Tuesday August 25

I've decided that 3rd grade must be the year that kids get mean :(

Okay, maybe not mean.

But when I walked with the kids around before school today, Elsie said HI to so many friends.

Lots of them smiled and said Hi back......but some of them......some of them ignored her.

And I am no dummy, they deliberately did :(

Broke my heart.

Although she kept smiling, I could tell that she could tell something was different.

I love my Elsie bug and I want to protect her from the world.

I don't want anyone to ever be mean to her!

Anyway......

Port went to recess and when the bell rang, he ran to class and saw us, and for a split second panicked.....and wanted to go home with me.

But he got through it quick and was off to class.

I walked Elsie to her class.

Apparently they do not have aides in the morning.

When Elsie needs someone the most.....

DARN-IT!!!!!

She wouldn't let me leave.

I stuck around for a little bit.

Talked with Mr. Barerra.

He had questions about the morning seat work that they do.

It is something she is ABLE to do.....but again, unwilling to do it herself with our an aide.

So I talked with him about maybe me coming in the mornings and helping with stuff in the classroom until the aide comes after 1st recess.

We will give that a try to get her used to the school routine and then hopefully wean off that a bit.

I want her to do things on her own....I would love for her to go without aides......maybe this is a good thing.

Not good for me to be there....cause then she relies on me....but we have to start somewhere.

Once I got home, I ran and did a few errands and dad did some bills and stuff.

I got a lot of dishes done today...they have kind of been piling up since we started the floors....

We have been using mostly disposable things, but some stuff just went in the sink.

And not wanting to get water stains on the floor, they stayed there for a while :(

So that got all cleaned up.

Yay!

Then I went for a run while Dad got started on the floor boards.

We have a little bit left without having to go buy more, so we thought e would see how far it took us.

He got the entry done and it looks SO GOOD!!!!!

I am so happy about it all!

The rest of the day played out as usual.....everyone got home.....

Had dinner.....cleaned up.

Then we made sure homework got done and then headed to Bubbles house.She had mentioned something about getting her weeds sprayed, but Eldon has been gone working a lot (he goes out of town for 8-14 days at a time).

So we went down to take care of that and weed her garden a bit.

We didn't expect her to be there, she was going to dinner with a friend.

But she had just gotten home.

The Edwards saw us walking over and came over too.

It was a fun night chatting and weeding and then Bubble gave us some ice cream.

We got home and to bed too late.....but that's okay.

It was worth it :)

Except Elsie bug got stung by a wasp!

Dang!

But we love our Mary Lane family!