Posted Tuesday, October 14, 2008 - 14:21 by Anonymous
Again, I’ve fallen off the weekly-writing bandwagon. Tina’s wedding was this weekend and between fielding phone calls from her (at least twice every day for the past two weeks) and getting last-minute stuff done in addition to my normal chores, there was time for nothing else. She left for her Cancun honeymoon this morning, though, and I know I’ll miss her like crazy until she gets home.
The wedding: a complete and total success! Everything was so beautiful and we all had the greatest time. The wedding party (my sisters and the groom’s friends and brothers) all got along like old friends and I can’t imagine any group of mutual friends meeting for the first time getting along better than we all did. Jonathan and I had a great time – really wonderful. My sister was radiant and we all looked like a million bucks.
Oh, yeah, this blog is supposed to be about Thomas. He and Hayley spent most of Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday morning with their grandma. I was a little concerned that it was going to be too long for them, but what could I do? And the promise of a three-day weekend for Grandma to enjoy with the kiddies was too much for her to resist. We could have picked them up on Sunday afternoon, but she said they were fine and were expecting to stay through to Monday. Jonathan and I certainly needed a day to rest and recuperate. I was dancing non-stop from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday, the after-effects of which reminded me that I’m getting older. My friend Pegs told me to just do what she does: “Dance, dance, dance, and then don’t move for two days.” She doesn’t have kids.
I e-mailed Thomas’ teacher last week and told her that Thomas would be with his grandmother all this weekend and warned her that after one of those over-night trips, Thomas has a hard time getting back into the swing of things. However, I was at school today to help out and witness his reluctance first-hand. I was right that he would have a hard time. He just seemed really tired in the morning, and he started to have a really tough time just as school was ending. He actually cried a little. The thing is that when I’m at school with Thomas, he tends to want me to do things for him, even though I know he can do them himself. He just expects me to do it, like at home, I guess. I have to remember that the switch from Grandma’s house back to home and school is hard for him. He actually did better than I expected. Hayley was a little difficult too. We’re slowly returning to normal, and if anyone needs a brown bridesmaid dress, please let me know.
Halloween is approaching and Thomas wants to be “nothing, never, EVER.” Again with the drama! He has forgotten that candy is involved, I think. Hayley wavers between wanting to be Belle from Beauty and the Beast, Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella. Who was the genius at Disney that came up with the whole Disney Princess thing? It gets old, though, and I have to keep reminding her that she’s not a princess after all, since Mommy is definitely no queen and Daddy is not a prince.
So how do we get Thomas to settle on a costume? I’m not sure…we might have to just keep suggesting ideas to him when he’s in an agreeable mood. We still have a few weeks, however. Hopefully, they’ll be talking about it at school and he’ll get used to the idea. I hope we can go trick-or-treating with my sister-in-law and her daughter again this year. It was fun last year, but more importantly, short and sweet.
I can’t believe how fast the holidays are approaching. After Halloween, it’s a straight shot to Christmas and another year passes away. Does time go faster as you get older? Thomas will be six right before Christmas, which I cannot believe. He’s looking more and more like a big kid…well, he is a big kid, after all. He’s been potty-trained for over two years, but it seems like yesterday we were working on it. It seems like yesterday that I was working on breast-feeding, come to think of it. They’re just growing up fast and I wish that time could stop for a while. On a good day, anyway.
Report cards come out soon, I heard the teacher say. Today, I was doing assessments on kids in Thomas’ class, mostly identifying and writing numbers. The teacher is going to do Thomas’ assessment, which I told her was good because I might be inclined to help him more than I should. I wonder where he falls in terms of abilities as compared to his classmates. I thought he could do better than some of the kids I worked with, but not as good as others. This one boy in his class is a pistol; always giving the teacher trouble and not listening, but he’s smart as a whip. I wonder if he’s bored with the curriculum. Either way, I think Thomas falls in the middle somewhere. Middle is good – great, even. I’ll take middle-of-the-road any day. Isn’t that just another way of saying “average?” There were times that we never could have hoped for average, so I’m thrilled.
