The 3 worst things about parenting:
1. Sibling fights
2. Potty-training
3. When your 18 month old poops EVERY FREAKING TIME she gets in the tub, with her brother, necessitating a quick shower of both in a new poop-free area, the sanitizing of every single one of the gross bathtub toys and a detailed scrub of the disgusting leftover mess. All during the BUSIEST time of the day.
Yuck.
(When she was sweet and innocent in the bath.)
In need of a romantic simile?
From Jane:
"Mom, I love you like hot dogs. And you know how I feel about them!"
Our kids participated in our school’s Math Team this year.
None of us had any idea how much time it would be. They met twice a week, after school, and did 1-2 extra homework assignments that required roughly 2 hours each. And it was completely voluntary! We (the parents) felt like quitting a couple of times there, so we can’t imagine how the kids felt.
Emma’s Fifth Grade team competed a few weeks ago and did well (13th out of 49 schools), but the real payoff came last Friday night, when Gabe’s Fourth Grade team competed.
His team took FIRST PLACE! They are the Eastern Washington long-division-story-problem-negative-integer champs~
They were feeling pretty confident, but I was kind of poo-pooing it, assuming it was naiveté on Gabe’s part. But when 4 of his teammates were in the top 6 of the individual award portion, we started getting excited. Gabe’s team had won the team round in his room and so we knew they’d done well in that area, too. We were thrilled when they announced that our school was the winner. It was fun because cousin/best friend Mallory did it, too:
Here’s a short video of the announcement (see if you can spot 3 of 5 Romney kids):
Anyway, I realize this is a boring post to everyone else, but it must be noted for posterity: my kids took on a challenge, stuck with it and performed well. We are incredibly proud of both Emma and Gabe for doing something that was hard for them!
İnci Hanım a doğum gününde arkadaşları tarafından sipariş verilen doğum günü pastasıAnnoying stuff about today:
1. Wearing shorts for the first time and realizing I have Mom Legs (white, slightly thick, vein-y).
2. Having a playdate at my house where 2 of the boys kept leaving out the third.
3. Faith not being able to decide if she wants to be ON or OFF of the trampoline.
4. Leaving the last waffle cooking in the waffle maker for 30 minutes.
5. Leaving my free cookie coupon at home on my lunch date with Ryan.
6. Kids who think that getting the drink out of the cup with the straw requires tipping it upside down.
7. Seeing the first quote on the estimate of the car Ryan hit and thinking “oh, that’s not too bad” and then having the lady say, “No, there’s another page.”
8. Coming home from the gym at 6:30 a.m., noticing the TV paused on “Arthur” (we have a no TV on school days rule), and then watching the Dishonesty Theatrics from the Morning TV Watcher: (fake yawn) “Oh, hey…I just woke up. I’m tired today.”
Good stuff about today:
1. Noticing that I’m awesomer at “wall-sits” since I’ve started my marathon training, and, that despite the ZERO weight loss, my thighs look a teensy bit better than usual.
2. The first really warm day here in Spokane, and the park day with friends that happened because of it.
3. Lunch with Ryan. (We drove back home to get the cookie coupons. Of course.)
4. A nice yummy nap next to Seth.
5. A new fun book to read: The Prizewinner of Defiance, Ohio.
6. Our Friday jobs being done on Thursday, so everyone just gets to enjoy the beginning of the weekend.
7. A babysitter hired for Faith tonight so that we can enjoy Gabe’s Math Tournament and the dessert after, sans 18 month old.
8. Faith’s response when you ask her what a camel says. “thpbthbpth!”
Özlem hanım için hazırladığım kara kartal pastası ve beşiktaş taraftarı kurabiyeleri
