"Hey sweetie! How was your first day of school?!"
"Horrible!" she said with tears in her eyes.
"What! Why?"
"We didn't do anything! We only read two books, had recess, went to P.E., and did two centers."
"Well, that seems like a lot."
We went over different versions of that conversation about 4 times during the night. I never could pin point exactly what the problem was. I can only make two assumptions. One being that there wasn't enough ceremony for her. I think anything less than a parade in her honor was going to be a disappointment. Secondly, that the day ended too quickly. She kept saying that she hopes today doesn't go so quick.
It's too bad that she had a perfectly fun and reasonable first day and yet she still comes home crying that it was horrible. grrr...
One thing that was frustrating her was that there is a boy in her class that she doesn't like. I guess he has some behavior problems and got in trouble a lot during class. And the teacher is an older no nonsense kind of teacher, so she spoke harshly to him and that bothered Maddy.
I kept telling her that this boy will learn the rules eventually, and that she can't judge first grade by the first day. That she needs to keep a positive attitude. But she cried and said she wants to go back to Kindergarten. :(
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Buy three get one free
I am now the proud owner of four shiny new fillings. It was only supposed to be three but one tooth had twins. My dentist is very nice and went ahead and filled the fourth one for free. Awww... He said it was a little one and since I was there and numb he just went ahead with it. What a good guy. :) What stinks is that he is telling me this with both hands in my mouth so I couldn't even say thank you.
School starts tomorrow. Maddy is just a bundle of nervous energy. I feel for her. I would be too. But we went to meet her teacher last night and there are two kids in her class she knows for sure. One was in her class last year and one she knows from the bus stop. I'm sure there are others too. So she's super excited to get back. It's going to be really weird to send her off to the bus stop in the morning. It hasn't really sunk in for me yet. It's tomorrow! I can't believe it. I'm just going to keep typing it, maybe that will make it sink in. It's Tomorrow!
School starts tomorrow. Maddy is just a bundle of nervous energy. I feel for her. I would be too. But we went to meet her teacher last night and there are two kids in her class she knows for sure. One was in her class last year and one she knows from the bus stop. I'm sure there are others too. So she's super excited to get back. It's going to be really weird to send her off to the bus stop in the morning. It hasn't really sunk in for me yet. It's tomorrow! I can't believe it. I'm just going to keep typing it, maybe that will make it sink in. It's Tomorrow!
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Time Travels
When I was pregnant with Connor I worked til 10 pm. When I came home I always went in to Maddy's room to give her a kiss before I went to bed. I would sneak in and she would be laying there, asleep. All cozy with her bear and blanket. I would give her a kiss and she would wake up just enough to acknowledge me. I would say "I love you." and she wouldn't respond. But if I said "You are so beautiful." or something like that she would always nod. lol. That made me laugh.
On my way out I would quietly close the door and stand in the dark hall, belly out to kingdom come. I would imagine having two kids. Having a baby sleeping in the, then empty, room to my right. It was all ready for our baby, sex unknown. I would close my eyes and try to feel another baby sleeping in there. When I felt like I could really see it, I would walk into the nursery. I would go over to the crib and peek in. Empty. But I knew someday the baby that was sleeping in my belly would be sleeping in that crib.
Nowadays, I don't check on the kids while they are sleeping too often. And when I do I usually check on Connor first. But once in a while I go through the old routine. I'll go kiss Maddy good night and then stand in the hall and picture a newborn baby sleeping in Connor's crib. I'll stand there for as long as need be until I've traveled back in time. Til I'm completely expecting a baby to be in that crib. Then I step in, silently walk over to the crib, and peek in. Only now, it's not empty. In fact, its shockingly full. Where did my baby go? Did I miss it? Was it only my imagination? Because here in this crib is not a baby... but a very big boy.
On my way out I would quietly close the door and stand in the dark hall, belly out to kingdom come. I would imagine having two kids. Having a baby sleeping in the, then empty, room to my right. It was all ready for our baby, sex unknown. I would close my eyes and try to feel another baby sleeping in there. When I felt like I could really see it, I would walk into the nursery. I would go over to the crib and peek in. Empty. But I knew someday the baby that was sleeping in my belly would be sleeping in that crib.
Nowadays, I don't check on the kids while they are sleeping too often. And when I do I usually check on Connor first. But once in a while I go through the old routine. I'll go kiss Maddy good night and then stand in the hall and picture a newborn baby sleeping in Connor's crib. I'll stand there for as long as need be until I've traveled back in time. Til I'm completely expecting a baby to be in that crib. Then I step in, silently walk over to the crib, and peek in. Only now, it's not empty. In fact, its shockingly full. Where did my baby go? Did I miss it? Was it only my imagination? Because here in this crib is not a baby... but a very big boy.
