Well, I just got back on Sunday from a wonderful trip to Atlanta. And, I made it back in one piece! Woo-hoo!
A very dear friend from my bible study group just moved there and was celebrating a very important birthday number (I won't say which one). So, her husband decided to surprise her and flew our bible study group, a couple of friends and her aunt and uncle out to see her. It was quite a trip. She had no idea we were all coming! It was an awesome weekend. He had us all picked up from the airport in a Hummer limo and it then took us to her house which was about 30 - 40 minutes away from the airport. Meanwhile, she was away at a football game for her son. We spent some time at her house until the football game was done and then, when the "coded call" came, we hid in the hearth room and waited for her to walk in. Needless to say, she was absolutely shocked to see 12 people from Kansas sitting and standing in her hearth room. It was a GREAT weekend! The 2 days we were there went very fast, but it was fun getting to see her again. Almost surreal.
Then, I come back to reality and send my kiddos to school on Monday. Just back into our normal routine, right? Well, sort of. I was out running all day - doctor appt, lunch with hubby, picking up some things for church, etc. and so I never made it back home after my doctor's appt. Then, I went to pick up my kids from school. As they are crossing the street to meet me, my daughter tells me that she had a red day. They use a color-card system for behavior. What!?! Usually the teacher calls you when the card goes to red. This is obviously the worst card you can get. When I asked her what happened, she said she couldn't remember. So, we marched right back across the street to chat with her teacher about what happened. She had tried to call me at home, but not my cell. No biggie about the call, but I couldn't believe that Bekkah got a red card and that she got it so soon after the first day of school. I found out that she had kicked and thrown sand at a little boy at recess time. I was NOT A HAPPY MOMMA!
I don't think that she will be treating her classmates that way again. We had a very long discussion about how we should treat our friends and I even pulled out some bible verses to share with her about how Jesus says we should treat others. At that point, I had flashbacks to discussions with my parents. Whoa! When did I become them? Oh, well. I guess I was trained that way for a reason, right? She is grounded from tv (at 4!) and had to write apology letters to the boy and the teacher (she wouldn't talk to the teacher when she got in trouble). I think that her most devastating point was this - I told here that if anything happened like this again this week, she was not going to have a birthday party with anyone! Wow! You would have thought that I had shot her and left her for dead. Needless to say, we had a green day yesterday. Welcome to my crazy life!
I hope that you all have a great week! I will hopefully post again soon!
A very dear friend from my bible study group just moved there and was celebrating a very important birthday number (I won't say which one). So, her husband decided to surprise her and flew our bible study group, a couple of friends and her aunt and uncle out to see her. It was quite a trip. She had no idea we were all coming! It was an awesome weekend. He had us all picked up from the airport in a Hummer limo and it then took us to her house which was about 30 - 40 minutes away from the airport. Meanwhile, she was away at a football game for her son. We spent some time at her house until the football game was done and then, when the "coded call" came, we hid in the hearth room and waited for her to walk in. Needless to say, she was absolutely shocked to see 12 people from Kansas sitting and standing in her hearth room. It was a GREAT weekend! The 2 days we were there went very fast, but it was fun getting to see her again. Almost surreal.
Then, I come back to reality and send my kiddos to school on Monday. Just back into our normal routine, right? Well, sort of. I was out running all day - doctor appt, lunch with hubby, picking up some things for church, etc. and so I never made it back home after my doctor's appt. Then, I went to pick up my kids from school. As they are crossing the street to meet me, my daughter tells me that she had a red day. They use a color-card system for behavior. What!?! Usually the teacher calls you when the card goes to red. This is obviously the worst card you can get. When I asked her what happened, she said she couldn't remember. So, we marched right back across the street to chat with her teacher about what happened. She had tried to call me at home, but not my cell. No biggie about the call, but I couldn't believe that Bekkah got a red card and that she got it so soon after the first day of school. I found out that she had kicked and thrown sand at a little boy at recess time. I was NOT A HAPPY MOMMA!
I don't think that she will be treating her classmates that way again. We had a very long discussion about how we should treat our friends and I even pulled out some bible verses to share with her about how Jesus says we should treat others. At that point, I had flashbacks to discussions with my parents. Whoa! When did I become them? Oh, well. I guess I was trained that way for a reason, right? She is grounded from tv (at 4!) and had to write apology letters to the boy and the teacher (she wouldn't talk to the teacher when she got in trouble). I think that her most devastating point was this - I told here that if anything happened like this again this week, she was not going to have a birthday party with anyone! Wow! You would have thought that I had shot her and left her for dead. Needless to say, we had a green day yesterday. Welcome to my crazy life!
I hope that you all have a great week! I will hopefully post again soon!
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I know you can accomplish whatever you want - just keep at it!
Love Ya - Mom
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