And That’s….the Truth

Well I’m getting ready to have some serious “me” time. In about a week’s time my two children will be back in school and once again I will have the house all to myself! I can’t wait! It’s been such a long summer having these two underfoot and with all their fighting, I’ve been slowly going crazy. But all this will end in about a week. Then I will have loads of time to get busy with all my crafting, cleaning and I might even have a bit of time to browse the local jobs ads. But… all I have to do now is put in this last week and I will once again be a free woman (at least during the day).

Three weeks from today my children will be back on that yellow school bus! Yay! They have been home on school vacation for almost two months and I am so ready for them to go back to school. They have been fighting so much this summer that it has prompted me to check out some Branson vacation packages just in case I need to get away. No, I’m kidding it’s not quite that bad. But I can tell you I will be one happy momma in about three weeks.

Holy smokes! It’s going to cost me a fortune this year to send my two children back to school. On Saturday we decided to get a head start on all the shopping and I walked out of the store $323.00 poorer. Now this was mainly clothes and a small amount of school supplies. I still have to finish buying the rest of the school supplies, pay student fees and start stocking up on lunch supplies. I only have to put two kids through school now. I can just imagine what others are paying that have three, four or five children.

Well today is a very special day at our house. Today is my daughter’s 12th birthday. And along with that tomorrow is my youngest son’s 10th birthday. So we have a lot of celebrating to do today. The kids have always celebrated their day together and this year is no different. This is what we do. On my daughter’s birthday they get their presents and on my son’s birthday they get their cake. This has worked out very well over the years and both kids get such a kick out of celebrating together.

My daughter is just finishing up grade 6. We were just informed that she made the honor roll this year! I am so proud of her. I can’t even tell you how much. She worked really hard this year and tried to make the honor roll. Well she succeeded. Thursday night is her awards ceremony and you can just bet I’ll be there with my camera and binoculars. I can’t wait to see her accept her award. Hopefully this trend continues on throughout middle school and high school.

After about a month of riding my daughter about her room, today she decided to clean it up without being asked. I think I really need to dig out the camcorder just to show my husband this little miracle that took place while he was at work. He’d never believe me otherwise. My daughter’s room is so much worse than my son’s room. But because she was cleaning her room, he decided he needed to clean his as well. I really don’t know what got into here, but I really hope it lasts.

Yesterday we incurred an expense that we really hadn’t counted on. No, we didn’t have to purchase a new Toto toilet or anything like that, but we did have to purchase my son a new bike. The reason for this purchase?? The neighbors ran over his other bike. It was totally destroyed. The frame was bent so it couldn’t be fixed. Yes, my son shouldn’t have left it where he did, but… the neighbors didn’t even apologize!!! Can you imagine running over a nine year olds bike and not even saying sorry to him or us? Oh well, he now has a bike once again and I’m pretty sure he’ll be a lot more careful on where he puts it. But since he’s only 9, who knows….

Well both of the children brought home their report cards this week. My daughter’s report was very, very good. But, I have to say I was quite disappointed in my son’s. Not only did most of his marks go down, but he also has been having trouble with his behavior as well. Hopefully he can pick these things up. I would think that gift ideas for mother’s day could be a good report from this child. So he’s got a little over a month to pick up the pace and then I think I’ll have to think of something major to get him back on track.

Well the two kids have officially ended their second terms in school. So far so good. Both the kids are doing quite amazing in their school work, and I really can’t see any problems ahead for the remainder of the school year. Every year we buy the kids a grading present if they grade (which they have in the past), and this year will be no different. I have already started looking at grading presents (because I know at this point they will both pass) and have thought of a really neat idea. I plan on purchasing them both personalized basketballs. They are both heavily into this sport and I think this would be such a neat idea. So… if their third term of school goes as well as their other terms did, then I guess I’m going to have to start forking out some money.

I have to say that this week has probably been one of the longest weeks of my life!! The two kids were home this week for their March break, and let me tell you all, that fun was NOT had by all. Because the weather was so crappy most of the week, they couldn’t go outside at all. So this meant that they were in the house all week. Well they were bored and decided to fight all week. Seriously, at one point during this week I was awful tempted to check out some Florida Keys vacation rentals and run away from home. But… the good news is, is that this week of *** (you know what I mean) is almost over. Monday morning they will both be on that school bus, and I for one can’t wait!