“The mall!” I asked her what she missed while she was away at camp this week. The only thing she told me about camp was that the director read their e-mails out loud to everyone. I tried to remember what I wrote in those short little notes. I’m pretty sure the formula for each one […]
Me: “Amy, why is the desk in the middle of the room?” Amy: “What desk?” Me: “The only desk in this room.” Amy: “That desk?” Me: “Yes, the one in the middle of the room. Why is it there instead of against the wall.” Amy: “Blanket.” Me: “You had to move it to get your […]
“I’m a REAL tween now!” Happy 11th Birthday Noah!
“I just realized that this will be my very last summer vacation, ever.” After a comment like that, I feel like letting him wait until the end of summer to find a job.
“I lost behavior points today because I held out my arms and felt the rain on my face and skin instead of running inside when it started raining.” I am sooo looking forward to summer vacation.
Noah: “Can I take my skateboard to the mountains?” Me: “No.” Noah: “”My bow and arrow?” Me: “No.” Noah: “My model rocket?” Me: No. Noah: “My pocket bushcraft knife?” Me: “Yes.”
Mother sitting behind me: “We have to go the the Baccalaureate that day.” Teenage boy: “Why? We don’t have to go to it.” Mother sitting behind me: “Because we’re supposed to, that’s why.” Teenage boy: “We don’t go to church.” Mother sitting behind me: “We go at Christmas. Now, shut up.”
“Politics is stupid.”
Sarah: “We’re painting a diversity mural in the hallway. It will have a lot of handprints around it.” Amy: “They’ll be all different colors.” I think it’s time to make the message more mature now America.
Me: “What was the best part of your D.C. trip?” Sarah: “The mall! It had 4 floors and super fast escalators and I found a Naruto jacket on sale!” Me: “Anything else?” Sarah: “Ziggy!” Sarah took this picture on her DC trip.