Thankfulness's

As I stated on my Face Book today, I am thankful for school. I get to send my kids there all day and they get smarter while I have a lot of freedom. I have been waiting for this all of my life. I love my kids sooo much, but I love them even more when I get a little "mommy time".

Today they are home from school. The only thing that is keeping me sane so far is the fact that I bought a Dyson vacuum last night and they are very fascinated by it for some reason. It's like a visitor from another planet. They keep hovering around it and pushing buttons to see what happens. I am going to use this to my advantage and bribe them to clean and let them try out the new contraption. Oh the mom tricks I can pull out of my sleeves! I am a genius!

This year is flying by so fast. I want to freeze time. But only if is during the school year in the Fall, not summer when my kids are home fighting all day. They are at such fun ages right now. I told them both a couple of weeks ago that I am their best friend and they have to tell their best friend who they have crushes on. It didn't work! I then tried to bribe them with $5.00 if they told me, and that didn't work either. I am doing something wrong. I will have to come up with a sneakier plan! I need to know these things dang it!

"Social Studies" vs. Science

Hellllllooooo! I have to share a funny story about my little Taylor Jo. I went to parent teacher conferences this week, and my kids are usually straight A students. This is very odd to me because I think I was a straight C student. I remember getting a few A's here and there. I think I was more interested in the "social" part of school than the learning part...big surprise huh? Well, Taylor has inherited my "gift of gab" as James calls it. She is a social butterfly...but she is also smart. I love that my kids have the drive to be good in school. Maybe it's because I tell them that they will have to get a $2.00/hr. job compared to a $50.00/hr job if they don't get good grades. They are very motivated by money, is that bad?

Well, I got to Taylor's teacher and she showed me her report card and it had a D- on it!!!! I almost passed out! Her teacher told me that it wasn't a big deal, and it was only because she didn't hand in a few assignments (did I mention that Taylor also inherited my airheadedness?). Being the resourceful mother I am, I decided to use this as a teaching moment. I got home and I gave them their report cards, Christian was all A's, and Taylor went down the list of all A's until she got the D- in Science. She freaked out and said "I got a D- and it wasn't even in talking, it was in Science!". I was cracking up because she expected to get a bad grade for talking, but never for school work.

I acted really serious and told her why. She said that she would never forget to turn her homework again and she was so sad/mad. It worked!!! I don't think I can do anything about the talking, but I can do something about their grades.

Then I thought to myself, I might of got bad grades in Science, but I got good at socializing. I am satisfied with that because I have to use my socializing abilities EVERY day. It is a good skill to have because we all know how awkward it is to try to talk to somebody with no social skills.

So..GO SOCIALIZE!!!