Last day of school for the girls

So today was the last day of school for the princesses. I think with the end of things, comes a little anxiety. The routine changes, things are not going to be the same for the next few days and then we begin again. Kids really do WANT routine and when it's not provided, they get lost. I am finding that to be SO true. I am done Friday at 11:30, we have a week off and then the girls start summer school, so there will be routine again for a while. THis is good!

I have to share a funny from tonight! As usual, I leave before the kids go to school. I'm not always around for the final packing of the lunches, backpacks, etc. So tonight we are all sitting saying our prayers and Miss B. shouts out that Kidist forgot her lunch today, not her whole lunch, but her sandwich. She remembered to pack her fruit snacks, fruit, water, crunchy food, but left her sandwich in the frig! I don't know why, but I found that hilarious. Kidist didn't. So fast forward, we are saying the Lord's Prayer as usual, and we come to "Lord, give us our daily bread" and I can't stop laughing. I just had this funny vision of Kidist opening her lunch and realizing she forgot her sandwich, or daily bread. And to top it off, it was her last day of school. She's been doing this for 179 days, today would have been 180, but she forgot!! So of course, I start laughing, Bayat begins to laugh and then Bond too! Geez. . . . it caught my funny bone for just a brief moment. So after some laughter and some drama, Kidist got to finish her prayers and all went nighty night!

Remember children, to pack your daily bread that the Lord giveth!

tonight's post

is pretty boring. . . i actually just came down from upstairs to make a post because i almost forgot! ugh. . . so brief and short. . .come on, it's the last few days before summer break and there is still too much to do! the girls are a little sad about school ending, but then a week later, yes, only one week later, summer school starts. so they are excited about this. miss b is taking a class for reading and writing. she was able to take this course because her teacher wrote a special letter stating that she is smart enough to take it, and miss k is taking some reading and writing classes and an art class. then after the morning they will both be in swim at the high school for about 45 minutes. it'll make for a nice morning of routines and then in the afternoon we can play. miss b is a little upset that she can't take an art class, but i've assured both of them that we will be doing some fun activities around our community. so this has alleviated some of miss b's concerns about not having any FUN! so this is my post for this evening. one more day for the girls, 2 1/2 days for mommy!

no access and blogger down

So I didn't post Saturday because we were out of town and I didn't have access to a computer. UGH!! And Sunday, well. . . . we got home about 7:30, put the girls to sleep and went for run! Drank lots of water and came down to post and BLOGGER DOWN! What is up with that!! Can't blog when BLOGGER is down. So here I am - a bad NaBloPoMo poster and so now what? I'm just going to have to start over? Heck no! I'm just going to keep posting each day for the rest of the month. To make up for missed posts, well. . . . . you'll have to keep posted. So for as lame as my post is for today, it'll have to do! I'm so tired I can hardly keep my eyes open. Until tomorrow and when I have more energy, good night! z... z... z...

TGIF

I'm posting now because I don't want to forget and we hae a very busy day! Work and school, and then drive 1 1/2 hours to drop doggie at grandma and grandpa's, eat dinner, drive home. Tomorrow we are going to the Wisconsin Dells. DH has a synod meeting Sat. and Sun. so the girls and I are going to play in the water park! Good times! I'll try and be a good mom and take pictures. New suits are already to go. Beach towels - check, swim caps - check, now mom has to get packed! I work hard on posting again later. But I didn't forget.

WOW third day in a row & Chaos!

I know there are writing prompts, but I'm going to write about chaos! As many know, I work in the public school system. This means that I have a definite end in sight before summer break! My end is June 11th at 11:30 am. Then I am DONE for the summer. But this usually entails much chaos the few weeks before the END! Many many things to finish before relaxing. So today, I've crossed some more STUFF off the list of "To Do's". I am a very happy little person!

Today Miss B made me smile by coming home and announcing that with her 'school money' she purchased a family movie from the school store. She's very good with sharing and thinking of other people! She is always on the look out for things for other people. At her last dentist appt. she chose a ring to give to her friend that weekend at her birthday party! Very generous little girl.

So the girls ask me if they can watch their family movie and I said yes. They've not watched a movie for quite some time it seems. So we put the movie in and then I begin to organize my chaos! In my basement I have this little stash room. In this little stash room, I keep all of our holiday stuff, and therapy toys, manipulatives, etc. My usual MO is to drop and grab throughout the year. So now I am paying in CHAOS! So tonight while my princesses were watching a movie, mommy cleaned chaos up! It looks soooooooooooooooooo cool!! Neat and organized and done before school is officially over! WOOHOO! I emptied bags, boxes and crates. I put art supplies in one bin, paper/pencil tasks in another, fidgets in another and then put tons of cardboard in the recyclables. It's such a great feeling to organize chaos and then step back and look at it! My goal for this next school year is to put back old and grab new. This will ultimately save me lots of time and icky chaos at the end of the school year! So now I am off to do a little homework and then go and look at my organized chaos again before bed!! Nighty night! Until tomorrow.

2nd Anniversary in America

So I'll admit I almost forgot to post. I'm busy working on homework discussion the factors that affect reliability and validity of educational assessments. UGH! And working on my second project for this class.

Ok, so I have a few minutes then bed time!! I'm tired.

Today was our 2nd Anniversary of being home with the girls! WOOHOO! I came home with a chocolate cake with chocolate frosting and the girls were REALLY excited!! About our celebration and about the cake! So we decided as a family that on Gotcha Day, which was May 25th, and celebrated last week at Buraka's in Madison, we would eat Ethiopian food and on our Anniversary of being in America we would eat American food! So we went to the Chinese buffet! Go figure! The girls chose and well. . . what's american food anyway! It was good, they were happy and everyone came home full, although saved room for chocolate cake with chocolate frosting!!

HAPPY 2nd ANNIVERSARY Miss K and Miss B! We love you very much and are honored to be your mom and dad!

p.s. I'll try to post pictures tomorrow as it is very late and I really need to go to bed!

National Blog Posting Month (NaBloPoMo)

So the theme for June is NOW!! I can't think of a better time than NOW to start posting again. I've been delinquent on posting. This will give me a little challenge to get into the habit again. So it's NOW or never!! June 1st. . . post a day, everyday, including weekends, for one month!! There are different writing prompts for each day too!! This would be in case I get bored! Ha! Me? Never!

So here is my first post for the first day of June! Nothing to fancy! Let's see 30 days to go!