Thoughts

I'm thinking about how to balance Baby C's summer, part of me wants her to just bask in the summer sun and the other part is scared her brain cells will wither and die.

I want a healthy balance of sun and educational stimuli, I'm going to find websites to support some of the tests she'll have in 2nd Grade just to get her familiar with the question formatting and not the actual right answers.

I still hate my job and I've come to realize that while the actual company is a very nice place to work and while my co workers are young but nice the fault actually lies with me and my resentment to actual have to work when I'd rather spend the summer with Baby C trapsing the city visiting museums.

Baby C is on punishment with no tv for an entire month. She came home on red (does every elementary school do the traffic light system?) for passing a mean note in school. She said she wrote the note to a girl who is mean to her in school and that the note stated "Me, Friend A, Friend B and Friend C do not like you Classmate A because you are mean!".

Baby C's mean note wayed heavy on my mind all night as I prepared dinner, which by the way was Strawberry BBQ Chicken Club Sandwich with Bacon, Avocado and Goat Cheese and Cashew Chicken Mango Salad.

Picture Courtesy of Closet Cooking

Courtesy of Iowa Girl Eats

Baby C reminds me of that sour patch commercial, "sweet one minute and sour the next", it's so disheartening it really is. I felt bad for the classmate A even if Baby C has come home on numerous occasions complaining that the girl is mean to her.

I felt bad because I wish Baby C would understand that "Killing with Kindness" is such a better approach than giving "Meanness back to Meanness".

This morning as she left I asked her once again to think before she acts "Ask herself if the action she is about to commit to is something she'd like done to herself. If she wouldn't mind it being done to her then go ahead and do it, if she wouldn't like it done to her then stop and don't do it."

That unfortunately wasn't the end of my night, I then found out that she cut a chunk of her hair out as well. It was all braided and one of the braids came undone (lie right there her braids don't unravel by themselves) and it was sticking up so she decided to just cut it off! Ughhh if I had a red light system at home she'd have 2 red lights last night I swear!

AND THEN of course she gives me that end of year mini report card that tracks her comprehension, vacobulary, phonics, study skills and something else I don't recall and of course she got the highest grade in EVERY SINGLE area. Not even one point below perfect! Ughhhhhh usually a parent can use a bad report card as appropriate rhetoric as to why she needs to spend less time being mean and cutting hair and more time on her grades!!! 

My to do list as usual is out of control...

1. 4 graduation gifts
2. 3 teachers gifts
3. find online Iowa testing sites
4. do a vinegar cycle on the washing machine and dishwasher
5. call the bank to find out where that $90 random deposit came from
6. go over my credit report print out
7. switch over Baby C's closet before she dies wearing a turtle neck to summer camp next week
8. buy the neighbor a new baby gift
9. write a reference letter for a friend
10. I need to get the Girl Scout store and get a "Memorial Day Parade" patch for Baby C for marching in the parade with her classmates and also representing Girl Scouts by wearing her vest!

Tonight's Big C's night to cook, I'll make sure to skip breakfast and lunch in preparation for his dinner....his dinners are usually good, out of a Trader Joe's packet, high in fat and cholesterol and always lacking vegetables. But hey at least he cooked right?

Oh I nearly forgot my old waffle maker broke about a year ago now...so I broke down and bought a KitchenAid Waffle Maker like this one --->

I'm hoping to make a some what healthier version of "Cake Mix Waffles"

I'd like to add pictures to this blog post so I'm not sure if all the references to "tonight", "tomorrow" and "last night" will really apply but hey who's watching! :)