Hey everyone,
I know it has been awhile since my first post. I am really trying though. As soon as I think I have something to say I decide that people won't want to hear it.
So, it's the day before Valentine's Day and Friday. What does that mean? Valentine's Day parties at school! On Wednesday my friend Danielle and I took the kids to Walmart to pick out their Valentine's and get stuff for the classroom parties. First off, Walmart is hell around any kind of event, and we had five, yes five, kids under the age of nine with us. That was an event in itself lol. So in the first post I think I told you guys that my son has a mild form of Autism, well try taking an autistic child to Walmart when it is slam packed with people. After two hours we were finally leaving with everything that we needed. A few tantrums later that is. My darling 10 year old daughter didn't want to come with us, so we picked out the stuff for her class as well. Yay! It's only Wednesday and we are done!
Yesterday as my daughter got into the car at carline she tells me that she has to go to Walmart and get her little boyfriend something for Valentine's Day. You should have seen the look on my face. Are you serious not again!? So here I was going to Walmart again, the day before all of the school parties! I'm telling you, I HATE WALMART! We get the stuff for her little boyfriend (do 10 year olds really have boyfriends?) and we pick out a couple of things for her teachers' and we are out of there! Score for mommy! Later on we get all of the Valentine's ready so they can bring them to class, and my son asks me to help him. Kaleb's idea of help (which honestly is probably every kids) is me doing it for him. So mommy does his Valentine's and then everyone goes to bed!
Ok, so this morning I wake the kids up and try to get them ready for school. I think I mentioned in my last post that mornings at my house are literally like World War III! Lately the kids have been late to school a lot. The problem here is that we only live 5 minutes away from the school. Seriously, we should not be leaving our house at 7:38am when school officially starts at 7:40. So I generally wake the kids up between 6:45-7:00. I only have 2 kids! I have seen them get dressed, brush their teeth, and eat breakfast in less than 20 min (yesterday to be honest), so why do they act like this is something new? I was told what a horrible mother I am, how much I am hated, oh and it's not their faults that we always run late. It's mine because I should wake them up earlier. I'm telling you when I use to wake them up earlier it was much worse. My daughter said that they are always running late because I won't stop yelling at them. I have tried to sit on the couch and just let them get ready their selves, but that doesn't work either.
My daughter has this awesome field trip that she is supposed to be going on, but if they have 3 or more tardies they can't go. I think today was her third tardy. I do have to say that her classroom is all the way at the back of the school, and my son doesn't get tardies because his is at the front. I don't think that's very fair. She has a much longer walk so why should she get penalized because of that? Yes we should get there before 7:43, but be realistic. I think that they should have a 10 min leeway. I mean yeah if someone is 30 min late that's one thing, but when they are only a couple of minutes that should not be held against them. Ella doesn't understand that she may not be going on her field trip, but when the teacher tells her she is going to be mad. Then it's going to be all of my fault, and I will just be the worst mother in the world.
Ok so my rant is over. I think that I'm going to start writing out my blogs so they aren't all over the place. That's just kind of how my thoughts are though. My English Comp professor told me once that I need to pick one subject and stick to that, so that's what I am going to try to do. This blog is just kind of therapeutic for me. Well I hope everyone has a wonderful Valentine's Day, and don't let your kids drive you insane! If you have to lock yourself in the bathroom just so you can take five minutes to yourself, then do it!
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