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Again, I’ve fallen off the weekly-writing bandwagon. Tina’s wedding was this weekend and between fielding phone calls from her (at least twice every day for the past two weeks) and getting last-minute stuff done in addition to my normal chores, there was time for nothing else. She left for her Cancun honeymoon this morning, though, and I know I’ll miss her like crazy until she gets home.
The wedding: a complete and total success! Everything was so beautiful and we all had the greatest time. The wedding party (my sisters and the groom’s friends and brothers) all got along like old friends and I can’t imagine any group of mutual friends meeting for the first time getting along better than we all did. Jonathan and I had a great time – really wonderful. My sister was radiant and we all looked like a million bucks.
Oh, yeah, this blog is supposed to be about Thomas. He and Hayley spent most of Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday morning with their grandma. I was a little concerned that it was going to be too long for them, but what could I do? And the promise of a three-day weekend for Grandma to enjoy with the kiddies was too much for her to resist. We could have picked them up on Sunday afternoon, but she said they were fine and were expecting to stay through to Monday. Jonathan and I certainly needed a day to rest and recuperate. I was dancing non-stop from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday, the after-effects of which reminded me that I’m getting older. My friend Pegs told me to just do what she does: “Dance, dance, dance, and then don’t move for two days.” She doesn’t have kids.
I e-mailed Thomas’ teacher last week and told her that Thomas would be with his grandmother all this weekend and warned her that after one of those over-night trips, Thomas has a hard time getting back into the swing of things. However, I was at school today to help out and witness his reluctance first-hand. I was right that he would have a hard time. He just seemed really tired in the morning, and he started to have a really tough time just as school was ending. He actually cried a little. The thing is that when I’m at school with Thomas, he tends to want me to do things for him, even though I know he can do them himself. He just expects me to do it, like at home, I guess. I have to remember that the switch from Grandma’s house back to home and school is hard for him. He actually did better than I expected. Hayley was a little difficult too. We’re slowly returning to normal, and if anyone needs a brown bridesmaid dress, please let me know.
Halloween is approaching and Thomas wants to be “nothing, never, EVER.” Again with the drama! He has forgotten that candy is involved, I think. Hayley wavers between wanting to be Belle from Beauty and the Beast, Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella. Who was the genius at Disney that came up with the whole Disney Princess thing? It gets old, though, and I have to keep reminding her that she’s not a princess after all, since Mommy is definitely no queen and Daddy is not a prince.
So how do we get Thomas to settle on a costume? I’m not sure…we might have to just keep suggesting ideas to him when he’s in an agreeable mood. We still have a few weeks, however. Hopefully, they’ll be talking about it at school and he’ll get used to the idea. I hope we can go trick-or-treating with my sister-in-law and her daughter again this year. It was fun last year, but more importantly, short and sweet.
I can’t believe how fast the holidays are approaching. After Halloween, it’s a straight shot to Christmas and another year passes away. Does time go faster as you get older? Thomas will be six right before Christmas, which I cannot believe. He’s looking more and more like a big kid…well, he is a big kid, after all. He’s been potty-trained for over two years, but it seems like yesterday we were working on it. It seems like yesterday that I was working on breast-feeding, come to think of it. They’re just growing up fast and I wish that time could stop for a while. On a good day, anyway.
Report cards come out soon, I heard the teacher say. Today, I was doing assessments on kids in Thomas’ class, mostly identifying and writing numbers. The teacher is going to do Thomas’ assessment, which I told her was good because I might be inclined to help him more than I should. I wonder where he falls in terms of abilities as compared to his classmates. I thought he could do better than some of the kids I worked with, but not as good as others. This one boy in his class is a pistol; always giving the teacher trouble and not listening, but he’s smart as a whip. I wonder if he’s bored with the curriculum. Either way, I think Thomas falls in the middle somewhere. Middle is good – great, even. I’ll take middle-of-the-road any day. Isn’t that just another way of saying “average?” There were times that we never could have hoped for average, so I’m thrilled.