Super Mom

I need to vent

On Monday I sent Leah to school in a skirt and fleece jacket. It was suppose to rain all day and so I thought they wouldn't be going out for recess. The storm front came through, and the temperature dropped from about 57degrees to the high 30’s , but didn’t rain. When I picked Leah up at the end of the day her Teacher said very nicely, "Leah was a little cold at recess today" to which I responded "OMG Leah honey I'm so sorry I didn’t think you'd be going out! Were you just freezing?" (I felt horrible and scooped her up in my arms).

Later that night Alex tells me Oh MRS. “so and so” wanted me to tell you to watch the weather channel and dress Leah more appropriately for the weather.

I was a little annoyed but let it go.

Then yesterday another Mom came up and said “I heard Leah was a little cold on Monday” And I said “Oh yeah it was terrible I felt so bad”….. and then I thought WAIT how did she hear about this. Apparently all the “hens” were clucking about how UNDERDRESSED Leah was Monday. It was quite the scandal.

But here’s the thing, I’m at the G.D. school ALL the time. I spend HOURS, and I mean atleast 3+HOURS, every week doing stuff for the kids and the teachers of that stinking school and get paid a big fat ZERO dollars for my service. I don’t prance around that school like I’m better than all the other mom’s, nor do my kids. I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve rolled in there with sweats and a t-shirt. I talk to everyone and I am really friendly. I’ve never boasted about being the PTA president, infact when I usually talk about it I say I’m “involved” with the PTA not that I’m the one running the show, so It’s not like I need to be knocked off my high horse. But still these people cackle about the fact that I sent my child to school in a skirt and fleece jacket ONE stinking day!!! And it wasn’t just Mom’s talking; it was the teachers and staff making a big to do about it!
I tried to just laugh it off, joked that my super Mom persona has one weakness, my kryptonite is THE WEATHER…

But it’s really bugging me! I don’t need people singing my praises, that’s not why I do it!!! But when they bad mouth me….honestly it HURTS!!! So what do I do? Do I say something? Do I just vent to all my friends? Should I rent a billboard with PTA money and put my face on it saying “YES I sent my kid to school underdressed on Monday 2/28/2011 Children services has been notified! “

I’d have them write it in crayon of course!

The meanings of ten

Did you know...

• 10 is the atomic number of neon.


• There are ten commandments


• There were ten plagues inflicted on Egypt


• It's the number of violin sonatas composed by Beethoven


• 10 is the number of yards the offense must advance to maintain possession in four downs
  
• a person who is attractive and physically flawless is often said to be "a ten"
  
• The number of year Alex has been alive
  

Ten years seems like a long time! If you had to spend 10 years in prison it'd feel like an eternity, if you had 10 years to loose 10 pounds you'd feel like.. woo hoo no pressure. But to have your first kid turn 10 years old.... seems like a blink of the eye. It's just crazy! 10 years ago I was nursing a newborn and getting up every two hours. Tonight he gave me a hug and a kiss and put himself to bed. We've come so far in such a short time that should've felt like forever!!!

So let me tell you a little bit about my 10 year old Alex.

He's in 4th grade this year and has an absolutely AMAZING teacher this year. If she doesn't end up on his list of all time favorite teachers I'll be shocked. She has been such a great teacher for Alex and has really embraced Alex and his "quirks" and is really encouraging him in so many ways. He's finally an avid reader and I have to tell him more than once that it's time for lights out at bed time because he's so lost in what he's reading!

He continues to LOVE Lego's and spends hours and hours building contraptions and weapons out of them. He even got a Lego shaped alarm clock for Christmas that he thought was the coolest!

He got glasses a few weeks ago, and dreaded it everyday from ordering the glasses to actually getting the glasses. He was so worried he'd look like a nerd. But after a few days he informed me that he thought he looked better with his glasses.

He's starting to notice the girls in his class a little more . But there have been a few occasions where he's wanted to wear a certain outfit or made an extra effort to comb his hair a certain way in the hopes of gaining the attention of a young lady in his class. I can't help but appreciate that social pressures are finally getting my kid to TRY to match and wear non holy/stained clothes and brush his stinking teeth!!!

He's a Very smart kid and has a very witty sense of humor. I know most people think their kids are amazing. But I really am in awe of this little man. Even with his challenges, he keeps plugging along and most of the time keeps a happy optimistic outlook on life. I KNOW that he's going to be an amazing man and have and amazing life! I'm so glad that I get to come along for the ride!

Here we are celebrating out at Nana's house. He got a really cool helicopter from his buddy Rick that surprisingly is still working and in one piece!

