and dancing portion of the day. He danced so enthusiastically that the music teacher...

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I have been dreading this morning for months. Not because I will miss him terribly - though, obviously, I will - but because I didn't think he could handle it. Cael is the type of guy who after two years of playdates still has to have me hold his hand when he crosses the room. Abandoning him entirely in a brand new situation? I was sure it wasn't going to fly. I imagined it several ways. One version involved him clinging...

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