Archive for October, 2006
October 31, 2006· Filed under Blog Carnival, Holidays
Happy Halloween! While I am still preparing for the sugar high that I will be on by 9 pm, I thought I’d share some Halloween fun with you.
Let’s start with confessions! Raise your hand if:
- You have opened (and eaten) some of the candy intended for tonight’s Trick-or-Treating already. (hand raised)
- You will swipe, I mean inspect, some of your kids’ favorite candy this evening. (and again)
- Give more candy to the cute little angels, superheroes, and pirates than to the over 12’s with last minute costumes and pillowcases. (hand held high)
I will be trick or treating through the Blogosphere today. As I find fun stops along the way, I will come back and post them here.
More to come!!!
October 30, 2006· Filed under Family
Personally, I like Mondays. Why? Because the whole crew goes back to school and the house is mine again. Well, apparently, Monday is not so popular with the rest of my family. Let’s just recount an incident that took place in my office 45 minutes ago.
I woke up my oldest child, 10 year old boy, and down the steps he came, into my office and in a good mood. A good sign I thought. So we start talking and he asks, “What are we doing today?” My response was, “Going to the gym,” because I teach Monday nights and my daughter has workout then, too.
“What else Mom?” was the next question. “What else? You are going to school. It’s Monday,” was my response. And it was like the floodgates opened. The poor child started crying. I kid you not.
Our kids were off school Friday and we went bowling with friends. Saturday we had all our normal activities - hockey practice for him, gymnastics for the girls, Lego Mindstorms class for him, and he even went to a Halloween party with a friend. Sunday we lounged around, did some clean up, the kids played on the computer and we watched the football game.
His next question was, “Where did the weekend go? I didn’t get everything done.”
I guess he thinks he needs a day to recover from his weekend. Ever have one of those weekends?
October 26, 2006· Filed under Family
Yesterday my youngest child and I bundled up and headed out for an adventure - a visit to the Pumpkin Patch with her preschool class. Now this wasn’t my first visit to the Pumpkin Patch with a preschool class - it was my 7th and final visit. Bittersweet? Maybe.
We met with her class and were introduced to their guide for the day. Over the years we’ve had some great guides and some not so great guides, but this year our guide was fine. She was very patient with this group of cold, but enthusiastic four year olds. She walked us down to the Fun Barn for our lesson on bees. Each year the displays get more sophisticated, but the kids still love looking at that beehive and learning about plant pollination. The rope swings in the hay barn are great too. This year I was very willing to stay in the hay barn as long as they would let us, because at least we were sheltered from the wind.
Done with the hay barn, we were off to see the animals in the petting zoo area. My daughter could have fed the goats all day. The little white ones were very fond of “juicy green leaves” according to my daughter, not the dried out ones. She scoured the area for juicy leaves and had a ball feeding them to the goats. I will say, it was pretty cute!
We had to stop at one of the displays for a group picture and then it was off to the play area for a while. Finally the tractor came for the highlight activity - the hay ride to the pumpkin patch. We piled on to the hay trailer and for the first time I can remember, the kids didn’t really want to sit with the Mommies. No problem here. We found the field of pumpkins and piled off the tractor. We stepped over vines, inspected many pumpkins and finally found “the one”. Back on the hay ride and we were done.
All three of my kids have attended this same preschool and we have gone to the same pumpkin patch all these years. The teachers and I compared notes and shared memories of the different years. I remember when my daughter took her first trip there - in a stroller, accompanying her older sister’s class on the field trip. We talked about the guides, the weather and how this place has evolved. It was sad in a way, but in another sense it was a vital part of the countdown to Kindergarten for my little one.
UPDATE: This blog entry is part of the Halloween blog carnival at The Holiday Blogger. Check out the other entries!
October 25, 2006· Filed under General, Uncategorized
I have to make it quick today as I need to leave for a field trip to the Pumpkin Patch with my preschooler (ah, the last one…). Here are some notable posts from the blogosphere today:
October 23, 2006· Filed under Family, General
Somedays I wonder. I wonder if I am so used to multitasking or do I have ADD? Ever felt that way?
Examples? I’ve got plenty. I’m not talking about normal mom stuff like tying a toddler’s shoe while talking on the phone and monitoring dinner at the same time. I’m talking about why can’t I watch TV - just sit there and watch TV. I can’t. I have to be doing crossword puzzles, surfing on my laptop or doing something or I will fall asleep. I am not kidding. This drives my husband crazy.
I remember in high school that I always did better during the times of the year when I was juggling 3 or 4 afterschool activities. For some reason I stayed on task best when I just didn’t have a choice. My freshman year of college was almost a disaster because I had too much free time! I couldn’t manage to get anything done and my grades reflected it. I moved back home, got a job working 30 hours a week and instantly all was back to normal.
I am the same way even now when I work. I’ll be starting my work for the day and within minutes my mind is thinking of other things I need to be doing. So I make a phone call while waiting for a page to upload to the server, and then I drop in a load of laundry, pick up some clutter along the way back to my office, check my email and get back to what I was working on. This cycle repeats itself all day long. The days I am most productive are the days when I have small blocks of time to be productive and plenty of deadlines looming over my head.
So, what do you think? ADD or do I just have an overactive brain?
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