I did do work this week. Monday I did some running around (library, turned in some paperwork at City Hall for our Brownie meetings, grocery store) and I donated blood (apparently a vein in my left arm is a gusher and I got two pints out in 4 minutes FLAT!)… then Tuesday was spent working on a clients family slide show… then Wednesday was organizing for the first Brownie meeting, and then here we are.
So… school seems to be going okay for both kids. I was a little nervous about Thomas, he seems so young compared to the other kids in his class (I think many of them are 6). I have discovered he really needs to practice his writing which will become part of his homework every day. So far both kids LOVE homework. I do homework with Thomas right when he gets home at 1:30, and he is usually done by 2, at which time he has a snack and watches a little tv before we pick up Glee at 2:45. Then, on a good day (for me) he will lay down for a rest until about 5, but on Tuesday and Thursday we have soccer practice, so he might not get that rest, and at the end of the night (8:30pm for them) he is EXHAUSTED. He seems good in class, a good listener, so he’s not the Thomas I have at home all the time. Thomas’s teacher told me a funny story about him. I guess they were reading Billy Goat Gruff and at the end the teacher asked why the troll would pick the goat he picked and Thomas piped up saying “because he has the most meat on him!” Later he told me the fat one had more meat than the skinny ones, because more is more and less is less. No vegans in our house!
Glee has become a go-to girl in her class already. The teacher told other kids yesterday to see her if they needed help with a project because she was the only one who listened and followed directions. She’s a good girl, and she sure does like helping others… lucky me! In her class they have a behavior chart and the object is to pull a green card everyday which means she had a great day. She is proud to bring those home, let me tell you! The teacher has also moved students in the class and put a talker next to Glee because she knows Glee won’t talk during class. She has such self restraint, she NEVER talks to the person next to her she said, unless the teacher said it is okay! I am sure she is wise beyond her years, and if there was ever anyone who has been through this life before, it is her. She has learned to crochet and made a lovely scarf for her doll Elizabeth, and now wants to make her a toy or a sweater. I am not sure she can do it yet, but we will see. Once I get the hang of knitting better I will teach her that too. She is very patient with that stuff!
The only real problem I am having with school so far is food. They take lunch every day and Thomas is pretty good about eating his, but Glee has become so picky! She doesn’t like sandwiches, cut fruit, cheese, yogurt, cashew nuts, raisins, so many things! Then she eats all the sweets first, but I am afraid if I don’t put the sweets in she won’t eat anything at all! Any ideas on stuff that worked for you guys for school lunches? I will take all the help I can get!
So that’s it from here. Not a lot of news. I am working on a couple of jobs now, and I need to sit down with a calendar to outline my next steps. I really do want to start up my business again (plus it will give me a better outlet than PTA for my time!).
Oh, X’s hockey team won his league championship, on Glee’s birthday! It was nice, we got to go watch the game (I haven’t watched a hockey game in AGES), and although it was late (we didn’t get home until almost midnight) it was a lot of fun. Glee and Thomas both had soccer that day too, opening day. Glee’s team lost 2-0, and Thomas’ team doesn’t keep score yet, but they have a ringer on their team, and we had to have a talk with Thomas about TEAM sports and how when someone on your team scores, it benefits the WHOLE team. He was mad because he couldn’t get the ball. We are working on the team thing still…
So there you go. Lots of news but nothing earth shattering, just stuff.
1 comment:
Been having the same problem with my daughter about lunch. And she's not a picky eater. In fact, she eats everything that was in the lunch box later in the afternoon. She just doesn't want to eat it at school for some reason.
Anyway, I've been trying to make the food "cute," with all this little bento stuff I rounded up over the summer. She'll eat the tiniest tomatoes if I put them on little food picks that look like balloon strings. Or she'll eat a sandwich if it's shaped like a heart.
So my suggestion is to try some trickery. This the blog thing I wrote about cute lunches a few weeks ago: http://www.insidesocal.com/dailylink/2008/08/lunch-box-tips.html
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