So, I am typing this post just so I can put up the new pics of the front of our house. Yesterd
ay Ben and I put in a new flower bed and some brick stones for a walkway from the driveway to the deck steps. I think it looks pretty darn good if I do say so myself! Hope you enjoy the pictures!
I think it is hilarious when my students ask me if they can go to the "Lie Berry" for a book. I always say to them, "It isn't a 'lie berry'. It's not a fruit!" After having said this so many times, I was laughing with my lady friends that I eat with on Wednesday nights. They are also teachers and have said that they feel the same way about the word "lie berry". We got to joking and I said that next time I go to Sonic I am going to ask for a "lie berry" ocean water. I wonder if the people working will get it, or if they will even ask what a "lie berry" is...but, it is funny to me!
On another note.....Ben has been umpiring games out at the ballpark and makin
g some pretty good money. It is fun to watch him because he is very animated and very loud when he makes his calls. It is good, though because I am so tired of having umpires on the field who never make a sound when someone gets thrown out. I always wonder if the player is safe or out....with Ben making the calls, there is no wondering!
After months of having two loose teeth, Jacob finally lost them last night. It was not an easy feat, though. I had to hold him down while Windy pulled the first one, and then he worked on pulling the second one for a full 45 minutes before I said that was enough and just jerked it out. He looks totally different now and feels better too. The teeth were hurting him because the adult teeth behind them were already pushing through. He did say that he doesn't want to go back to school until the other teeth grow in, but I told him he can't miss that much school!!
So, my week has not been good....anybody figured that out yet??? What I didn't tell you when I chronicled last Friday-Tuesday was what was going on with Jacob Aaron. Last week I was in Vegas, and on Wednesday Ben had a flat tire on the way to pick the boys up from school. He was pretty late picking them up, but had called the school to let them know what was going on. Apparently during the time the boys were waiting Jacob decided to play on the computer that the school uses to "check-in" parents or tardy students. After he had been asked to stop, he continued and this resulted in a write-up and a trip to the principal's office~~which Ben and I only found out about because we received a copy of the write-up in the mail. Apparently the principal conferenced with Jacob and told him not to play with the computer anymore and to follow other teachers' directions. I was a bit upset that my 1st grader has already had his first trip to the principal's office, but was sure it wouldn't be the last. True to my expectations, he not only got written up again this week, but also got ISS (in school suspension). Wow! Add that to my already horrible and stressful week, and you have Caci--a basket case who can't stop crying and has a migraine that is making her nauseus! I am not a really fun person to be around this week. Jacob was playing on the playground and his story is that another boy was infiltrating their "club" and hurting other students, so Jacob felt the need to annihilate the boy. He put his hands on his shoulders (close to his neck, mind you) and began pushing him. The other boy bit Jacob on the finger. When sent to the principal's office, Jacob refused to show her what he did, so the other boy showed her that Jacob choked him so hard he couldn't breathe. Jacob denied doing that but still would not show her what actually did happen (typical Jacob) and earned ISS. The other boy, I hear, got to go back to class because he was "just defending himself". Ummm...since when is biting an appropriate form of defense? Don't we teach them from about 1 year on not to bite? And if it is a SCHOOL RULE that you have to keep your hands to yourself...the rule Jacob broke thus earning him ISS....wouldn't it also follow that you should keep your teeth to yourself? I'm not saying Jacob didn't deserve ISS, I am just wondering. If you remember last year, Jacob forged his dad's signature on a note sent home, this year we have two office referrals and ISS. What will the future bring???