Ooops

Well, I made it 4 whole days. Oh well. I suppose there are worse things I could have not kept up on; like feeding the children for example, in which case I did okay, really! Anyways, I'm not letting my lapse defeat me, I'll just continue on. I'll admit, the whole getting back to reality yesterday really threw me for a loop. Ian is having a hard time getting back into the swing of getting up for school, which is due mostly to his difficulty falling asleep at an appropriate hour. It's not like we've been letting him stay up late all vacation; maybe a day here or there for a holiday party, or a Christmas special, but mostly we've kept up on the bedtime schedule. He's just having a hard time settling down at night; still laying wide awake at 9:00 sometimes 10:00. Then there's the whole wee hours waking to climb into bed with mum and dad that he still does nearly every night. All of which equals a tired, crabby Ian in the morning. I'm sure we'll get back in the swing of things eventually, I hope so anyways! I'll close with some first grade drama. When Ian got off the bus yesterday, he told me there were three things he was mad about. Before he could tell me, my neighbor came over to talk to Ian (she realized that he had noticed our other neighbors boys were coming to her house until their mother got home from a doctor's appointment) and told him that it wasn't a play date, that they would only be there for a few minutes until Nancy got home. That if it was a play date, Ian would most definitely be invited! When she walked away, Ian said, "Okay, I only have two things I'm mad about now!". He then went on to inform me that there was a new student in his class. He said that he (Ian) used to be the smartest fastest kid in his class, but this new girl was taking his place. He was pretty grumpy that she was able to finish her math faster than him. The second thing was that there was an uneven number of boys and girls and that one of the tables had to have three girls and one boy, and that, you guessed it, he's the one boy at that all girl table (one of which is the new girl who is beating him out in math!). He told Greg the same thing at bedtime and Greg and I had a good giggle over it. Greg told him that Mrs. Dobson must have a lot of faith in him that he will be nice and respectful and help the new student settle in. Today he came home and informed me that he thinks the new girl (lets call her E), might just be one of his new best friends. All because they are both speedy at math...ahhhh young love!