after the awards, the kids were treated to sundaes. Seems like this school and JUNK food go hand in hand. throughout the year i was really surprised and disappointed to see the crap food that was included in their school parties. in fact, most of the time the entire party revolved around eating junk food together. i know they had a huge class (36 kids!!!) but surely they could have had a fruit salad or graham crackers for a treat? maybe i'm just a little touchy on this subject, but really, reese came home with so many foods that she would not have gotten if she was homeschooled.but reese enjoyed her ice cream and since cade and elisha were with me, they were treated as well, and of course they loved it.
so far so good as far as sumer vacations go. we've gone to the pool a few times, gone to the library, gone to target, gone to mcd's, gone to home depot (twice). today i plan on getting an oil change in preparation for SEAWORLD! woohoo! this is a birthday trip for reese, she'll turn 6 on father's day. i remember she was born on the saturday before father's day, at 8:06 in the morning. she's always been a morning girl and i'm thinking names really do influence the person. reese is welsh and means "enthusiastic" and that is my first-born to a T.
the enthusiastic one has been playing with elisha a lot since school has let out. during school, elisha didn't see much of reese, just a few hours after school and during dinner time, then on the weekends. but now reese is enjoying her little mommy role, trying to teach her new words and all about animals. and elisha enjoys running off with reese's stuff...mainly her goggles.
we went to the library on the first day of summer vacation, how's that for LAME. at least we slept in a bit to celebrate summer. :) the kids picked out some books, 4 each. i picked out 3 for myself and i'm starting to rethink this reading thing. i chose 'the good earth' by pearl buck and i'm 100 pages in and i'm not sure if i want to finish it. it's so damn sad, i don't know if i can handle that much more sadness. in case you haven't read it, the plot involves a chinese farmer and his wife 120+ years ago and follows them as they have good years and bad years, even to the point where they consider selling their children as slaves in order to survive. the thought of being put in that position as a mother makes my stomach hurt and my shoulders sag. sure, it was a completely different time, but in extremely rural parts of this world, i'm not sure things are that different. there's still starving children all over, in all corners of this earth. i know i should finish the story, i'm a big believer in "finish what you start" and i really want to see this farmer's life improve. but in the mean time i'm working in some stephen king to make myself feel better. i'm 33 pages into "duma key" and it's helping.
rob was talking to some friends the other day and they mentioned that they read my blog (hi chris & kim :) how's the baby doing?). after hearing that i went back and read some of my earlier posts and holy cow...was i a freaking psycho or what? oh my. some of what i had to say about rob was just unbelievably mean. i'm convinced that during some of my pregnancies or post-partum months i should have been on mood-altering drugs. for some reason, as i wrote these old entries, every problem seemed to be HIS fault. reading them really makes me want to start this blog over. i mean he has his faults (as do i...no, really, i do) but i was just really out of line to bitch and moan that much. so in line with that, i'm trying to focus on the positive.
1. he's gone to the pool TWICE with us in the last week. the man hates swimming in chlorinated pools and hates being around strangers' children even more, but he's taught reese how to submerge her head underwater and he's been taking cade on piggyback rides around the pool.
2. he scrubbed the hell out of my kitchen sink for me. we have a stainless steel sink and i use bar keeper's friend (ooh look a free sample!!) on it but it really hurts my fingers to have to do the actual scrubbing part. he's strong enough that he gets it twice as shiny as i do.
3. he let me sleep in on saturday morning. of course i had to TELL him i was not getting up, but he handled it well. he and cade even invented a new game called "damage ball." i think it involved hitting a wiffle ball with a lincoln log and then tackling someone?
4. he hasn't batted an eye when i told him i bought a new dyson vacuum (only i got it for $20 cheaper than that link) or a new stroller. hey, what's a nuke bonus for, other than keeping the wife happy?
5. he's taking us to SEAWORLD! i know it's for the kids but i can't wait to see shamu!
see? he's a good man :) so i just need to keep my mouth shut and start keeping the positives closer to my heart. besides, our anniversary is coming up and i've been hinting about how much i'd like an eco-drive watch.
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