The final week of school went out with a bang. Kelsey brought home her pirate map and wanted the edges browned to make it look old. The morning she was to take it back to school I lit the match and went to work. Things quickly got out of hand and the paper was soon on fire. Blowing on it only made it worse so the only thing I could think of doing (because I was in the kitchen) was stick it on the faucet. Now I had a burnt, soaking project. Of course Kelsey was eating breakfast and watched it all happen. She was soon in tears at the mess I created. Macy was panicking believing that I was going to burn down the house. I convinced Kelsey that the map was still good enough and that I would need to let it dry. I was coming over to school that day for Macy's class party so I would bring it then. She was soothed and it all turned out in the end.
I did make up for it that week with attending her class reader's theater and killing it with my video making skills for Macy's third grade talent show. Her and her friends made a music video titled Chicago Girls (the title came from the Disney Channel's show Shake It Up). Here's their poster.
Other school stuff. I hate year round school. Macy has enough girls around her age that she plays with to fill a soccer team roster. Kelsey has at least 5 friends that are walking distance. They are not on the same schedule as any of them. I did not move out here to continually set up play dates and drive my kids all over so they could be friends (which is so important to them). The other bad part is that they are off the month of December. How am I to do Christmas shopping with 4 kids at home, a husband that doesn't get home early most nights of the week and no one in the neighborhood to do trades because their kids are all at school? The other kicker is 3 out of the 4 tracks start on July 25. Baby brother's due date is July 25. I might end up a stressed basket case needing serious intervention if I can't get the most popular track (the one that starts later in August). I put in for a schedule change noting my due date but so far my pleadings have gone unanswered. I might just have to personally present my case and throw in the idea I have heard that there are 200 out of boundary classmates that are not forced to take the least popular schedules. I am a little heated and bugged right now about this. Maybe I will just try for a charter school and have a traditional school schedule since they are not with friends anyways.
So what is Braden up to? Well he has gotten past his Super Mario addiction. He rarely plays it anymore. He watched Rise of the Guardians almost everyday the final few weeks of school while I was exercising. Now that the girls are out of school he seldom plays with friends because he thinks they want to play with all day. As the end of school came nearer he started this new thing. Everyday he would ask:
"Do Macy and Kelsey have school tomorrow?"
My answer would depend on the day of the week and his excitement would depend upon if it was Saturday or Sunday the next day. Then he would ask:
"Does dad have to go to work tomorrow?"
See above for his reaction. Then he would ask:
"Do we have to go to church tomorrow?"
This was asked every single day and sometimes multiple times. He still does this routine even though the girls are out of school. It drives them nuts. Macy has started answering the school question with "not for another 3 weeks." Really it is 5 weeks but who is counting.
