Oh Yah. . .

Did I froget to mention that school is out for the next two months. Woohoo!

Green

I painted our kids' bathroom.

Do you like the color?

Well. . . .

My kids do.

And that's what matters.

Score!

Driving past a garage sale last week, I found a nice dresser and a head board for $25. Not too shabby! Blake was in need of a new bed after all, so I got them. Unfortunately, we still needed to get him the mattress and rails, and I wasn't too keen on him having free reign with the dresser. It was great for an older kid or adult, but not so much for a three year old.

So, inspired by my good fortune, I decided to browse Craig's List to see what I could find. Most of the stuff was junk, either really ugly or not very good quality. But then I found something. Someone was trying to get rid of their old bunk bed and dresser that their eighteen year old had finally grown out of. And they were throwing the mattresses in too! It looked really sturdy, and the design was very similar to the new furniture I had my eye on. Price wise, they were asking for less then a typical dresser. I was interested.

Well, when I went over to check it out, I discovered that it was not only sturdy, it was one of the most solid beds I'd ever seen. Same goes for the dresser. Yay!!! I was sold.







It took me two trips in our SUV to bring it all home and all morning to assemble. The kids are ecstatic. Blake loves his new "room". The girls are jealous. And I didn't have to change the light! (Good thing we never put the ceiling fan back up!)

As for the headboard and dresser from the garage sale, we'll just keep them around for whenever we end up finishing the basement. They'll be perfect for one of the planned bedrooms down there.

Butting Heads

Sometimes life is rough. Sometimes you bring it on yourself. And sometimes, your mother is just plain more stubborn then you are.

This morning, while pulling out Bailey's math page, I discovered, to my chagrin, that she has been putting her incomplete papers away claiming to be done. I'll admit right now that part of it was my fault. I hadn't stood over her shoulder making sure that she did all her work, and I had not double checked her work for some time either. But she was still in BIG trouble. She had cheated. She had lied. And she hadn't done what she was told. BIG BIG trouble!

I found almost 12 pages of math work that she had not completed. Most only had a few blank problems here or there. Some had a lot. One of them, she hadn't done anything but draw pictures.

So, I decided that she had to do all of them. Plus todays math page. And nothing else until she was done. Harsh. But I was pissed.

It's now almost bed time. She's been sitting at the table all day, mostly griping that it's not fair. Honestly, if she had actually focused instead of played around, she could have been done in a little over an hour. But no. She was being stubborn and wouldn't do the work. Three simple problems of "what number comes before" took her an hour and a half. Then, when she thought I wasn't looking, she slipped some of her undone papers in with her finished ones and claimed that she was "almost done". The girl was not happy when I looked through her stack and found them, placing them back in her "not done" pile. She also got in trouble for lying again. No video games for a week.

Oh, did I mention that she didn't get to come with us to the store today? She also didn't get to watch a movie with Sierra and Blake, and she didn't get to have story time with daddy either.

As it stands, she still has two pages left, each with a lot of problems to finish. She'll be sitting at the table tomorrow until she finishes them plus her new page for tomorrow as well.

It's been a real pain. I feel bad for her, but I can't just let this one slide. I hope she learns from it. If she doesn't, she'll have an even harder time in the future.

5, 4, 3, 2, 1!!!

The countdown begins.

Five more days of school, and then we are off for two whole months! The reason for that long of a break is because I decided I wanted to start school around the same time that the school district in town was. That way there's less confusion, I can capitalize on the back to school sales, and I won't have to start using the Options curriculum part way through the year.

So what are we going to do with all of that time?

Swim.
Paint the house.
Camp.
Visit Family.
House projects.
Read.
Denver Science Museum.
Relax.

It's going to be a great summer!

2010-2011 Longmont Options

Well, Sierra and Bailey have both made it into the Longmont Options program for next year. They will be attending regular classes starting Friday, September 10, 2010 and continue most Fridays from 8:15-3:15 until Friday May 20, 2011.

Bailey's classes will include:
-Science
-Language Arts
-Math Skills
-Art
-Music
-Spanish
-Physical Education

Sierra's classes will include;
-Art
-Spanish
-Drama
-Science
-Piano
-Computer Skills

Both girls are really excited. We are looking forward to another fun year of Options.

He Did It!!!

Blake did it. He went number two in the toilet! Finally. And he did it all by himself. I only found out after the fact.

Way to go Blake!