{F.H.E.}

Can someone explain to me how a lesson on

Moses and the Burning Bush turns into a tirade of questions about slippers
and how Moses had to get the people off the island?????
I think we are failing as parents!!!

All I did was read the story verbatim-- honest!!!

One down, and how many more to go????

That's right

the first day

went off without a hitch.

I take it was good for

Claire too,

as she was asleep in the car

when Dylan came to pick me up.

I couldn't get a lot out of her,

but what I did hear was all good.

Dylan says

she was talking

90 miles an hour

after school.

I miss that.

By the time I'm home the novelty has worn off,

and it was just another day at school.

The best part of my day,

Claire asking me to

lay down beside her

and just talk

at

bedtime.

Gotta love this kid.

She is my child,

mom you'll appreciate this

She has had stomach problems for the last

few days

at first I couldn't figure out what was wrong,

then I remembered all those

times I made myself sick

(i even got sent home from school on the first day of second grade-- I puked)

worrying

(I say it in the past tense like I never do it anymore:D)

Yep, that's my kid

stomachache from worry and all.

As far as my first day went,

well,

it went well.

I have

101 students

two of which I can see

will give me a run for my money,

but hey,

a pretty good percentage if I do say so myself.

I love teaching

and I am so grateful for all that I have been blessed with.

I am thankful for the friend

that left me a voicemail

saying she checked in on Claire at school this morning

she was doing fine

I needed to hear that,

I am thankful to the friend who

dropped a little something by the office for me.

It made my day!!!

I have been so distant

and wrapped up in myself,

and I am so grateful for

all the well wishes

and emails

and prayers.

You have been my light,

you have been my strength.

I made it through this day because of all of you.

Thank YOU!!!!

I May Have Shed A Tear

We went through

Kindergarten Vaccinations today.

I don't remember it being that hard before.

This time, I think I almost cried.

It didn't help that I had to hold her down

and

she had to get 4 shots.

Of course, I told her buck up

cause she didn't want the kids in the waiting room

to see her crying.

On a funny note, here was our conversation on the way to get vaccinated. I don't know whether or not to think it was funny, or a little creepy.

Claire: "Mom, I need to go to Lowes."

Me: "Why?"

Claire: "I can't tell you."

Me: "I can't take you, unless you tell me."

Claire: "Well, I need nurses gloves."

Me: "What? Why do you need nurses gloves, and why do you think they have them at Lowes."

Claire: "I know they do. I need them to pull that baby out of you."

Hmmm, I should remember this for when she can't decide what profession she wants to go into years down the road.

p.s. I know I don't need to remind you all that Claire is almost more obsessed with us having a baby than I am. NO, THIS IS NOT AN ANNOUNCEMENT. When or if it ever is, I won't beat around the bush. I will shout it from the rooftops!!!

Congrats!!!

Claire is
Ecstatic
We found out today
She is
FINALLY
going to have a
COUSIN!!!!

Congrats to my brother and his wife!!!

Yeah, we found out they got married a few months ago too!!!

A double whammy!!!

♥'s To Mom For Real This Time

Hiatus

I Love Blogging

I really do

and

I feel Blogging has

changed my life

in

good ways and bad.

I'm at that stage

where I'm wondering

how full time working moms

keep up with blogging???

My juggling act isn't running so smoothly.

When I walk in the door

at

5 p.m.

We all have food on our minds

then some quality time with

that weird little kid that runs around here

rounded up with mounds of guilt

over which daily chore

to half ass complete

or just ignore.

Yeah mom, I said half ass.

I've been thinking I'll just wait it out

and let myself get into this groove

then I realized

by the time I get into the groove

it will be

Summer Break

and then I can start

blogging regularly again.

So instead of feeling like

I'm cheating on a good friend

I'm just going on hiatus.

That way I can avoid guilt.

To all my friends whom

I regularly discuss blogging

and we have our own

bloggy language

Sorry, if I have to ask what you are talking about

It's up to you --- Janie :}

to keep me informed.

I'm still here

and

if I feel like I have a minute to breathe

I'll stop in

and write a quick note

about:

kids

getting locked in lockers

thinking Cowtown is a rural city in Texas

and

Effective ways to clean out black hole binders.

See I've got great stories

just no time to share them

and not exactly the perfect forum to share them in

So if you want a good laugh

stop by my house

any Saturday

when I'm sittin' around in my bra foldin' a months worth of laundry

sprayin' febreeze to cover up the stench of the dirty dishes.

No mom-- that's not really what it looks like around here--

I really do clean my house like you taught me too-- sometimes :D

Having A Bad Mom Moment

Claire is into singing ALL the time-- which I love, I remember being exactly that same way.

Tonight we were walking and she was singing, "i'm sad today cause my moms says hey and is angry every day."

Yep-- Claire summed up our relationship as of late in her short song. She is in the mischievious, lying, peeing regression, can't find enough things to entertain herself stage-- I'm in the, I thought you were an independant four year old, that doesn't need managed every minute of the day. As a result-- many visits to the naughty spot and an angry mommy. I feel like I am ruining the relationship with the only child I have.

So tell me the tricks of the trade--

*How do you nip lying in the bud, while its little Innocent lies like I didn't kick all my dirty clothes under my bed-- before it gets to its not my crack in my purse.

*What are creative independent activities that a four year old can do-- with out being micro managed by mom-- don't get me wrong-- I like to do things with her, but seriously she's four and is very capable, and has been-- she' s all of the sudden needing told what to do every second of the day.

*It was November, two years ago when Claire was potty trained-- we have had relatively few incidents with her in the last two years. In the last month we have had at least one "accident" a week-- but I think its been more. I totally lost it last week on this one-- she decided to pee all over the fabric I had just got her to make a trick or treat bag in front of Janie's kids- ahhhh!

There-- three things you insightful, experienced mothers can share your wisdom on. Help-- I have to find happy mommy again.

What's your favorite????

The other day I was working in the other room

and Claire comes running in.

"Mommy, hurry fast, you have to see it."

I quickly follow unsure of what I am going to see.

I enter the family room just in time to see the end of a

Soy Joy commercial.

"That's my favorite commercial, mommy."

???????

So, I rewind it-- Claire is laughing her head of the second time through.

She tells me her favorite part is when

the girl kisses the boy.

???????

Why????

Before you leave this post thinking,

I am a bad mom

for letting my four year old watch

so much TV that she has a

FAVORITE

commercial,

you must know, that at our house, commercials are the

icing on the cake.

My HUSBAND

lives for

COMMERCIALS!!!!

So, what's your favorite????