Sweetheart's Dance

We had the 2nd annual Sweethearts Dance at Westgate over the weekend, and this year there were TWICE as many couples that came to the dance! It was crazy!!! I have no idea if people had fun, if they danced or if it was too hot or too cold because I was behind the curtain taking pictures with My friend Sally. So that part was a little disappointing for ME, but then the dance was suppose to be for ME!!! Leah and her Daddy went all dressed up and had a GREAT time! She was of course all dolled up in PINK and wore her first ever pair of tights. She LOVED it! We had a DJ with the crazy dancing lights and tables and tables of sweet treats! She danced with two of her favorite little friends the whole night! (You can see how rosy their cheeks are) I'm so glad that everyone seemed to have so much fun! Especially my two sweethearts!

The Kindness Experience

The Assignment
Spend at least one whole day going out of your way to consciously treat other people as well as you possibly can. Assume that everyone has a reason for the things they do, even if they’re rude to you or cut you off in traffic or whatever – assume they’re having a bad day or that someone broke up with them or that they’re late for work. Approach everyone as if you expect to be treated well in return, no matter how silly you feel being so happy and nice. Go out of your way to smile at strangers on the elevator, hold doors for other people, let people out in front of you in traffic, greet cashiers in stores with genuine warmth, and just all around be as courteous, kind, and polite as you possibly can, in spite of how anyone treats you.

This is word for word the paper that I'm suppose to write for my psychology class! I'd love for you to join me in this experiment and let me know what happened!

crafty withdrawl

I have to admit, school is kicking my butt a little bit! There is SOOO much to do, and one of my classes, psychology has SO much reading and the first 3 weeks were all anatomy and I just dont want to read about how your eyeballs see..... I know the basics...But do I REALLY need to know about a fovea? and exactly HOW does that help me understand people with mental health problems???? Is there a disease called fovia-itist that make you crazy??? No... then really peeps your killing me!!! (Yes I have a bit of a bad attitude about it right now!) I'm not proud of it, but it is what it is!!! One of my biggest complaints is that there is not time for crafting! But Luckily
I had volunteered to host our craft club this month. At first I was FREAKING out about what to make. I wanted it to be cute but something that didn't cost a Villon dollars. All I can say is thank goodness for the Internet, because I found the idea for "wrag" wreaths... I'm not exactly sure how it morphed into this from a wire hanger and bits of cloth but it did and I think it's AWESOME. I have it typed up so I can e-mail it to you if your interested! I even feel cocky enough to submit a tutorial for this on one of my favorite crafty sights Ucreate.
If your ever looking for something cute to make, this blog is Awesome! Very well organized and I've been hooked on this sight for about a year (thanks Tara) who knows maybe you'll see my tutorial on there soon!

http://www.u-createcrafts.com

Never too late...

It's never too late to be who you might have been!

~George Elliot

This is my new favorite saying! I'm in my 3rd week back at school.

On the one hand, I've been a student and a Mom at the same time before, but on the other hand I've tripled my kids since I last graduated. I've had one minor melt down and more than one night where I whine that I want to go to bed and sleep, not read Tartuffe( Seriously have you ever read or seen the play Tartuffe? The WHOLE freaking play rhymes, I found it utterly annoying) And my psychology class that I thought I'd love has so far been nothing but an anatomy lesson. Do I really need to know all the names of the parts of the inner ear for a stinking psychology class? It's NOT what I expected!

I am however looking forward to writing my paper about an entire day of being nice! Now I think I'm a pretty nice person naturally so if I end up in jail for freaking people out by being so nice... My professor is gonna have to come bail me out of jail! And I have 2 more speeches to write for my speech class... Informative... I'm thinking the history & health benefits of chocolate??? And then a persuasive speech.... what do I want to persuade people to do??? Shoot me some ideas peeps!

Christmas 2010

I swear I take tons of pictures, and then when I download them onto the computer I think, Geesh I thought I took more than that! This is from the night we put up the tree, before we even decorated it....It was a very Griswald ish night with lights not working and trees falling over. We had a HUGE box of christmas lights and only 2 full strands worked and 1/2 of another one... what the heck???? But I was in no mood by that point so we threw them on, put on the ornaments and called it a tree. I really just want to see from year to year how much bigger the kids are!!! Christmas morning, the unwrapping, the squeals of delight.... Ethan was funny, when he first started looking at the gifts he didnt see his name on any right away and turned around and asked "was I on the naughty list?" I had wrapped our gifts to the kids in different wrapping paper so I didnt have to write their names 100 times, but ofcourse he didnt know that.... But Santa put their names on the gifts from him so here he is with the first one with ETHAN on it!!! Leah's favorite present was a Tutu all the way from Japan! She wore this for 3 days even though it was like 23 degrees outside! She looks so stinkin cute!!! The Sunday after Christmas we went out to my Mom's house and my sister, hubby and 2 kids came down for the day.... Here is Alex with Chloe & Skye ... I swear they are all really cute kids, just going through that phase where they make silly faces everytime they see a camera!
I try to get a picture of us every year at Christmas, but why is it so hard to get a good picture of the 5 of us!?!?! It was a great 2 week break, there was a little drama here and there, but I'm looking forward to getting the kids back to school and Theo to work and our usual routine!