What an awful blogger I have been here! No news of the monsters for weeks and weeks! School I finally over for the year! I was very happy to see the year end. I am finding it difficult to feel like I am getting what I want out of the school system. I "like" everyone well enough teachers & staff, but I just didn't expect to have to fight so hard for what I think my monsters need. Plus the politics SUCK! I could never have imagined elementary school for my kids was going to be more difficult for me socially that Wall High School had been:) but it is!
Anyway, school is OUT! We have been spending our days at the pool and will do just alittle traveling, which will be a change for us. I wonder how we will like being home more than away for the summer, we have never done it!
The monsters quickly switched to a "summer schedule" of going to be LATE and sleeping their mornings away. It works here though because the pool doesn't open until noon so if the roll out of bed at 10:30, I can feed them and they are ready for the pool!
I will post pictures soon! Maybe from the FolkLife Festival if we can make it down there in the heat tomorrow!
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Ah...
Perfect song on the radio
Sing along 'cause it's one we know
It's a smile, it's a kiss
It's a sip of wine, it's summertime
Sweet summertime-
"Summertime" Kenny Chesney
The weather is HOT and STICKY. The pool is open. We have made it to another summer! Declan and Killi are just about finished with school. We have abandoned what schedule we had and we are back to winging-it. The only schedule we have sort-of maintained is getting to and from school, and you see I said "sort-of":)
With the weather HOT and Ben traveling all last week, I have completely turned on the slacking mode. I have a messy house, a pile of laundry and no desire to do anything but sit on the beach with a book(I will substitute a pool since the ocean is 2 hours away). I hit the county pool once this week with Marg while those other monsters suffered at school and today we all hit the community pool.
I love the pool. I love that the monsters love the pool. They swim and play with their "summer friends" all the while getting exercise and tired:) We picked up some new goggles and sunscreen and we are good to go!
A few more days and school will be over and we will have very few commitments. We hitting my FAVORITE time of year!
Sing along 'cause it's one we know
It's a smile, it's a kiss
It's a sip of wine, it's summertime
Sweet summertime-
"Summertime" Kenny Chesney
The weather is HOT and STICKY. The pool is open. We have made it to another summer! Declan and Killi are just about finished with school. We have abandoned what schedule we had and we are back to winging-it. The only schedule we have sort-of maintained is getting to and from school, and you see I said "sort-of":)
With the weather HOT and Ben traveling all last week, I have completely turned on the slacking mode. I have a messy house, a pile of laundry and no desire to do anything but sit on the beach with a book(I will substitute a pool since the ocean is 2 hours away). I hit the county pool once this week with Marg while those other monsters suffered at school and today we all hit the community pool.
I love the pool. I love that the monsters love the pool. They swim and play with their "summer friends" all the while getting exercise and tired:) We picked up some new goggles and sunscreen and we are good to go!
A few more days and school will be over and we will have very few commitments. We hitting my FAVORITE time of year!
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Spoiled...
I love fireworks. Independence Day has always been one of my favorite holidays because of the fireworks. Because of this, my children have also come to love fireworks.
As of late, we have become quite a spoiled bunch with awesome firework displays for our viewing pleasure, about twice a month. It has been incredible! We are talkin' REAL firework displays, on par with any I have ever seen.
After last night's display, I did express concern that 4th of July way be a let down this year and that the fireworks would not hold the same level of excitement for me, but that feeling was gone once I started making plans for our firework viewing next weekend;-)
How lucky we are to be spoiled by fireworks!
As of late, we have become quite a spoiled bunch with awesome firework displays for our viewing pleasure, about twice a month. It has been incredible! We are talkin' REAL firework displays, on par with any I have ever seen.
After last night's display, I did express concern that 4th of July way be a let down this year and that the fireworks would not hold the same level of excitement for me, but that feeling was gone once I started making plans for our firework viewing next weekend;-)
How lucky we are to be spoiled by fireworks!
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Uncharted Waters
I need a nautical map, I have a feeling we are headed straight for the rocks! I am just going to admit it, I am not having an easy-go at it with this whole parenting thing. I feel like we take two steps forward and three back! I am frustrated and confused. I am at the point of asking my husband for parenting advice and assistance, for the first time.
Nothing seems to be working. I push, they push harder, why do they not pull anymore? What happened? I am not sure who thought it was a good idea to let them have opinions of their own and three different thoughts at that! This is insane! I want to change my parenting style now...I want to go with the philosophy that children should be seen and not heard! What was I thinking trying to raise vocal independent thinkers? Being open and honest is starting to haunt me now! How was I to know that at 8,7 & 5 they would have learned to speak up and out! Okay, I admit it, it was me! I did this! I made my bed!!! Now I want them out of it!LOL!
