If there’s a word misspelled or a statement that doesn’t
make sense, I apologize in advance. Mom cracked her glasses in half at the nose
piece this week (whereby much cursing ensued), and I’m relying on a pair that I
wore when Eli was born. Yes, 10 years old. I feel like drawing the blinds and
staying in my house until the new pair is selected and on my face. Let’s just
say the older pair isn’t doing me any favors.
Mom is working, working, working, and it’s been amazing for
the balance in our home. I’m sure there are more capable stay at home mom moms
out there, however if I have a period of three hours to get something done I’m
going to find a way to put it off. If I only have half an hour, I’m busting it
out at record speed. With this newly found sense of urgency in our
household, mom is no longer picking up after
people, kids are taking ownership for their rooms, and basically doing what
they should have been doing all along. I notice it was easier to simply do it
myself, however that was a greater disservice to my kids. Besides, I told Eli
if he ever gets married, he’ll be fully trained for his wife. To that I received a huge eye roll. And I’m
not beyond rewarding my kids for helping around the house. I have a couple of
tricks up my sleeve I’ll post about another day.
Dad's been busy with the fall heating season, so he's seems extra fun when he has five minutes.
Ah, my trombone player. It’s been quite a school year for
Eli. If you recall (I think I wrote about it), he was struggling the beginning
of the year with a different teacher and higher expectations. My belief is that
he was hurrying to get his work done, and he couldn’t see. We took him in for
an eye exam and found out he has moderate nearsightedness. Poor kid has
probably been struggling to see a long time. I thought he would be excited, but
instead he was hesitant prior to the exam, saying he probably wasn’t going to
need them. After the doctor made a comment about guys needing tools for things,
and glasses being tools for your eyes, he was on board. We are waiting to get
the glasses, and we will post a photo or the big reveal!
And onto the little torpedo. School is still smooth. I’ve
been reassured if anything is going on the teacher will let me know. Last night
was an example of how far we’ve come. We went to a puppet show for 4 year olds
in our school district. The entire hour
was sitting on the rug. I don’t think she would have tackled someone on the rug
or started poking at them, but based on the extreme nature of her sensory
issues last year, I can imagine she might have gotten up and started running
around. Instead, she sat completely mesmerized by what was going on in front,
only to get up and come to me when the monkey took center stage. In her
defense, he was kind of creepy.
Off to finish up some work and hope the extended care can
take Sidney this afternoon while I go pick out new eyes. She decided to wake up
at 4am, and guess who decided to take a nap at 7:30AM?
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