We went out to have a nice Thanksgiving dinner at Cousin Mario's in Mays Landing this Thanksgiving, and still don't understand my child. He LOVED the butternut squash soup, ate all of his and my green beans and kept asking for bites out of Ben's seafood pasta...."What's in that shell? Can I try it? Can I have another bite of the scallops...mussels...clams....shrimp?" But when I ask him if he wants to try a roll, (A ROLL!!!) "NO THANK YOU! THAT'S GROSS!"
Monday, February 18, 2013
Angry Birds dominate the year
2012 was an Angry Birds year. Every app. Every Shirt and PJs. Birthday theme plus special cupcakes. And yes, Halloween, too.
Sunday, February 17, 2013
Best Pizza EVER
Friday, October 12, 2012
Christopher Columbus was here!
The schmoo seriously brings joy to my heart! When dh and I got up on Columbus day, we found the two things in the pictures above. Schmoo was yelling "Christopher Columbus came! Christopher Columbus came!" And he showed us what the explorer left for us, just like Santa or the Easter Bunny. It was seriously the cutest thing ever, and he kept giggling ALL DAY LONG as he was just so pleased with himself with fooling us. (Cute kid + chocolate + sleeping in = happy heart!)
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Student of the Month!
My schmoo made student of the month! (again!) Here's a pick of him waving his certificates:
(You know me, I didn't want the pic for the blog to actually show his name...)
He has been doing really well at school. He loves his teachers and his behavior has been great. He's never been really, truly naughty at school, despite the fact that he thinks it's social hour since no other kids live at our house. My very favorite misdeed of his happened when he was 4 years old in pre-k. At circle time, his teacher asked him to stop talking as it was "her turn to talk." He looked at her and said, "Just let me finish what I'm telling Carter, and then it can be your turn." HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! The teacher didn't think it was that funny, but I thought it was HILARIOUS! He lives with adults, and that's what he heard us say all the time "Wait til I'm done, and then it can be your turn."
My second favorite was at the end of last school year when he got off the bus and said, "Mommy, don't worry about reading any email that you may or may not be getting from my teacher." :)
(You know me, I didn't want the pic for the blog to actually show his name...)
He has been doing really well at school. He loves his teachers and his behavior has been great. He's never been really, truly naughty at school, despite the fact that he thinks it's social hour since no other kids live at our house. My very favorite misdeed of his happened when he was 4 years old in pre-k. At circle time, his teacher asked him to stop talking as it was "her turn to talk." He looked at her and said, "Just let me finish what I'm telling Carter, and then it can be your turn." HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! The teacher didn't think it was that funny, but I thought it was HILARIOUS! He lives with adults, and that's what he heard us say all the time "Wait til I'm done, and then it can be your turn."
My second favorite was at the end of last school year when he got off the bus and said, "Mommy, don't worry about reading any email that you may or may not be getting from my teacher." :)
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
middle school
Teaching middle school is oh so funny! I chaperoned a dance a couple of weeks ago and it the feelings of joy, awkwardness, energy, angst, excitement and drama were thick in the air. I just had a smile on my face the whole time. The thing that really, really shocked me is that the kids actually DANCED. We're talking 2 hours of jumping around and 'line dances'. They didn't play one single slow song and those kids seriously danced the whole time. It was amazing and fun.
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My students recently had the assignment to write about something tough that happened in their life that changed them for the better or helped them to learn a life lesson that they were grateful for after it was all over. Many of my kids wrote about their parents' divorce or the illness of a loved one. And then I got an essay from a student whose trial was when s/he got lost (with a group of friends) while doing a scavenger hunt on a cruise ship. The student was "totally bummed out" that they didn't win. Oh, poor, poor student! :)
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My students recently had the assignment to write about something tough that happened in their life that changed them for the better or helped them to learn a life lesson that they were grateful for after it was all over. Many of my kids wrote about their parents' divorce or the illness of a loved one. And then I got an essay from a student whose trial was when s/he got lost (with a group of friends) while doing a scavenger hunt on a cruise ship. The student was "totally bummed out" that they didn't win. Oh, poor, poor student! :)
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
and he says...
While checking schmoo's homework sentences the other morning before school, I saw that he wrote, "My mom is a weirdo." Thanks, kid.
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And the schmoo's most recent bedtime prayers include the following..."Please bless mommy and daddy that they will continue to be the good parents they are and that I will continue being the really good kid that I am..." He is so full of himself :)
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And the schmoo's most recent bedtime prayers include the following..."Please bless mommy and daddy that they will continue to be the good parents they are and that I will continue being the really good kid that I am..." He is so full of himself :)
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