The kids are home. Again. In New Jersey, the teachers have off for the union's annual conference, which few actually attend. I'm using the two days to catch up on mountains of laundry, sort out old toys, put away Halloween crap, dump the candy, and drag the kids around to various errands. We've already done a trip to the Orthodontist who is trying to close the gap between Jonah's front teeth. Jonah proudly told the assistant that he can put a straw between his teeth and drink his milk without opening his mouth.
What's not going to happen today? Video games. Because they've already lost computers privileges for wrestling with each other and not listening when I told them to knock it off. Jonah returned from a three day field trip to the woods. Every school in New Jersey has to do this damn field trip now. They walk across a rope ladder and learn about cooperation and team work. They also get really hyper and often come home with bedbugs. Another goal for the trip is to have the kids make new friends. Jonah spent the whole trip with the insane kid who sticks French fries up his nose. So, he's out of his mind right now and needs to calm down. No video games.
But no video games means no time on the computer for me. I'll try to get back here later the afternoon, but you all are on your own until then.
The school trip thing is very odd. Growing up in the west I'd never heard of such a thing and was surprised to find out it's pretty common in the East, even in NY City schools. It seems a weird waste of resources to me, but maybe it just seems like that because I used to go to the mountains/country with family or boy scouts or whatever all the time anyway.
Posted by: Matt | November 05, 2009 at 11:21 AM
I woke up this morning to find E in his bedroom with the laptop. My husband, who had been the primary opponent of computers in the bedrooms, didn't understand why I was upset. The kid was playing Lego City online flash games before 8 am. Not cool.
Next week we have Veterans Day (Wednesday) off. I am giving 3 exams that day, so the husband will have to stay home. Then on the 17th and 18th, we have half days for parent-teacher conferences, which seem to be scheduled to last for approximately 4 minutes and 35 seconds, which makes no sense to me. I can handle the 18th, but the 17th is giving me fits because I have a bunch of meetings scheduled. *sigh*
Posted by: Wendy | November 05, 2009 at 11:33 AM
You think Corzine coulda made it if he had promised parents an end to this???
Posted by: dave.s. | November 05, 2009 at 12:53 PM
"The kid was playing Lego City online flash games before 8 am. Not cool."
I blame daylight savings--my kids have been waking up in the morning like roosters.
Posted by: Amy P | November 05, 2009 at 01:34 PM