I’ve been MIA lately. Sorry to those that still read here. Schools been tougher this semester and I’m in my last 2 weeks! So it’s demanding right now, as expected. I probably won’t make another post until after the 1st of May when I’m done.
I didn’t plan on taking summer classes this year, but I’m now enrolled for one class. Shouldn’t be too bad (although it’s only 6 weeks compared to the normal 12!).
Since leaving off with Xander’s birthday, Easter came and it was a great day. That will be a separate post, just a month late. Better late than never! After Easter, we headed up to Minneapolis to see Frozen on Ice. We went up the day before the show and spent some time at the Mall of America. We had dinner and let the kids ride the rides. They had so much fun! The first ride they went on was the Wonder Pets jumper. When the ride reached the top and started bouncing, Sterling screamed her head off and the sweet lady stopped the ride so she could get off. Xander continued on the ride, then they moved to the fire trucks, school bus, Blues Clues and back to the Wonder Pets. Such a fun time getting out of the car and letting them having fun.
Kids loved Frozen on Ice! Sterling got upset because Elsa didn’t do something with her feet, but other than that, they had a great time. They sat so well for the entire two hours! When we left the show, it was snowing. Huge snow flakes! This was not in our travel forecast so we were a bit shocked. We started driving back home and the roads were getting worse and worse. We drove 133 miles and it took 4 hours before we called it quits. It just was not safe on the roads. Cars were in the ditches left and right!
On the 11th, we got a box of goodies from my sister. Inside was the best beef jerky ever and some stickers and washi tape for my new planner, and a bunch of books for the kids. It was such a nice and thoughtful surprise! Thank you, sis!
On the 12th, Sterling and I ran around town running errands and grocery shopping. Going to our fourth store she gets car sick and throws up. We were only a block away from that said store. Good thing bubs wasn’t with us cause she had to use his seat, half naked. Cleaning car seats is not any fun.
On Wednesday I took the kids to Target to use their gift cards from their Auntie Renee. Xander picked out a BatBot and Sterling picked out Sophia and Walking Minimus remote control and also a Barbie set with a horse. Xander is totally obsessed with his BatBot and I have to say that it’s pretty awesome! They had so much fun going through the aisles and finding those perfect gifts.
This week, I’ve been taking my book and intentionally leaving early to pick up the kids so I can get back to reading non-school books. I started The Antelope in the Living Room back in January but not got past the first chapter because I got busy and put it in my drawer. I forgot all about it. So this week I picked it back up and now I’m on chapter 7. It’s so good. I swear I’m laughing so much as I read it. Melanie is a great author and sure knows how to draw her audience in. I’m excited to read her newest book too (Nobody’s Cuter Than You), which I don’t have yet, but will. While I was at the pond today, an older gentleman was out there fishing. He just moved to this new spot and within a minute, he had a bite! After a few minutes of trying to get the lure out of the fish’s mouth, he said that he’d been sitting in his original spot for over 3 hours! That’s some patience right there!
For one of my school projects I have to create a project for a child to do and it needs to be a project that lasts over a week. So, with Xander’s curiosity with plants and flowers lately, we’re going to do a science experiment on what flowers/seeds need to grow. I bought four packages of seeds. We’ll give them all different environments to try to grow and see what happens. I also bought 5 white carnations so we could color water with food coloring and this would show that the flower uses water to grow…because the food coloring goes to the tips of the carnations and turned them the color they were sitting in. It was SO cool! I didn’t have high hopes for that project. The florist told me it wouldn’t work…proved her wrong! within 45 minutes of putting the flower in the water, the yellow dye turned the carnation yellow. Everything I was reading said to wait 24 hours. This was working fast! I’m excited to do the seed project tomorrow and throughout the weekend.
Just because…she’s a stinker! This girl has been having such a hard time wanting to go to school. There are three reasons that has turned her attitude sour about school. 1. Well, she don’t get away with everything. I’m not saying she does at home, but she has no other option at home but to do what I say. I think she thinks school she can just do what she wants. 2. The boys push and hit her (she’s told me plenty of times about this one) 3. Ever since I started observing and then staying on Mondays with them, this sour attitude at school started. She has a hard time parting with me and thinks I need to be at school with her every day.
I like that her teacher tells her when she’s doing something wrong or breaking rules. She may not understand it now, but she will be a better person when she grows up because of the rules and structure. Sterling will run off in a fit and hide when she’s being told something she don’t want to hear. Such a stinker!
I decided Monday was my last day of going in to help in their class because she needs to get used to it without me. I have them signed up for 2 full days this summer and also need her to like going to school again because in the fall she is signed up for 3 year old preschool. Maybe I should just homeschool them? Have you ever thought about it? I’m tempted, but I just think they will learn better if it’s someone else teaching them.
Have a great day!
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