1. You know those library summer reading programs? Kids read a certain number of minutes or books and at the end of the summer, they get prizes. My kids? HATED it. HATED. IT. After a few weeks of yelling and tears to get them to read for a measly 20 minutes a day, I gave up. We watched lots of Netflix instead.
We are summer reading program drop outs and I’m okay with that.
2. We didn’t eat at Chick-Fil-A yesterday or anytime recently. Not because we were making a political statement, but because my kids don’t actually like eating chicken in general. They just go for the play area. Too bad our local sushi place doesn’t have a play area because THAT would really get my kids excited. They love sushi and that soup with the two mushrooms that Japanese restaurants serve.
3. I’m trying to influence Ella to choose gymnastics over soccer this fall. We only allow them to choose one activity to participate in at a time. Ella is actually doing well in gymnastics, but lately she’s been saying she wants to play soccer. Well. She has played soccer before and within a few weeks, grows bored, cries at games, and I just…would rather not deal with that. Also, gymnastics is once a week on Tuesdays! GLORY!! Yucky old soccer is twice a week, including early on Saturday mornings. BOOOOO! Add in the fact that Carson will be playing soccer, that means we’ll be at the soccer fields a minimum of four times a week. QUADRUPLE BOO!
I’ve been feeding her a steady diet of Olympics Women’s Gymnastics in hopes that I can tip the scales back to gymnastics.
4. I’m feeling far less weepy about Ella starting Kindergarten than I was for Carson. In fact, I’m sort of giddy with excitement about it. Just think! FIVE DAYS A WEEK of sweet, sweet silence.
5. We have had a ridiculously busy summer. Two trips to St. Louis in two weeks, swimming lessons, more swimming, a visit to a waterpark, baseball games, children’s museum, local parks, splash pads, sprinklers, easy bake oven baking, ice cream making, bike riding, camping, fishing, boating….I have to say, I ROCK as mom.
6. I have ignored my kids quite a bit this summer while catching up on reading. So, yeah, I don’t always rock as a mom. So far I’ve read and liked: Bel Canto
wow! you DO rock as a mom.
way to go with all the fun times.
and all the YOU time.
just think of how much more reading (or netflixxing) you can do when school starts.
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I love that you said you only allow your kids one activity at a time. Some of my kids friends participate in 3 activities at a time, one is even doing 5 sports. While I understand this is a personal decision and every family is different , frankly mama can’t keep up with two kids, work,home and 5 bazillion activities. My kids do scouts and one sporting activity. When they learn to drive and learn time management they can sign up for more
Happy Summer!
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Whahahahaha. Did she watch the beam and floor work in the Olympics last night? It was FANTASTIC!!! Well done to your guys! Just sublime.
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No I’m not… I follow you… sorry – doing a Five Minute Friday post and was reading their posts when I opened yours from my email…
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One thing I’m super excited about moving is that they have a later birthday cut off than we do- so Ivy will go to kindy a whole year earlier! I am very happy about this!
Steph
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I forgot our kids were the same ages as far as ALL OF THEM GOING TO SCHOOL. Woman, if you lived closer, we could have brunch, work quietly on our computers near each other, and watch Netflix series (what’s the plural of series?) together.
I CAN’T. WAIT. for next week. Life-changing, I tell you. Life-changing.
Funny about the reading program. My oldest kid drove me nuts with it because she didn’t want to read for one extra minute that did not get counted as part of her time to scratch off on that paper. When normally, she would read and read and read, with no questions ask. With the program she drove me nuts about the time. And then, we never took back the sheets to get the prize bag. I totally missed the deadline. I actually don’t really like the library. They don’t serve coffee and I usually end up with so many late fees that I might as well have bought the books at the store. I like your confessions. I think I might copy you. And I triple hear you on the Soccer mom business. No soccer here!
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Oh you had chortling at the “5 days a week of sweet sweet silence” remark. We are T-minus 6 days and counting until the school year gets underway here in the UK and my youngest too, is off to school. So many mums are bleary eyed at the thought, as am I, but I suspect, not for the exact same reasons! ;0
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