I Love My Job!

Seriously. I have the best job ever. I have a great boss. I have wonderful colleagues and this year, I get to bring my darling boy to work with me. I am surrounded by the most amazing people.

I just can't get over how lucky I am sometimes.

Things are Better

And whenever I see them starting to slip back into bad habits like hitting each other or getting sassy, I make my crazy angry face and they shape up. I don't even have to say anything!

Seriously, I got pushed to the brink on Sunday, don't nobody want to see that again.

We've been playing trains today. Some older kid told R that trains are for babies. Pooh! I think they are fun.

Ok, all that Thomas stuff is a bit kooky, the only videos worth watching are the ones narrated by Alec Baldwin. He makes it hilarious. His voices are spectacular!

Today is our day of rest. It's our only day of leisure. I'm going to do a bit of laundry, a bit of cleaning and then we might head for the park.

In other news, the running is going well. I ran 20 miles on Saturday and it was pretty enjoyable. I ran fairly slowly but I'm ok with that. I was not built to be a speed demon.
For me it's all about endurance.

Just got a call to meet at a park so I guess we are off to do that now.

Housecleaning

Ha. Ha. Did you think I meant literally?
No. My house will never be clean. It is very sad and pathetic I know but it is the truth.

I am housecleaning my blog trying to get rid of all identifying pics of my kids.

The internet is not safe yo! I don't want my kids pics being used by others for weird things.

It's going to take a while to do it though. I got a lot of old posts and not a lot of patience or spare time.

After that is to scour their names off of any posting. Trying to figure out what to call them instead of their first names there is too much crazy on the internets and I am not comfortable broadcasting my children for anyone to see. I will show you my dog though. Heck, you can have her. I kid. I kid.

And speaking of dogs. We are about to drive up to a dog park in another town for a puppy and mama reunion. Yes really!
Seven of the eight puppies from Cupid's litter are coming AND they all get to see their mom because she's coming too! Open adoption people and I'm not threatened at all.
I know it is wrong to compare animal adoption to people adoption however I do think it is interesting that all of us puppy owners are actually excited to get our puppies together with their siblings and their mom. I'm just saying.

I can't actually can not wait.

Scratch that.

Wow. Got a call from the principal today.
My child is apparently not as good as I thought he was.
He is so grounded...maybe for life.

My Boys Rock

My A is just fabulous these days. He has just started 2nd grade and while he likes it, he doesn't love it. There are lots of silly rules and incentives that he really doesn't need.
I can relate, I hated second grade. Second grade if memory serves is a lot of busy work.
He also has a teacher who gets off on bathroom control meaning she only lets them go at certain times. She even gave them these tickets that they can put in a prize box to be drawn for prizes or use to go to the restroom. But A says that even if you use a ticket she still makes you wait which he doesn't think is fair.
I don't either.

My son is a good kid. He listens, he follows the rules and he gets his work done and if he needs to use the bathroom, he should get to use it.

What is even more ironic is that his teacher is pregnant. I wonder how she would feel if someone told her she couldn't use the restroom when she needed to.

So I'm walking him to school and he tells me today, "Mom, I wish you would home school me."

Ooh! That would be fun! He is so bright and he loves to learn and we could do some really cool stuff together BUT I have a job that is starting next week and this year it is just not feasible.
I hate that he feels this way. I hate that he is not enjoying school as much as he did in the past.

He told me the other day that he hates music and I almost started crying because I know my son has a good deal of aptitude when it comes to music. What he really hates is the very strict music teacher who he has been complaining about since kindergarten. He says she yells at some of the kids a lot. He doesn't like yellers, my kid...me neither.

I've decided to find him some music classes outside of school. He deserves to enjoy music.

It's just hard to see my son grow up and lose some of his passion for the things he loves.

School is supposed to inspire. It is supposed to be fun. It should be work too but it should be inspiring work. And it shouldn't be all about bathroom control. That is just obnoxious.

I have not ruled out homeschooling eventually. We will see how this year goes.

Still Here

Just not sure what to say. I like Facebook better than blogging these days. School started this week. My job begins again soon. My family is lovely.

Nothing else to say at the moment.

Mom to Couch Potatoes

I am so bored.

Riley is still poxy. Aidan is STILL coughing. There is a lot of tv watching going on in our house.
I am trying to finish up online traffic school.
Boring.

That is all.