Week in Review

Sadly, no pictures will be included with this post either, but I promise, when whatever it is that's not working gets fixed, I will put up lots of pictures.

Our week has included a teacher conference after school with Zack's teacher about behavior, Zack going to a first grade classroom for reading instruction, soccer practice with day care and church buddies, me working lots of nights, complaining that we were open til 11 when nothing else in Kdale is open that late except for Lowes Foods, new tv premiers, deciding to start a new cross stitch project for someone, browsing Mo's cross stitch books for a pattern for that project, breakfast for dinner with Gramma, being amazed at how Xander (at 2 years and 2 months) can put together an entire 24-piece puzzle (not in a board) by himself without really looking at the picture, Zack riding the bus and deciding not to get off even though he saw me standing there, rainy days, hanging out with my big brothers for Danny's birthday celebration, continuously trying to stop Mark from doing embarrassing things while he was drunk at Danny's, being hounded by Danny, Kevin and Mo because I couldn't think of the band that sings "Tom Sawyer," getting to bed really late Friday night, trying to make muffins for Saturday morning breakfast only to realize (after the pan was sprayed, the blueberries were drained and the the mix was poured) that we didn't have eggs, Zack's soccer game, Mark subbing for the coach, pleading and begging and coaxing and finally being triumphant when Anna was running around with Zack's team after spending two weeks on the sidelines crying because she was too shy to join the rest of them, finding out that Mark and I have a common goal and know what we have to do to get there. Hopefully I'll get back on that self-improvement blog for accountability.

What was your week like in a nutshell (or a very big nutshell)? Hope it was great!!

So long ago

Wow, so my last post was almost two weeks ago!! I can't believe it. Since then...Zack's first soccer game, going to Fayetteville to shop for baby shower gift with Caroline, first day of Sunday school, lots of working, working my Sunday school co-teacher on plans and our classroom, shopping at Michael's for an hour with my mother-in-law, working feverishly to finish the crocheted blanket for the silent auction at church, wishing I had gotten a picture of it, trying to figure out where to bring in since there was no one at the church office, driving to Wilmington, dinner with Angela and John, Xander falling in love with their dog Charlie and calling him Roxie, waking up ridiculously early for Mark's race, Xander falling in love with another dog, starving!, driving down to Southport, swinging by the waterfront, Cassie's baby shower (she's having twins!), Xande napping for 3 hours, a 3-hour ride home, second Sunday school class this morning, lunch at Bojangles (only the second time I've been inside one), hanging out and being lazy this afternoon.

Too bad I can't put up any pictures: When Norton was updated a couple weeks ago, something happened. Now when I plug in my camera to upload pictures, the computer goes du-du-du but doesn't do anything else. Even putting the memory card into the printer doesn't work. So sometime soon, when it gets to working again, there will be a post with many pictures, maybe even a slideshow, I don't know. But for now, all you get it words. Now it's time for me to go back to being lazy. Maybe I'll fold some laundry or cook before going to work tonight, though. We'll see.

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I Heart Faces Entry

This is a website I found recently while "surfing," and I discovered that they have weekly photo contests. This week's theme is Back to School, and I had the perfect shot of Zack (which has been on here before) so I decided to enter. Go check it out!!

Here's Zack ready to walk out the door--thirty minutes early! Note that the shoes are still untied! It's not creative or anything, but I just love the way it turned out.

Do you want some cheese with that whine?

I just have to share this story. I was at Kohl's last night, on the register. I first saw this little boy walking with his dad. He was obviously not happy about shopping with his family, because I'm pretty sure he was pointing to everything, saying, "I hate that shirt, hate it, hate it, hate it." When they were done, they came to the register and the mom laid down a pile of clothes for the little sister. The boy went over and found the stuffed animals we sell for Kohl's Cares for Kids. He picked up the cheetah (calling it a jaguar, like everyone does) and asked his mom repeatedly if he could have it. One of his arguments: "Megan got something last night and you said I could have something next time. Please, mom, please, can I have the jaguar?" Let me just interject that I would have been getting close to the edge at this point. But this mom, nope, she just carried on like there was not a whiny little boy begging like crazy for a stuffed animal. She hardly spoke to him while she was paying for her items. When they were done, they stood by the door and talked about his allowance for getting checks and doing chores (or something). I really thought she was going to give in, and I just couldn't believe that he was going to win after acting like that! But they were quite rational with him, telling him that this was his allowance money (I assumed she had pulled out a $5 bill), that he needed to think long and hard about whether that jaguar (cheetah) was what he really wanted or if he wanted to save up his money for a gamestop game. He was still whining this whole time, but they were perfectly calm, trying to be clear with him. He eventually gave up, deciding that the game was more important than a stuffed animal. He and his dad walked out, and mom was getting little sister's flip flops out for her. I had to say something, so I told her that I really admired the way she handled that, mostly because I would have been pulling my hair out. Good parenting deserves reinforcement, too, right?