Lifes Like That

So with only about two weeks left before the children are back in school, it’s crunch time. I have to go out this weekend and finish up purchasing the rest of their school supplies. This trip shouldn’t cost me quite as much as last time as I have managed to find quite a few online coupons to use for this shopping trip. Thank goodness for online coupons! If I hadn’t found them I’m sure it would have cost me just as much as last time. And really folks I’m getting pretty tired of forking out money just to get these two ready for school.

Well the kids are half way through their summer vacation and I’m still sane! That’s quite an accomplishment for me. My two younger kids have a tendency to fight quite a bit so for me to be able to post that I haven’t lost my mind yet, is a major accomplishment. They now only have 33 days of summer vacation left (yes, I’m counting). So I only have about a month left that I have to try to stay sane. I can’t wait until their vacation is over. Then I’m going to have a mini vacation of my own.

Today is my daughter’s 12th birthday. So this post is going out to her.

I would love to wish you a happy 12th birthday Kara. I hope today is everything you hope it will be. And only one more year and you will be 13 (eek!) I wonder if I will survive this. lol

My daughter is 11 going on 16. Everything in her life seems to be drama these days. Last night I caught her on a site looking up how to lose weight fast. When I questioned her about it, she informed me that she’s fat. Trust me when I say this, she is NOT fat. Matter of fact, she is one of the smallest students in her class. Oh well, I realize that it’s only going to get worse before it gets better. Today it’s weight loss, tomorrow who knows.

It’s official. Both of my children graded this year. In September my daughter will be headed off to grade 7 and my son will be in grade 5. Both the kids did very well this year and my husband and I were both proud of them. We did get them each a small grading present (no, not a stainless steel drum set) and took them out for supper to celebrate. Now they have two months off and then they will once again begin a new school year. But the best news at this point, is that they both passed!

I honestly can’t believe that the kids only have four weeks of school left. I would have to say that this school year has just flown by. My daughter is just finishing up grade 6 and my son is finishing up grade 4. They don’t have that much time left and I really have to start going around the house looking for any textbooks that they may have lying around. If they don’t turn them in, the school will not give them their final report cards. So over the next few weeks I will find all the books that need to go back to school and then they will receive their report cards. I know they will both pass.

My daughter is only 11 but most days acts like she’s going on 16. She is a major drama queen. Lately she has been on this kick of her being fat (she’s not) and has been looking up weight loss storys. I really wish she would give up on this. I can remember at her age the last thing on my mind was my weight. I had other little girl issues to worry about. Oh well, knowing this kid, she will be on to something different next week and her “weight gain” will be a thing of the past.

My youngest son is extremely tiny. He is almost 10 but still wears size seven clothes. Now normally his size doesn’t bother him as he has the energy of kids twice his age, but yesterday he was told something he didn’t like, and yes, it was because of his size. He wants to join the soccer team, but because he is so much smaller than the kids his age, his coach won’t allow it because he doesn’t want him to get hurt. He was very upset with this decision and even the phrase human growth hormone came up in our discussion about it. No, I will not be investing in any of this. I really wish this child would grow some. That way, maybe he could play soccer.

I have to tell you all that I am quite amazed at how much homework and projects my daughter (who’s in grade 6) has had this year. I swear to god that every teacher she has thinks they are the only teacher that my child has to deal with. She just turned in two major projects and brought home another project that she needs to complete. This one is going to be a little more time consuming than the others. She has to find some hip hop clothes and do a report on the history and the trends of these clothes. The teacher has given her a month to do this which is a good thing. Now… if only I could find some of these clothes to help her along.

Well I wasn’t able to start work on any type of craft this weekend. Actually I wasn’t able to get much of anything done this weekend. The two kids are home on March break this week and they spent their entire weekend fighting. Well this meant that I really couldn’t concentrate on a whole lot of anything. So…. if they keep this behavior up, it really doesn’t look like I’m going to get much of anything accomplished this week. Hopefully they’ll slack back on their fighting and I’ll be able to get some stuff done. Otherwise, I’ll just have to put everything off until next week when I’m home alone (man…. I can’t wait for next week!)