Apparently I give off life lessons all the time.  I am so wise that these tips drop from my lips on a near regular basis and I am so accustomed to it I don't even notice.  I don't even notice, people ( Read more... )

I have a fifth grader and in our district 5th Grade is the year students learn about their bodies and what's going to happen soon.  I love the Growing and Changing classes, we should have them from K-12, not just in 5&9.  I asked Q-12 about the classes last year, wondering if there was stuff he learned that we hadn't talked about.  There might have ( Read more... )

T-11 told me they were reading this book in class and in the book one of the friends asks the main character something like "how can you be a skeptic if you believe in superheros" or something.  I wasn't really paying attention, if you know what I mean.  But then one of the kids asks what a skeptic is and the teacher tells them it's someone who ( Read more... )

C-9:  Mom, I think the butt is my favorite part of the body because it can make solids, liquids and gas!

C-9:  Hey kids, let's go to the park.  We'll play volleyball, fly kites and trip asses ( Read more... )

Now that my stint with the PTSA is coming to an end, I'm looking for other groups to join and I'm looking ahead about 4 years when I think I'll be in a good place (kid wise) to go back to work.  I am interested in politics (obviously) and law so I was thinking maybe a low key job in those fields.  Paralegal, not lawyer or clerk not elected official ( Read more... )

Our county had a school board meeting tonight.  I attended, but had to leave after the first hour because I'm single-parenting during the weekdays and the kids wanted dinner.  However, I was IMing my Cousin-In-Law and she introduced me to this new thing the kids are calling ' Twitter' and I was able to enjoy the clusterfuck that is a school board ( Read more... )

My oldest, Q-12, has always been an early riser.  5:30-6AM, like clockwork.  No matter how late he stays up, he still gets up around 6.  So I've turned him into my alarm.  Every day (school or not) he creeps into the room and says, "Mom, it's 6 O'clock."  No matter what time it actually is!

5:45 AM? Mom, it's 6 O'clock

6:04AM? Mom, it's 6 O' ( Read more... )

Here's a list of things that went wrong this holiday season:

1. The inlaws came to visit.  Smoochie got a $400 plane voucher one time when he was bumped for a flight.  As the deadline to use it neared, it became clear that we would not use it as it would just cost us money and time and we were a little short on both.  I suggested he use the voucher to ( Read more... )

Me: So, what are you guys going to do for your science fair project this year?

C-9 : What killed the dinosaurs!

T-10: How high can dogs jump!

Q-12: How does a pen walk a mile!

Me: Wait, what did you just say?

He had to say it like 5 more times before I got it; how does the Panama Canal work.  Jesus, I need more sleep.