Are They Kidding?

It is no secret that I am not the biggest fan of Scouts, boys or girls, but after reading the brochure for Girl Scout Camp for Killi, I HATE SCOUTS!

The programs looked very interesting and the prices not insane. It was not even that far from home. I was reading along with Killi and she seemed interested in attending, so I was really reading through and considering it.

Then BAM!!! I get to the back page where they go through the arrangements of camp and they very BOLDLY and CLEARLY state that your camper will not be allowed to call home, you can only visit during designated times and there are adults in the living quarters.

All that is fine if my kid is 11,12...but not 7!!!! And sleep away camp starts at 5!!!! At 7, you are telling me to TRUST that my kid will be fine alone for a week and too bad if she is not, I will NEVER know!!!WTF!!!

It is safe to say that my monsters will NEVER go any place that tells me that they cannot call or see them, so long as I remain the boss of them!

Add this to the list of reason THAT I HATE SCOUTS!

School, What's That?

Yeah, that is the question that the monsters are asking now! They have been out of school more since Dec.18 then they have been in! Christmas Break, MLK Day, Teacher work days and 3 Blizzards! It is CRAZY!

I wonder how the teachers will EVER get them back on track again! It is going to take a good solid week to remind them of all the rules and routines of school. Because if any of the other parents are like me, we have been trapped inside for so long that I really don't care what they are doing anymore so long as no one gets hurt and they are not up my ass!

In addition to The Monsters being home, Ben has not gone back to work and the Federal Government is closed again tomorrow as there is too much snow for mass-transit to run! So, to recap the week, we have been home together for 5 1/2 days with at least another 5 to go until they all leave to go back to school and work!

I am happy to say that we have had no real problems/fights/issues during all our Family-Time, we are just bored! We are not a family that every takes a "stay-cation", we are the family that runs to OBX or NJ for long weekends and we always spend Ben's vacation time away from home! So, this is alot of home time! I am not sure we have ever spent this much time in this house:)

I guess it is a good sign that Killi really missed us and wanted to come home from her sleep-over even after being invited to stay longer:) Family love is good! It has been boring, but it is good:)

Family Fun?

We have decided to venture out! Not the best idea as it seems everyone else also decided to head out! Nevertheless, we are out and at the movies to see The ToothFairy! I am sure it will be a wonderful and exciting movie:)

Home Bound

The official snow totals for Stafford County are 25.5 inches for the BLIZZARD of 2010! Schools have been closed since Friday and are now closed through at least Tuesday. I am not hopeful about Wednesday as the forecast is calling for a few inches on Tuesday night. Poor Killi thinks it is summer vacation, Maggie is working on week 3 of no school(with no plans to ever return:) and Declan is pretty bored with us.

What to do now? I guess it is time that I start doing some school work with everyone at home. Declan could be reading ALOT more and Killi has lots of math sheets and reading she could work on. And I am sure it would not hurt Maggie any if I did some reading with her. Now if I could only get motivated.

More of the White Stuff!

School is closed again tomorrow. Marg has not been to school in 2 weeks and Declan and Killi has spent 4 hours there this week. The forecast for the next two days is snow, snow and wind, snow 16-24 inches total unless the storm stalls in which case we could get more:)

I guess I have no choice but to embrace this family time and enjoy the snow!

School Days...What Are They?

As it stands right now Maggie has not been to school in a week and a half and Declan and Killi have been out since 1pm on Friday. The snow is falling again and there is about 1/2- 1 inch so far so I am guessing there will be no school tomorrow. I am really starting to feel like I should do some school work at home with the monsters! By the time poor Killi gets back to school it is going to take FOREVER to get her back on track! I am not sure I will be able to get Marg back in the doors at school and poor Declan is bored to tears with us:)

I guess tomorrow will be filled with more baking and a family LIPS competition on XBOX:)

WOW! Another One!

It snowed here on Saturday. A decent snowfall, about 8-10 inches. Tomorrow is Tuesday and school is closed AGAIN for snow that fell on SATURDAY! Good news for the kids though, Wednesday is not looking promising for school as another 2-4 inches are predicted for tomorrow night.

I am not sure if the school system knows or not, but I have vacation plans for late June, so enough with the snow days!

I am not sure I would mind the snow if I could drive in it, but I cannot, so we sit in the house. I am not really sure where we would go if I did drive since the ground is always wet or snow-covered. Maybe a playdate for tomorrow? Maybe McDonald's? Or Carlos for kids day. Probably just more togetherness with the kids at home:)