Saturday, August 2, 2008
A girl named Horse
It's fricken hot! Oh my good lordy is it hot. Low of 95 yesterday. Low of 95. Larry was working late so I purposely made plans to run errands in the afternoon, so that we aren't just sitting around here driving ourselves crazy. Anyways, I had to go to Walmart and return some light bulbs and then go to Costco. It was an unwritten plan that we would also have dinner there.
First off, on my way to Walmart I realized it's not very cost effective to drive 5 miles out of my way to return a pack of light bulbs that only cost $2.50 to begin with. But hey, I was already half way there so might as well finish it. I found the closest parking spot I could but I was still melting by the time we got inside. It wasn't a long enough errand to get cooled off so by the time we all got back out to the car I was about to explode. I put Connor in his seat, sun soaking my back, and he says "Where's my cup?" and I have an instant image of it sitting on the customer service counter. But I swear, it wasn't worth the dollar to walk all the way back into Walmart. So I was willing to forgo the cup. But it was extra irritating that this trip that was supposed to get me $2.50 now got me nothing but a soaking wet t-shirt.
So we head off to Costco. I make the rounds and when I go to pay I found Connor's cup in my bag. I was so happy! It wasn't a useless trip. So anyways, we are sitting at our table, pizza in hand, and Maddy and I have the following conversation...
Her: "My friend Autumn's eyes change color."
Me: "Oh, maybe that's why they named her Autumn."
Her: *confused look*
Me: "Autumn is another name for Fall. And what happens in the Fall?"
Her: "The leaves change color!"
Me: "Right, so maybe they named her Autumn because her eyes change color like the leaves."
Her: "You should have named me Horse."
LOL!! I'm sure she would have loved being named Horse. I really missed an opportunity there!
First off, on my way to Walmart I realized it's not very cost effective to drive 5 miles out of my way to return a pack of light bulbs that only cost $2.50 to begin with. But hey, I was already half way there so might as well finish it. I found the closest parking spot I could but I was still melting by the time we got inside. It wasn't a long enough errand to get cooled off so by the time we all got back out to the car I was about to explode. I put Connor in his seat, sun soaking my back, and he says "Where's my cup?" and I have an instant image of it sitting on the customer service counter. But I swear, it wasn't worth the dollar to walk all the way back into Walmart. So I was willing to forgo the cup. But it was extra irritating that this trip that was supposed to get me $2.50 now got me nothing but a soaking wet t-shirt.
So we head off to Costco. I make the rounds and when I go to pay I found Connor's cup in my bag. I was so happy! It wasn't a useless trip. So anyways, we are sitting at our table, pizza in hand, and Maddy and I have the following conversation...
Her: "My friend Autumn's eyes change color."
Me: "Oh, maybe that's why they named her Autumn."
Her: *confused look*
Me: "Autumn is another name for Fall. And what happens in the Fall?"
Her: "The leaves change color!"
Me: "Right, so maybe they named her Autumn because her eyes change color like the leaves."
Her: "You should have named me Horse."
LOL!! I'm sure she would have loved being named Horse. I really missed an opportunity there!
Dreamer
I had a dream the other night that my friend Jennifer, her sister, and her daughter in law all bought a house together. I was there and notice the house has huge cockroaches. But they weren't cockroaches, they were turtles, but they were the cockroaches... if you know what I'm sayin'. So I point it out and Jennifer says "oh, that's ok, we have the duck." And this duck walks over to one of the turtle/cockroaches and tries to eat it. But of course it can't cause ducks don't eat turtles!
Then we are in the back yard and notice over on the side of the house is this fallen dead tree. No leaves, just and old dead tree laying there. But on the branches are tons of the turtle/ cockroaches hanging upside down like bats. We realize this is where they are coming from and Jennifer's daughter in law takes out a red match. (The fact that it was red was very important for some reason) and lights it and throws it on the dead tree. Then everyone goes inside. Which totally freaks me out since they just lit a huge fire in the back yard. I thought someone might want to stay outside and keep an eye on it. Then I notice that their babies are sleeping like two feet from the fire so I go and scoop up a baby in each arm. Then I notice that Connor is there too, sleeping in this white wire basket. Not really a basket, more like a frame. It actually looked like the thing you hang from your shower head to put your shampoo and stuff on. Anyways, so I take the babies I'm already holding inside....
And then I woke up. But I know I did save Connor, even though it wasn't part of the dream
Then we are in the back yard and notice over on the side of the house is this fallen dead tree. No leaves, just and old dead tree laying there. But on the branches are tons of the turtle/ cockroaches hanging upside down like bats. We realize this is where they are coming from and Jennifer's daughter in law takes out a red match. (The fact that it was red was very important for some reason) and lights it and throws it on the dead tree. Then everyone goes inside. Which totally freaks me out since they just lit a huge fire in the back yard. I thought someone might want to stay outside and keep an eye on it. Then I notice that their babies are sleeping like two feet from the fire so I go and scoop up a baby in each arm. Then I notice that Connor is there too, sleeping in this white wire basket. Not really a basket, more like a frame. It actually looked like the thing you hang from your shower head to put your shampoo and stuff on. Anyways, so I take the babies I'm already holding inside....
