In Contact With Lyndall's Teacher

This year I am trying something new with Lyndall and his teacher. We exchanged email addresses and now I know everything about whats going on at school with Lyndall's behavior. He always tells me how school was good and that nothing happened. Now when he comes home I say how was school and he looks at me to see if I have heard from his teacher. Like today, I asked how was school he says fine, I say oh really your teacher emailed me. Then he comes out with the truth. Which today was coloring on his chair and making a mess around his desk. Last week it was paper airplanes. He doesn't like the teacher email thing so much, I LOVE IT!!!

My New Joy

Lately I had found myself bored while the kids were at school, so I signed up at the Stukey library to be a parent volunteer. I have been having so much helping out. I get to check books in and out, file the books on the shelves, straighten shelves, and cover books. I only go in for the time that Sable is in school, so about 3 hours. There is one more parent that comes in only on Mondays for 1 hour. I think its great to have the parent help out, it gives the librarian more time with the kids when they need help finding a book. I have helped kids find books too. Tomorrow is Sable's library day and I will get to help her class.

Grounded For A Week!

I was sooooo mad at Lyndall the other day. It all started when we were leaving for my moms house and I couldn't find him anywhere. I saw one of his friends brothers and asked him where they were and he said they were in one of the alleys. I went over there and had Lyndall get in the car, I told him he was not suppose to be over in this area and that I had been looking for him and couldn't find him. I was about to leave when I could smell cigarette smoke, I asked him for his hand, I smelled them and sure enough he smelled like cigarettes. I called out to his friend and told him to come over here and I smelled his hands too. I told him he better get to his house because that is where I'm headed. When I got there we all talked and came up with grounding them for a week. Lyndall gets to do extra chores and the only thing he is aloud to do is read. Come to find out his friend stole the cigarettes from his parents and they were also lighting things on fire. I certainly hope that this will never happen again.

The sad thing is Steve and I had quit smoking in hopes that the kids would never smoke. So much for that.

First Day Of School 2009

I didn't cry and my mom kept me busy by shopping while Sable went to her very first day of school ever. Ruanne, my mother in law, and my mom came with me today to take Sable to her first day of school. Steve had to work so I sent him a picture. She went in the school like a real trooper, just just like her brother did when he started kindergarten. She came out as happy as could be. She tells me she loves school. After school her and Lyndall sat down together to do home work. She was very happy to have a conversation with him about school. She told him what she did and that she is going to music class tomorrow and can't wait. It was almost like she was trying to sound grown up talking to him. Lyndall told her about his great first day too. I must say kids do grow up way too fast, but I will continue to enjoy these moments as much as I can.