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Preschool Graduation

June 25, 2010

Angry Kid graduated from preschool yesterday. He has been at this particular preschool for three years. We have had our ups and downs with the school. I think everything finally got situated when he turned four and went into the pre-K class. I took clothes for him to wear after his ceremony. But, I wanted to take a photo of him on the last day of preschool for memento (blog) reasons, of course. He said, “No photos mama”. I responded with, “Oh, I’m taking a photo for daddy, to show him your cool shirt.” He responded with, “I wore this shirt to bed last night. Daddy saw me wearing it ALREADY”. I got my photo anyway, and people wonder why I called him Angry Kid?

At the end of the day, we ended his preschool graduation in the Chapel at his school. We were treated with a slide show of photos. That is when I lost it. It has been an extremely long week of drama. I will try and touch upon that sometime in the near future. I started bawling. Angry Husband leaned over and asked, “what is up with the blubbering?” I told him to shut it.

After the slide show show, the kids marched in and sat down. They then sang some songs for us, and got their diplomas. It was too sweet. Then they all shuffled out. Like that, it was over.

We have so many changes ahead of us…new school, new teachers, new childcare, new work schedule..it’s going to be quite the summer.

On our way home from graduation, I had the following conversation with Angry Kid:

ME: Are you excited to go to a new school soon? You will be in Kindergarten.

ANGRY KID: I’m not going to that school just yet.

ME: Where are you going?

ANGRY KID: Safari School

ME: huh?

ANGRY KID: I’m going on an adventure in the jungle, on a safari.

I think someone has played way too many Indiana Jones video games lately. Angry Kid is now a preschool graduate. Many of his friends will start leaving the school this week. He is going to stay in their camp most likely for the month of July, and then he is going to go to another camp (I think). I don’t think he has a clue, that he may never see some of these kids again. On the other hand, I’m kinda happy to not see some of these kids…

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Check Their Pockets

September 10, 2009

Parenting

I do all the laundry in my house. I have laundry OCD. Well really, I have a whole system for it. I separate clothing by color, and then the towels also get their own cycle. I also use the cold water soap. When Angry Husband does laundry, he shoves the entire washer full. Well we all know what happens. It doesn’t cycle properly and the stains stay.

While prepping for laundry procedures, I check pockets. I washed Angry Husband’s iPod a few months ago because I got careless and didn’t check.

When going through pockets I’ve found cash, pens, Lego figures, home theater parts, wire, tools, notecards, chapstick…ok maybe some of those things were left by me. But you get my point.

After I picked up Angry Toddler from school, he was digging in his pocket. He wanted to show me something. He pulled out a very small tomato, some green beans, and some snap peas. They have a garden at school. Angry Toddler likes to point out what they are growing. I would have never thought to check his pockets for vegetables.

So be sure and check the pockets before doing laundry. You might just find the ingredients for a salad.

What strange things have you found in your laundry bin? Or family member’s pockets?

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Easter Time!

April 12, 2009

Holidays, Parenting

I’m going to enjoy this day off today with my family. I’ve worked (2) 16 hour days at work in the last 48 or so hours. My co-worker is on vacation so I signed up for the overtime. I am stimulating our bank account.

I pre-brought almost all of Angry Toddler’s Easter goodies on Amazon.com. We got him Mario Kart for the Wii, a Power Rangers DVD, (2) coloring books, and some candy. I didn’t get him too much candy, but Angry Husband thought it was a lot. But my most favorite purchase was the two pairs of Birki’s I got. I got the fish and camouflage ones. My friend, Londie, recommended them to me. She said that her daughter, Lauren, loves these. I got them $14.89, regular price $48.95. Angry Toddler won’t take them off.

At the beginning of the week, actually Tuesday, they had an Easter Event at Angry Toddler’s preschool. The got to hunt for numbered eggs, paint rabbits, and dye eggs. He even had some cute paper bunny ears on. Angry Husband and I both went to the event.

Later today, we are going to do a small Easter egg hunt in our front yard. Then we are going to my cousin’s house in San Clemente. We usually go to LA County for Easter, so staying in Orange County will be nice. Hopefully Easter will be good this year and Angry Toddler won’t get sick. Last year, Angry Toddler had a febrile seizure in the car on the way to my aunt’s house.

I’m still trying to figure out what to wear. Stay tuned! I’m trying to decide on a dress or some casual denim capris.

Happy Easter everyone and I hope you have a great day!

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