The first two weeks of school. In fact, today we headed to Dairy Queen to celebrate the success of all the kids. Ryland has (better sit down) straight a's, and Caden aced his spelling test. Rheanna, well... when she was born, I heaved a sigh of relief. Not just because my 2 week overdue baby decided to grace this world with her presence (several have suggested that she was hesitant to arrive knowing she wouldn't have any girl clothes to wear), but because all my friends daughters were mellow, sweet children, anxious to please, terrified of everything, and I imagined that my daughter would color, sculpt play dough, and keep a neat room. I couldn't have been more wrong. You would think that I would have learned my lesson as I sent her off to school to start kindergarten. Ahh, I breathe, a child that will take to school, get her work done, excel, and love it. Not so. In one day I received both a note from her teacher concerning her inability to stay on task, and Rheanna had a treat from the gym teacher because she'd done so well. What could I do? I laughed. For the record, I think keeping her in from recess isn't helping focus her. So, while my kids struggle with sit-down work, they are nice, get along well with children, and pass the tests. I have also since seen my Dear Husband's old report cards. How does one get an F- in music? For that matter, why would the teacher even put a minus on an F? Isn't an F bad enough?
Brian has also decided that we need to try every blizzard flavor at Dairy Queen. This should take quite a while since we hardly ever go. I would have been content to order the same thing for the rest of my life. So far we've split the snickers blizzard, and today the banana creme pie. Snickers is my favorite but the banana creme pie was surprisingly good with chunks of crunchy vanilla wafer. What flavor, happy readers, should we try next?
'til next post. ei
5 comments:
that is great news about Rylands school work, and Caden too! Rheanna will (probably) settle down and focus on her tasks before she gets into high school!
Next to try is Mud Pie. It is not on the menu anymore, but they should still know how to make it...vanilla ice cream, oreo cookies, fudge sauce, and coffee. YUM!
Iam sure Rehanna will settle down and focus. It is an adjustment for an active little girl. She is very bright. I can't say what you should try next at the Dairy Queen as I don't go there. Mom
My sugestion is the no fat lean non-processed fortified with vitamins and fiber blizzard. wait.... does that one exist? I always get snikers with banana mixed in but surprisingly the german chocolate one is good too
I laughed when I read about Brian's F-. Each of my 3 girls have been so different. The first one hated school and we had to try many different things to keep her going (including homeschooling, ugh!)... but she graduated! And now is going to Western as a junior! Each time we reach another milestone, I'm thankful. Just keep taking one day at a time.
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