As I was attempting to make lunches this morning, I realized WHY I really needed to go to the store yesterday. I was totally out of B food. He's such a picky eater when it comes to his lunch, and I had just tossed the remainder of his turkey because it smelled weird. And it was sticky. I don't think it's supposed to do that. It made me gag a little bit. Did he want beef jerky? No. That was my ace in the hole. He asked me to bring him lunch instead, so I reluctantly agreed. "What do you want for lunch, B?" His reply? "Chicken minis." Since the kid eats lunch at 10:30 in the morning, I took my kid breakfast. He was thrilled!
I got there early, so I got to watch a class of 4th graders working on their pieces for the holiday musical. I was so amused, mostly because they were so overly excited about the songs they were singing. I was openly cracking up and shaking my head at the same time. These poor kids...one day, when they grow up, they're going to see a dvd of their performance and wonder what the hell they were so jazzed about. Seriously, the music teacher kept yelling, "JAZZ HANDS! AAAAAAND Hold...wiggle wiggle wiggle." I held in my snorts of laughter, but it was really hard. After they filed out, B and his class filed in and we sat together and had a delightful lunch until he was like, "Hey, you have your wallet! Let's get ice cream!" Um, let's not. I don't want to go down that road on a Wednesday. Okay, thanks.
After I left him to run off his energy at recess, I went over to my mom's (scaring the handyman in the process: he's doing her kitchen remodel) to look for the Wii Resort Sports sensor thingy (right now I can only find one of them) AND the actual disc so we can take it to Houston with us on Sunday. I was unsuccessful. I don't know where those things are, but it's my goal in life to find them. After I searched high and low, finding a bunch of other interesting things, I looked at the clock and decided to make it even and show up for N's lunch too. See, their lunches are 2 hours apart. I think that's just silly.
Back to Chick-Fil-A I went...when he walked in with his class, he looked confused. He looked down at his lunch box and then at me, and said, "Thanks, Mom!" I asked if I could stay, and he reluctantly agreed. It was at lunch that I was informed that he was bringing someone home with him after school to work on a project. It was then that I realized I needed to go grocery shopping because I wouldn't have any free time this afternoon.
I did, and I made it home 15 minutes before they got there. B got up the stairs first and then promptly went back down the stairs to ride scooters/bikes with the kids who live below us. N and his friend finally showed up, and looked at the kitchen explosion with amazement as I attempted to put away the groceries/organize at the same time. I had all the doors and windows open, so the next thing I know, there are 3 fifth graders in my house...then there were 4. Then B came back inside. Then they were all hungry. ARGH! My mind is still reeling and I'm attempting to speak at a normal volume.
THEN, (you just thought my day was coming to an end) came the best part of the day. Last week, we made a play date with two of the boys from N's baseball team. N's been looking forward to it ever since I told him about it, so we headed to Kid Kountry. Usually N puts up a fight about going until we get there and he finds older kids to play with. B never has any trouble. He plays by himself or annoys other people until they just include him so he'll be quiet. There were 6 boys (ranging from 5-10) and one of the cutest little girls I've ever seen, and three moms. Having girl talk with these ladies was really the highlight of my day!
I am so grateful that these ladies and their sons were put in our life path. N really likes hanging out with the boys, B likes hanging out with their siblings, and we all just have a great time. I'm so sad baseball is over, but I'm so glad we can still have play dates. I suggested a slumber party in a couple of weeks, so we'll see how that goes! I haven't told N yet, but he will be so excited if it works out! Can I just say that I don't know how these other ladies do it? I am in awe of the choices they have made and the obstacles they face each day. I know everyone has stuff they deal with, but these two deal with the "stuff" and still laugh about it. It's so awesome and refreshing to meet such great, down-to-earth women.
THEN we came home. I threw a load of laundry in the washer, sorted a load out of the dryer, and made a quick dinner of chicken nuggets, peas, and red smashed potatoes. Thank you Target, for making little bags of new potatoes that steam in their own little bag. It makes just enough mashed potatoes for my little trio. The boys showered while I made dinner, and now they're giggling like crazy in their room playing Tron on Nintendo DS. It's one of the games they both have, so they link together and either work together (tense) or fight each other and crack up as they annihilate each other. So fun.
I got an email from B's teacher today, asking for volunteers for the Thanksgiving feast tomorrow because nobody has volunteered...so I'll be at school with a bunch of 1st graders for 2-3 hours tomorrow. Apparently, we're making a map of the pilgrims' voyage and how they went to the wrong place, but met Squanto so they could wear feathers on their heads and war paint. Oh, and he taught them about how to eat cactus. How, you ask? "Very carefully 'cause those spikes are tricky." Oh, the joy of 6 year-old brainpower...
Now it's 7:40 (OU still sucks), I've finished the homework I had slated for today, I'm about to toss the clothes in the dryer, and then I'm not sure what I'm going to do... How in the world did that happen?!
Aubs
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