I was having a very nice quiet day today. I got some crocheting done on a wrap, did some reading, playing with my iPod, and managed to organize papers from the first day of school. I got my kids’ class schedules down, along with teachers and such. My day was going good.

Got the husband up early so we could cuddle and chat, then off to work he went. One of the families in our stairwell is in the process of moving out, so we have had a moving truck out front and movers going up and down the stairs all day.

An average day.

I head over to get the kids.

Derric is the first one out. I get a quick run down on his morning from his aid and a thumbs up for the rest of the day from his teacher.

Xavier follows close behind, and I get that he had a good day. Good. He did have to write a note on why he wishes to do morning announcements. So I asked the question, Why does he? He honestly didn’t know! “But that is ok, he has all night to think of a reason…..” uhm…. why did you ask in the first place? Oh that is write, he wants to be popular so he thinks this will do it for him. Sorry Xavier, no, every 4th grader gets the chance, nothing makes it more popular. If I remember correctly, every 4th grader does it, want to or not….

With two in tow, I head to the middle school… all of 20 steps away lol (no, there are more, but not much)

Dokota is out first and we get a run by from Kauchana as she heads to a teacher for a sign off. Dokota is in a good mood. I figure good, an easy day! Get home, start supper simmering, and get homework done! Maybe even some outside play time….

Then Kauchana comes back out. She is pissed off and pissy. She forgot to get 2 teachers to sign her agenda, so now she has to be at school early. No big deal! But this girl has taken as a personal insult and crying up a storm. How dare the teachers call her on not doing what she is required to do…

The walk home turned into attitude city. I asked Xavier if he had thought of his reason yet, and was getting “because I want to” “it sounds like fun”. Dokota, being the “know it all” decides those are not good enough reasons and starts getting onto Xavier. So I get on to Dokota. Kauchana trails behind, still very much pissy.

Get in the house and Derric goes wild. Jumping here and there, running up and down the halls.

I work on Xavier’s folder, have him work on his assignment.

Dokota’s agenda was pretty easy. Went over his day and what he did in classes.

Kauchana’s turn turned into a nightmare. Now that Dokota had nothing to do, he decided to see how annoying he could be to Kauchana. Mimicing teachers, her, her actions, etc. I asked him to leave, he wouldn’t. Told him to walk Freya, again, he refused. I was very close to strangling the child by the time I finished with Kauchana.

Both Kauchana and Dokota refused to walk Freya after school, which they are supposed to do. So I had to because the poor dog was whining pretty bad.

It was attitude city in my house all afternoon. It got so bad, I couldn’t hear the husband when he called, so I had to close the door to my room just to hear, but even then I could hear it all still…

So I separated the kids. Each child to their room, Derric into my bed since he shares a room with Xavier, and everyone take a 30 minute quiet break. Derric crashed hard and the others came out with better attitudes. Supper was done and the nightly chores started. Down to the last couple of things. Showers and then bed!

Tomorrow is going to be an early and busy day.

I had a pretty good weekend. Kevin’s birthday was Sunday, so the kids and I went all out. We got baloons, streamer, Wolverine themed paper plates, made a cake, bought cards and a gift. I fixed dinner, and had a nice little time celebrating him. He enjoyed it. And yes, I have pictures!

Monday was a family day (they passed their inspection) so Kevin got a three day weekend. We spent it as a comfortable, lazy day. Kevin made a deal, kids clean up the kitchen and dinning room, they can play as many games, electronical or not, as they want. Monday night I worked on fine tuning the lesson plans for Tuesday.

Then we had today. I got up around 5:30, packed Kevin his lunch, and sent him on his way. By 6:30, I had the living room cleared, my Wii set up, and was working on the Gold’s Gym cardio. I also did a little of the WiiFit and called it quits around 7:30. I organized my answer book while waiting for a decent time to wake the kids, then got them up.

The morning started out ok. They had breakfast, brushed their teeth, and then time to start the few lessons.

And shit went down hill from there. Yhea I know, they don’t want to do work over the summer… no kid does, shit, I don’t want to either. But Kauchana REALLY needs the help in math and Language Arts, while Xavier needs work on reading and spelling… Since I knew it would cause a fight if Dokota didn’t have to do something, so I had him join in. Derric again, really needs work on fine motor. So I figured an hour a day of working on stuff, should be good, do it in the morning so afternoons are free…

Well, Kauchana pouted that shitty “Life is soo unfair” pout and pretty much refused to do anything without me doing every step for her. Xavier couldn’t do half his work because his glasses were broke, and Derric went along with them of not wanting to work with me… Dokota, the one who DIDN’T need help was the only one actually doing the work!! Until I got to spelling words for him, and then he started to act up…

So I went to fix Xavier’s glasses, the lense just popped out, should be an easy fix, between going step by step in math for Kauchana… Well, Xavier’s glasses were worse then I thought… You couldnt just pop the lense back in because he bent the frames all to hell again.. $300 this year on $50 glasses! I can’t afford him consently breaking them!!!

And the worst part? They were just fine the last day of school!!! He was wearing them while I was talking to his teacher. Somewhere between walking home and him emptying his bookbag, which is when he handed them to me, broke, they got all bent up… So since there was nothing in his bookbag, and they were in their hard shell case, I can only guess, how they got so bent up…

I am just done. Done. Done. Done.

And so… we have the teenage attitudes starting full swing around here.

The school year is just about done, only three more weeks…. scarry. Of course, there really wont be much of a summer vacation this year, with Kevin’s parents 99% sure they will be here, and his brother being here…. Plus Derric has Summer School this year.  Busy summer.

The end of the year stuff is starting to happen. The kids are spending more time out of the class on field trips then in the buildings. Field day for the elementary kids will be here, and IEP meetings to attend…. Xavier has 4th grade oriantation to attend, and yhea. Busy.

And all the while, I have three attitude kids at home, making me really hate being in the house 60% of the time…

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So it was my birthday yesterday… turned 27…. I feel older.

The day itself was spent kinda relaxed. Managed to even get a nap in before needing to pick the kids up from school. Played on Free Realms for a bit also, that is kinda fun. A nice break from both EverQuest2 and WoW. Very kidsy, which I was in the mood.

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