So I broke down and bought Twilight in paperback on Saturday.
And New Moon Sunday.
Now I am jonesing, but I swear I won't buy Eclipse until Friday so I'm not tempted to skip work to finish. Or completely ignore the children. For the love of god, they need a bath.
So yeah, I'm hooked.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Thursday, March 26, 2009
More on Kitten
So, I kinda glossed over the Kitten thing. Part of the reason I don't really like to talk about it is the abject fear.
Apparently, when our generation went to school, if you failed your kindergarten screening they just held you back a year. I have heard this comment from a couple of people, you know, trying to be helpful. "Oh it's no big deal, that happened to my kid and I just held him/her back a year."
This strikes terror in my heart. Not that I am opposed to doing it on principle, but I happen to have another kid coming up behind this one in the very next grade and holding my first one back would either mean my kids are in the same grade but are 15 months apart (potentially embarrassing for the older one) or that I have to hold the other one back a year too. I think the other one will be more than ready when it's time and it's more than a little selfish that I want to get them both in school sooner rather than later so I can stop spending the money on daycare.
It doesn't seem like holding kids back is really what they do anymore, though (it sounds like they just used to hold them back and cross their fingers that it was enough for kids to be "ready"). All of the appointments are more geared toward finding out where, if any, the deficiencies are and determining if there are any learning disabilities or special ed needs so they can take care of those as soon as possible. They want to get kids on a plan to catch them up as quickly as possible, which is why they screen kids so early now.
It also seems like Kitten is doing just fine. There may be a few deficiencies, but I don't think anything is really too far outside of scope. Even the daycare lady today said she thought Kitten was doing just fine with the teacher today at their session and that she would pass for sure (she was one who held a kid back).
So I'm much less scared of the process now than I was (I was even tearing up on Monday when I was being interviewed). I think we're doing okay and hopefully we will come out of it with some things to work on and we've already started on some of their requests.
Apparently, when our generation went to school, if you failed your kindergarten screening they just held you back a year. I have heard this comment from a couple of people, you know, trying to be helpful. "Oh it's no big deal, that happened to my kid and I just held him/her back a year."
This strikes terror in my heart. Not that I am opposed to doing it on principle, but I happen to have another kid coming up behind this one in the very next grade and holding my first one back would either mean my kids are in the same grade but are 15 months apart (potentially embarrassing for the older one) or that I have to hold the other one back a year too. I think the other one will be more than ready when it's time and it's more than a little selfish that I want to get them both in school sooner rather than later so I can stop spending the money on daycare.
It doesn't seem like holding kids back is really what they do anymore, though (it sounds like they just used to hold them back and cross their fingers that it was enough for kids to be "ready"). All of the appointments are more geared toward finding out where, if any, the deficiencies are and determining if there are any learning disabilities or special ed needs so they can take care of those as soon as possible. They want to get kids on a plan to catch them up as quickly as possible, which is why they screen kids so early now.
It also seems like Kitten is doing just fine. There may be a few deficiencies, but I don't think anything is really too far outside of scope. Even the daycare lady today said she thought Kitten was doing just fine with the teacher today at their session and that she would pass for sure (she was one who held a kid back).
So I'm much less scared of the process now than I was (I was even tearing up on Monday when I was being interviewed). I think we're doing okay and hopefully we will come out of it with some things to work on and we've already started on some of their requests.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
News around el Casa del Pants
We have had far fewer colds around here this year, but the stomach bugs seem to have hit us much harder. We are in our third one this year. Kitten threw up this weekend in the middle of the night and we just talked her back into her bed tonight. She has been sleeping on the floor because she was afraid her bed was going to make her throw up again.
Back in January, Kitten failed her kindergarten screening. I was heartbroken and embarrassed and angry and never mentioned it. Well, Kitten had her first appointment Monday for her special education referral. They will come to daycare tomorrow to watch her play with the kids and talk to her a little bit more and Pants will take her in on Friday for what I think is her last appointment. But the paperwork I have had to fill out, I tell you, nothing can make you feel so horrible as these questionnaires. Part of it is because the questions are meant for kids all the way up to 5, but you don't know that when you're filling in the ovals. Some of it is because there are a few things you don't ask your kids to do in front of you, like hop on one leg at least twice. I don't know if she can do that! The rest is the realization of where we should be at with some things are aren't because we don't make Kitten do them. Apparently she should be completely dressing and undressing herself by now. I tend to just do it for her because it's faster in the morning. So yeah, we have some work to do.
They gave me a good tip though. Put a black dot on the inside heel of each shoe so they can get them on the right feet by themselves. They really want them to be able to get dressed completely independently. It works, though.
I've been in a cooking frenzy this week: pot roast, chicken alfredo (cheated from a box), chicken and corn stew, barbecue beef in the slow cooker. Mmmmm.
Back in January, Kitten failed her kindergarten screening. I was heartbroken and embarrassed and angry and never mentioned it. Well, Kitten had her first appointment Monday for her special education referral. They will come to daycare tomorrow to watch her play with the kids and talk to her a little bit more and Pants will take her in on Friday for what I think is her last appointment. But the paperwork I have had to fill out, I tell you, nothing can make you feel so horrible as these questionnaires. Part of it is because the questions are meant for kids all the way up to 5, but you don't know that when you're filling in the ovals. Some of it is because there are a few things you don't ask your kids to do in front of you, like hop on one leg at least twice. I don't know if she can do that! The rest is the realization of where we should be at with some things are aren't because we don't make Kitten do them. Apparently she should be completely dressing and undressing herself by now. I tend to just do it for her because it's faster in the morning. So yeah, we have some work to do.
They gave me a good tip though. Put a black dot on the inside heel of each shoe so they can get them on the right feet by themselves. They really want them to be able to get dressed completely independently. It works, though.
I've been in a cooking frenzy this week: pot roast, chicken alfredo (cheated from a box), chicken and corn stew, barbecue beef in the slow cooker. Mmmmm.
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