PARENTS 80 SEPTEMBER 2016 section • story slug DREADS “Keeping on top of things. My daughter once tried to sign my name to a form I’d completely forgotten to sign. Oops!” LOVES “It’s a very social time. It’s not just kids who are meeting people. Finding “the friend” for you is a big deal and can be a huge help. The friend who can locate a missing assignment, remind you about a birthday party, or help out when you’re stuck in traffic at pickup time.” ➝ Suzanne Chan with Lucas, 3; Ava, 9; and Marcus, 6 Nurse, and blogger at MomConfessionals.com Busy moms spill what they look forward to (and what they loathe) about this time of year. let’ s get real photographs by MELANIE ACEVEDO
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DREADS “Keeping on top of things. My daughter once tried to sign my name to a form I’d completely forgotten to sign. Oops!”
LOVES “It’s a very social time. It’s not just kids who are meeting people. Finding “the friend” for you is a big deal and can be a huge help. The friend who can locate a missing assignment, remind you about a birthday party, or help out when you’re stuck in traffic at pickup time.”
➝ Suzanne Chan with Lucas, 3; Ava, 9; and Marcus, 6 Nurse, and blogger at MomConfessionals.com
Busy moms spill what they look forward to (and what they loathe) about this time of year.
let’s get
real
photographs by MELANIE ACEVEDO
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➜ Rachel Howell with Quimby, 7Stay-at-home mom of Quimby as well as Bijoux, 2, and Zara, 8 months
DREADS “Taming screen use! Starting in the fall we get rid of the iPad and electronics at home in the morning. It’s just too distracting.” LOVES “Ordering all the supplies we need online at once, through the school.”
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➜ Svetlana Griaznova-Acquista with Alessandra, 9, and twins Salvatore (left) and Nicholas, 6 Model
DREADS “The illnesses! My kids start catching stuff when they go back to school and pass it from one to the other.” LOVES “Having time for yoga and exercise. I slack off in the summer, but getting back to that when they’re in school helps keep me focused.”
➝ Stephanie Cavalli with Santiago, 8 Also mom of Lou, 2.Model and antiques dealer
DREADS “Homework! It means a return to having to be on him about it, because he doesn’t like it. I have to harass him to do it.”
LOVES “Having a strong routine. It’s always the same thing, same time: Get up, dress, eat breakfast, brush your teeth. My kids know that you don’t get breakfast until you get dressed.”
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➜ Sai Da Silvawith London, 5 Creative director and founder of the blog Scout the City
DREADS “The separation, for me too! London and I do so much together that it’s a huge adjustment.”
LOVES “Not packing a lunch. Her new school provides a hot meal every day. The lunch struggle is real!”
“! can’t wait to ride
the bus to school!”
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“I do not like naptime.
I don’t like to be quiet.”
➜ Amri Kibbler with Mari, 5 Also mom of River, 9 months (see her on our cover!). Cofounder of HeyMama, an online community for entrepreneurial moms
DREADS “Trying to get to bed early again, and school starts half an hour earlier this year. Yikes! Also, the baby poops the moment I’m about to walk out the door.”
LOVES “Shopping is my jam. I love picking out the backpack with Mari, getting the new lunch box, and putting together the outfits and accessorizing.”
