Let it snow...and other ramblings...
We had 5" of snow last Friday, and another five today. That's a lot for even Michigan in December! The kids think this is just terrific! Momma just wishes she had a self-cleaning driveway .
Life has been such a roller coaster since the kids started school. Both are doing well, but Jordan is having a terrible time letting me go to work after I drop them off at school in the morning. Class doesn't start until 8:15am, but since I have to be to work by 8, I can drop them off in the building and they sit in a nice warm, dry, carpeted hallway with other kids until 8 when they can go to class. This is apparently too much for him. He has been having grand mal hissies, screaming, clutching my leg, crying, the whole thing. I have to try to peel him off, but he just runs after me and gets louder. No amount of reassurance, bribery, or anything help in the slightest. And, once he has melted down, his teacher takes him to the classroom where he lays in the library corner in the fetal position for an hour before he can recover enough to join the class.
Please note this all sounds much worse than it is...he is not being abused in any way, but there are facts of life and one of them is that mom has to go to work. Period. He is being left in a quiet, warm, safe environment, with his older sister and kids he knows and likes, and a teacher or the principal is present. And its not that he doesn't like school! His teacher has been having me drop the kids off outside in the morning this week to see if that helps. She literally comes out and takes them out of the van. Jordan is delighted with this arrangement since he loves his teacher and really does want to go to class. Anyone have any suggestions? I can't ask his teacher to continue this much longer. She has morning prep to do in that 15 minutes, and I know that time is precious to her. If there is school tomorrow (and not a snow day), I'll talk to the teacher, special ed coordinator, and school social worker to see what we can do long term. Have I mentioned that this is a truly awesome school?
On a lighter note, Hannah has discovered puns. She popped off with a comment the other day while doing her homework, stopped (and you could see the lightbulb in her head come on!), and said "Momma, get it?" and laughed. Her comment was "There's no point to using a dull pencil." (and for those of you not getting it -- dull pencil...no point -- nevermind...).
Hold on a sec while I try to pry David off the couch to get ready for work. He is currently a coma...
Speaking of comas, I need to go become one very shortly. I promised myself more than 6 hours of sleep tonight and I have to get ready for morning (before I go to bed - why is that so warped?).
Solstice is coming in 6 days, am I ready? NO! Christmas is coming in 10 days, am I ready? NO! Boy am I in trouble...sigh...
Life has been such a roller coaster since the kids started school. Both are doing well, but Jordan is having a terrible time letting me go to work after I drop them off at school in the morning. Class doesn't start until 8:15am, but since I have to be to work by 8, I can drop them off in the building and they sit in a nice warm, dry, carpeted hallway with other kids until 8 when they can go to class. This is apparently too much for him. He has been having grand mal hissies, screaming, clutching my leg, crying, the whole thing. I have to try to peel him off, but he just runs after me and gets louder. No amount of reassurance, bribery, or anything help in the slightest. And, once he has melted down, his teacher takes him to the classroom where he lays in the library corner in the fetal position for an hour before he can recover enough to join the class.
Please note this all sounds much worse than it is...he is not being abused in any way, but there are facts of life and one of them is that mom has to go to work. Period. He is being left in a quiet, warm, safe environment, with his older sister and kids he knows and likes, and a teacher or the principal is present. And its not that he doesn't like school! His teacher has been having me drop the kids off outside in the morning this week to see if that helps. She literally comes out and takes them out of the van. Jordan is delighted with this arrangement since he loves his teacher and really does want to go to class.
On a lighter note, Hannah has discovered puns. She popped off with a comment the other day while doing her homework, stopped (and you could see the lightbulb in her head come on!), and said "Momma, get it?" and laughed. Her comment was "There's no point to using a dull pencil." (and for those of you not getting it -- dull pencil...no point -- nevermind...).
Hold on a sec while I try to pry David off the couch to get ready for work. He is currently a coma...
Speaking of comas, I need to go become one very shortly. I promised myself more than 6 hours of sleep tonight and I have to get ready for morning (before I go to bed - why is that so warped?).
Solstice is coming in 6 days, am I ready? NO! Christmas is coming in 10 days, am I ready? NO! Boy am I in trouble...sigh...
posted by JustMomma @ 12/15/2005 09:12:00 PM
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