- I forced a very sleepy little girl out of hibernation this morning and into the cold, cruel world of getting ready for school, and she did NOT like it! Her latest fad is to get up, grab her clothes, turn on the fireplace in the den and huddle in front of it while she gets dressed. (No, it is not that cold in my house – well, sometimes it is, but not right now.) It looks quite pitiful and Dickensy – I keep waiting for her to bring me her empty cereal bowl, look at me with mournful eyes and say in a tiny voice, “Please, ma’am, can I have some more?”
- Wednesday is our busiest day, because Kayla has dance after school, which finishes up at 5:50, and then I have to feed her, get her home to change into her sneakers and then be at the church by 6:15. We usually are home by about 7:45 p.m. Unfortunately, homework does not regulate itself according to our schedule so on Wednesday nights when she has homework, I am trying to cram her head full of (usually) math in 15 minutes and still get her to bed on time. It can be quite a drama filled experience. Last night when we entered the car, I asked if she had homework, and Kayla said yes. Once we were on the way to the church, she announced that she didn’t have homework after all; the teacher had decided to keep them from pulling the homework page out of their book after all. The dilemma: Should I double check the homework file to investigate the mysterious disappearing homework, or just take the statement at face value and hope for the best? I’ll let you decide what I did…..
- Isn’t it nice to see families doing things together? Last night the three of us participated in a joint parking project. I was driving and trying to swing into the garage without hitting the other car. I got advice from both Mark and Kayla (Mark: Cut it as hard as you can to the left; Kayla: You’re okay on my side!) Of course they were sitting on the same side, so the instructions were a little conflicting, but I decided to go with the more experienced driver :). Regardless of whose advice was better, since everyone participated, it qualified as a group project. Everyone was still speaking to everyone else when we finished, too!
- I have now seen about five tulip trees in full bloom. They are so beautiful! I really hope we don’t have a killing frost this year. The Bradford pear trees buds are starting to get full, but they’re not ready to bloom yet. It would be too early for them, anyhow. I still haven’t seen any yellow bells, which is sort of odd for this time of year here. If anyone has seen some, I sure would like to know about it!
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