Well, tomorrow I will have to work on braking their spirit, once I get done with that maybe I can build them up again as little robots, brain-washed little followers;-)
Nothing seems to be working. I push, they push harder, why do they not pull anymore? What happened? I am not sure who thought it was a good idea to let them have opinions of their own and three different thoughts at that! This is insane! I want to change my parenting style now...I want to go with the philosophy that children should be seen and not heard! What was I thinking trying to raise vocal independent thinkers? Being open and honest is starting to haunt me now! How was I to know that at 8,7 & 5 they would have learned to speak up and out! Okay, I admit it, it was me! I did this! I made my bed!!! Now I want them out of it!LOL!
Well, tomorrow I will have to work on braking their spirit, once I get done with that maybe I can build them up again as little robots, brain-washed little followers;-)
Friday, May 14, 2010
Marg...
My darling 5 year old decided to share with me today that her daddy loves me only alittle, her brother not at all and her sister hates me, but that is all okay because SHE loves me...ALOT!LOL!
What am I going to do with her:)
What am I going to do with her:)
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Opening Your Eyes
As any parent knows, one of the most difficult things to do is see things that are wrong with your own child(ren). Amazingly, we can spot a child with "issues" miles away unless it is our own:) That always make me laugh;-)
With my three kids growing-up, what I am noticing is that the scale of "normal" is extremely varied(mostly from parent to parent:) For the most part, two are my three monsters are "normal", but really they are not. Declan is 8 going on 75, he doesn't always get along with his peers, as most of them are not into reciting US History. Margaret, my other "normal" child is 5 going on 16. She is too smart for her own good and has common-sense that spans far beyond her 5 years on this earth. Then I have Killi, who is does not fit the mold. She has some LD and is sweet and kind to the point of allowing others to walk all over her.
There you have it, three kids and not one of them fits into "the box". Declan and Maggie can, when they want to jump in the box, but Killi would rather use the box to make a car, plane or boat to take her away:) It has taken me some time to see that Killi is not near the box, she is in her own circle, and I love her for that. I have known for most of her life that she was a little "different" but I was not sure how. Now I know and I am happy that I know. I want other parents to know. To feel that calmness you get when you stop trying to force your child into the "box". Sure, it is nice when your child can do the "box" when they need or want to, but it is just as okay for your child to never hop inside.
Take a look at your kids, are they in the "box", a "circle" or maybe something else. Just see it. Recognize it. I know it is hard, but it is harder to be the child forced into a box that you cannot fit in. And next time you spot that kid that is "different" think about what others see when they look at your kids.
With my three kids growing-up, what I am noticing is that the scale of "normal" is extremely varied(mostly from parent to parent:) For the most part, two are my three monsters are "normal", but really they are not. Declan is 8 going on 75, he doesn't always get along with his peers, as most of them are not into reciting US History. Margaret, my other "normal" child is 5 going on 16. She is too smart for her own good and has common-sense that spans far beyond her 5 years on this earth. Then I have Killi, who is does not fit the mold. She has some LD and is sweet and kind to the point of allowing others to walk all over her.
There you have it, three kids and not one of them fits into "the box". Declan and Maggie can, when they want to jump in the box, but Killi would rather use the box to make a car, plane or boat to take her away:) It has taken me some time to see that Killi is not near the box, she is in her own circle, and I love her for that. I have known for most of her life that she was a little "different" but I was not sure how. Now I know and I am happy that I know. I want other parents to know. To feel that calmness you get when you stop trying to force your child into the "box". Sure, it is nice when your child can do the "box" when they need or want to, but it is just as okay for your child to never hop inside.
Take a look at your kids, are they in the "box", a "circle" or maybe something else. Just see it. Recognize it. I know it is hard, but it is harder to be the child forced into a box that you cannot fit in. And next time you spot that kid that is "different" think about what others see when they look at your kids.
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Mothers Day
As far as days as a mother go, today was a good one. The monsters slept in, there was little fighting and things were pretty quiet and that made for a pleasant day. Chocolate Chip pancakes for breakfast, cleaned bedrooms and a flag football game that was my day.
There is nothing I would rather be doing than spending the day with my family, there are never enough of those days!
There is nothing I would rather be doing than spending the day with my family, there are never enough of those days!
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