Happy two year anniversary every one! It is hard to believe that 2 years ago I was sitting at the Caribou with a Newused laptop and a thought to put our story "out there". MAC was still in middle school and we were hoping for a better year.
Now here we are, the summer between middle school and high school...the start of a new adventure. Not much has changed, we are still hoping for a better year and less calls from the school.
She and I talked about school supplies and what she thought she might need or use this year. The school supply sales are beginning and you can find lined paper for .25 a ream. All she wants is lots of .9 pencils and erasers. (Of course none of those are for taking notes, just for drawing.) This is not the best of starts is it?
I promise that I will work harder at posting this year. Happy Anniversary!
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Monday, July 23, 2012
What to do over the summer?
I know that MAC is getting tired of everyone asking her what she's doing for the summer. While we have had several hic-ups with camps and such in the past there wasn't really anything available for her now that she has hit the teen-age years.
There are a lot of sports camps available and there is even a chorus camp. Unfortunately all of those require that she work in co-operative groups, not on her own. I don't want to "set her up" for failure as I know that being in the hot sun/humidity and having to watch what she does/says will put her in a horrible mood and then if one person does something she doesn't like I'd be getting a phone call.
No, I have been a horrible mother and made her stay home by herself this summer. She has done exactly what she wants to do for 5 weeks. She and her cousin, Aunt, and Grand Parents went to spend a week at a time share in Virginia where she got to go to the pool every day. Next week she'll take a week long trip to Virginia to stay with her Grand Parents while she does a 2 hour a day horse camp. She is looking forward to that.
Summer is great and relaxing for her. Her favorite phrase is "it's summer, I'm not supposed to learn!" We went veggie picking at a friend's garden yesterday and she did learn about honey bees. It was nice to hear her asking questions and figuring things out.
To paraphrase Phineas and Ferb, "Four more weeks of summer vacation, and school comes along just to end it. So the annual problem for our generation is finding a good way to spend it!"
There are a lot of sports camps available and there is even a chorus camp. Unfortunately all of those require that she work in co-operative groups, not on her own. I don't want to "set her up" for failure as I know that being in the hot sun/humidity and having to watch what she does/says will put her in a horrible mood and then if one person does something she doesn't like I'd be getting a phone call.
No, I have been a horrible mother and made her stay home by herself this summer. She has done exactly what she wants to do for 5 weeks. She and her cousin, Aunt, and Grand Parents went to spend a week at a time share in Virginia where she got to go to the pool every day. Next week she'll take a week long trip to Virginia to stay with her Grand Parents while she does a 2 hour a day horse camp. She is looking forward to that.
Summer is great and relaxing for her. Her favorite phrase is "it's summer, I'm not supposed to learn!" We went veggie picking at a friend's garden yesterday and she did learn about honey bees. It was nice to hear her asking questions and figuring things out.
To paraphrase Phineas and Ferb, "Four more weeks of summer vacation, and school comes along just to end it. So the annual problem for our generation is finding a good way to spend it!"
Saturday, July 21, 2012
Almost Happy
Well here we are a little over a month since the end of school and MAC is still enjoying her self. She has been having a great time sleeping in and then eating what ever she can find in the house. It has been a great time for her and she has even says that she is "almost happy". She is still looking forward to the rest of the summer. I am counting down the weeks until school starts again.
I will be contacting the school in the next week to set up our walk through and hopefully get a copy of her schedule. She isn't looking too forward to that...
I will be contacting the school in the next week to set up our walk through and hopefully get a copy of her schedule. She isn't looking too forward to that...
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