Lifes Like That

I’m really starting to wonder if the children who are in grade 4 ever stay in the classroom.  LOL  Yesterday my daughter came home with a form from school for another field trip.   But thankfully this time it won’t cost us anything.  Usually on these trips the school is always looking for extra money.  But not this time.  This field trip will be to a place where they can observe nature and the habitats of animals.  This is a good field trip for my daughter as she is really interested in animals and I know she will get a lot out of this experience.  So next week I will be mudding and mucking through the woods with my daughter’s class and getting back to nature.  Wish me luck!

My kids love doing crafts and any holiday or special occasion is an excuse for them to make a craft.  So, they were quite happy last night when my husband came home with a couple of small Halloween craft kits for them to make.  It actually pleases me that they can be so impressed with a little kit that only cost $2.00.  So I have promised them that today after school, after the homework is done, I will sit down and help them create their crafts.  I have to help them as these crafts do involve using a hot glue stick and I can just imagine what would happen if I let them use this by themselves.  So, tonight it’s craft night at my house.  My daughter will be making a witch and my son will be making Frankenstein.  Scary…

This is a serious question for you all.  Why won’t kids listen at home, but they have no problems listening to their teachers at school and absorbing each and every word they say??  Here is an example of what I’m talking about.  My daughter who is in grade 4 has really long hair.  Every morning it is a serious fight to get her to brush her hair and put it up in either a head band or a pony.  But, when her violin teacher tells her that on violin days she needs to have her hair put back (so it doesn’t get tangled in the strings), she has no problem putting her hair up and back.  Matter of fact, this morning, she went to school with her hair in a pony and had a head band on.

So, my question to you all is why do kids behave like this??  Why do it for one with no problems, but fight with us over the same exact thing??

With Christmas fast approaching you can be that I will be taking advantage of the convenience of any online clothing store. As most of our purchases at this time of year is for children’s clothing, utilizing the services of this type of store is just a convenient way for me to shop. I don’t have to waste my gas checking around different stores, nor do I have to worry about the crowed malls. This has become my favorite way to shop. And, it makes me wonder what I ever did before the Internet was introduced.