And then I woke up. But I know I did save Connor, even though it wasn't part of the dream
Friday, August 1, 2008
quick updates
Maddy's dr took her off her meds!! Yay! So now we just have to keep an eye on her as far as asthma attacks but hopefully she will be fine. We'll see how it goes.
I almost missed the appointment. I was sitting here surfing, and I read something about it being Friday. And I was like Hmm.... Friday. There's something important about Friday.... what is it? OH! Maddy's appointment! It was 9:05 and her appointment was at 9:20. And I was still in my jammies. I bolted upstairs, threw on the first thing I saw, stuffed a pair of Connor's socks in my pocket, picked Connor up, grabbed his shoes, and ran out of the house. Thankfully, the kids were already dressed or I would have been in real trouble. We made it right on time. It's hard to turn that off, when your rushing. I get to the drs office and there was someone at the desk ahead of me, but I was in super rushing mode and I could hardly stand to have to wait my turn. "Oh My Gosh People! Can't You See I'm In A Hurry... And You Have The Nerve To Be Ahead Of Me. UG!"
Oh, and the microwave is pretty much unusable. I tried to cook some Pizza Rolls and I put them in for 30 seconds. It started beeping and when I looked back it had over 6 minutes on it. It just has a mind of it's own. I will have to start the timer on the oven just to microwave something.
I almost missed the appointment. I was sitting here surfing, and I read something about it being Friday. And I was like Hmm.... Friday. There's something important about Friday.... what is it? OH! Maddy's appointment! It was 9:05 and her appointment was at 9:20. And I was still in my jammies. I bolted upstairs, threw on the first thing I saw, stuffed a pair of Connor's socks in my pocket, picked Connor up, grabbed his shoes, and ran out of the house. Thankfully, the kids were already dressed or I would have been in real trouble. We made it right on time. It's hard to turn that off, when your rushing. I get to the drs office and there was someone at the desk ahead of me, but I was in super rushing mode and I could hardly stand to have to wait my turn. "Oh My Gosh People! Can't You See I'm In A Hurry... And You Have The Nerve To Be Ahead Of Me. UG!"
Oh, and the microwave is pretty much unusable. I tried to cook some Pizza Rolls and I put them in for 30 seconds. It started beeping and when I looked back it had over 6 minutes on it. It just has a mind of it's own. I will have to start the timer on the oven just to microwave something.
The slow death of our microwave
My microwave is possessed! Last night dinner was in the oven, I was on the phone in the living room, Maddy was watching TV, Connor and Larry were at the store... all was as it should be. Then Maddy came into the room and stood at the end of the couch. I hate to admit this... but I shooed her away. But as soon as she left I realized she had a very odd look on her face. So I get up and go into the family room. Before I can even ask her what she wanted to say I notice the microwave is going. I go over and it's on defrost and has over 4 minutes left to go. I turn it off.
Me: "Did you turn on the microwave?"
Her: "No."
Me: "You didn't touch the microwave?"
Her:"No."
Now, she isn't one to lie so I guess I believed her. What I really thought was that she did it on accident and maybe didn't realize it. That's an awful lot of buttons to push on accident. But like I said, she doesn't normally lie so I just let it go.
So then like 5 minutes later I'm getting plates made for everyone and the microwave just turns on all by itself. I was totally freaked out. So I unplugged it and made the plan that if it turns on while it's unplugged I'm outta here.
This isn't the first time the microwave has misbehaved. Last winter it would get real hot for no reason whatsoever. Even without being used the outside would be hot to the touch. We left it unplugged for about week and then it seemed fine. And I kinda forgot all about it.
So needless to say I'm looking into a new one now. As of this moment we will leave it unplugged unless we're using it, but we're in the market for a new one. Something is not right with it.
Me: "Did you turn on the microwave?"
Her: "No."
Me: "You didn't touch the microwave?"
Her:"No."
Now, she isn't one to lie so I guess I believed her. What I really thought was that she did it on accident and maybe didn't realize it. That's an awful lot of buttons to push on accident. But like I said, she doesn't normally lie so I just let it go.
So then like 5 minutes later I'm getting plates made for everyone and the microwave just turns on all by itself. I was totally freaked out. So I unplugged it and made the plan that if it turns on while it's unplugged I'm outta here.
This isn't the first time the microwave has misbehaved. Last winter it would get real hot for no reason whatsoever. Even without being used the outside would be hot to the touch. We left it unplugged for about week and then it seemed fine. And I kinda forgot all about it.
So needless to say I'm looking into a new one now. As of this moment we will leave it unplugged unless we're using it, but we're in the market for a new one. Something is not right with it.
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