So, if you know what a “wappy”, you win the prize for today!
Any guesses?
*By the way, there is no prize, just wondering if you know what a wappy is….
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21
November
It’s been a tough year and a half for me. My son starting kindergarten didn’t seem to be too difficult on anyone except Mini Me who was left home alone with no one to play with. He would start about 1 PM and put his shoes on and then stand at the door until 2:30 asking if it was time to go get Ditto Boy Yet.
He has done better this year and I personally was really only mildly involved in a lot of activities last year but with mono the first semester and a broken leg the second semester, I still managed to make it to almost every field trip and the one I missed, my mom was able to go.
So, there basically was no turning loose of the apron strings. This year though, the homework is more, the individual skills are greater and our first field trip occurred this week where parents weren’t allowed to go. I’m going to be honest, my son wasn’t going. First of all, how can they ask me to pay for my son to go to a public place and take him on a school bus (which omg, the dangers of that) and then tell me that I would not be allowed in this public place?
That was insane.
So, I said no. That was the end of that and no he wasn’t going. The closer the day of reckoning arrived, the more questions my son asked. Basically he resorted to begging to go and I, untied one little knot on my apron and I signed the paper and sent him on his way. His teacher said he did wonderful and was very well behaved.
That wasn’t my concern in the first place. He knows to behave, but strangers are not always nice people and my son is a complete socialite and it wouldn’t take much for someone to convince him that he was suppose to leave with them.
And, so on Thursday night and again on Friday morning, we had a long discussion (our first if you can believe it) about strangers and the dangers of strangers.
And, honestly, slipping that knot lose just a tiny bit wasn’t as hard as I thought it was going to be. Whew! Glad that’s over though!
Category: Ditto Boy in 09
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09
October
I would like to do a very unscientific idea of how much it cost to educate a child. I have a spreadsheet that I would like for you to fill out. If you agree to fill out a survey of the amount of money spent thus far on your child(ren)’s education and/or are willing to ill out a survey once a week to track expenses (for a total of 18 weeks from beginning to end), please fill out this preliminary survey.
Getting started on tracking how much it cost to educate a child
You will only receive a starter survey and then a weekly survey if you request to be included. Thanks!
Category: JAR
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07
October
There’s so much going on and I’m just going to toss the thoughts out there…..
1. I spend hours building a site for my son’s school and when the administrator who has been so grateful contacted the computer technology person at the board, he said it wouldn’t work. So, all those hours were just dumped in the toilet. Piss me off? Depress me? Absolutely yes to both of them…..
2. I made a professional move. And, to be honest, I think I did what I was asked to do and not only will someone else get the credit for what I did, I won’t even get the behind the scenes promises that were made kept. And, that is very disheartening considering how hard I’ve been pushing all the buttons and working all the avenues….
3. My son goes to a great school. I’ve been working with some awesome folks there. Yet, all kinds of things happen that make me wish we could do it another way. For instance, today’s note came wielding news of lice. Lovely eh?
4. Money…….there’s just never enough of it, need I say more??
Category: Grumps 09, JAR
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06
October
Boy Genius and I headed home. Quiet. Still. Dark. What should we do? Jacuzzi! And, that’s all you need to know.
On Sunday morning Boy Genius took the boys their church clothes and helped mom get them dressed because apparently they overslept.
Uh? Overslept? Not my kids. Not my kids that get up at 6:30 come hell or high water. No way! Even on the weekends we are lucky if we can buy some time til 7:30 and that’s only if they are in our bedroom where it is pitch dark. If they are in their own rooms, they get up with the chickens for real.
Boy Genius returns home. The following conversation is relayed to me later….
Mini Me: You didn’t tell him did you?
My Mom: What?
Mini Me: You didn’t tell Dad how late we stayed up did you?
My Mom: *fighting laughter* No, why?
Mine Me: Because, if you tell him what time we went to sleep, we will be in trouble.
My Mom: And, what time was it?
Ditto Boy: 11:30 but please don’t tell Dad? Please?
Fast Forward to this afternoon. Mom came to my house and sat for a while, then took Mini Me with her to pick up Ditto Boy at school. She never brings them home even if Ditto Boy gets a sad face so we have to watch her. But, when they arrived home, my mom had the above story to tell and finished it off with this…..
Sunday afternoon as they are headed home from my mom’s, the same conversation basically, the kids begging my mom not to tell us, the parents, what time they went to sleep.
And, to finish the story…..Mom is here, Mini Me is playing and she whispers the entire story above to me. And, then says…..
On the way home today…
Mini Me: You didn’t tell Dad what time we went to sleep did you ?
My Mom: No, I didn’t why?
Mini Me: Cause I told you, we will get in trouble.
My Mom: I didn’t tell them (and technically she hadn’t at that point)
Mini Me: Did you tell Mom you scratched our backs?
My Mom: No, why??
Mini Me: Cause she said “No back scratching and if you scratched it, she wont scratch it tonight”
Which is totally whack because we’ve never had a conversation even remotely like that about the back scratching. That kid’s tongue is possessed by demons I tell you.
Now, do you see what we deal with in terms of behavior, enforcing rules and such. Tonight our kids were in bed and making no noise by 7:15. They need a lot of sleep. And, it’s obvious when they don’t get enough. Last night it was almost 7:30 before they went to bed but of course that was before I knew they had pulled that stunt at my mom’s.
Children, did I wait til I was too hold to start birthing them because at this rate, I’ll be in bed before the prom ever starts.
Category: Ditto Boy in 09, Mini Me in 09
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