I wish I had something exciting to write about. I wish I had a funny story to tell. I don't. Tonight was fun, we went to the library for some books, and to the taco bell for dinner. Maggie met a new friend at the library. They talked like they have been friends for years. Avid readers unite! The girls went back and forth suggesting books they had read. They ended up exchanging addresses so they could be pen pals and maybe make some library dates. Where it goes from here nobody knows.
The boys are more anti social. Oh well. I didn't get the chance to get any books since I was trying to keep people together...and keep an eye on everyone. Not that the library is a scary place or anything...I just like keeping track of my kids.
Parent/teacher conferences are coming up soon. I love going to Maggie's...straight A's! I however get scared going to Curt's...I just never know...
The primary program is next Sunday. I am a bit nervous about the whole thing. I think it will be fine. The kids are great and they have no fear about singing or speaking. I love that about our church...everyone is so used to being in front of a large group.
For some reason there is no school on Friday. I haven't figured that one out yet.
The older boys came home and said they watched some news show that they have on at school for school kids and they were talking about Christopher Columbus as being a terrible person because he brought plagues and slavery to America...uh ok...revising history is one of my biggest pet peeves, even if it is truth...that doesn't negate everything else he has done. It makes me really hate public school.
What else? Hmmm. Let's see...we picked squash today to put away for winter. We saw a bunch of moles living in the garden. We need to put the garden to bed so to speak before it gets cold outside. Steve saw a wooly bear with a big brown stripe in the middle...read on someones blog what that meant...I can't remember...now I have to go looking for that post.
Some wishes expressed at dinner...I wish we could go to Disney World. I wish we could go to Cedar Point. I wish we could go to Antartica. I wish you named me Mark.
hahahahaha! This was super cute and funny. A couple things I liked:
ReplyDelete1. New reading buddy. How FUN is that?? And pen-pals too?? lucky.
2. Primary Programs are the best. Those kids crack me up.
3. Totally agree on the history thing. It's the same with the founding fathers; I hate it when people say things like they were womanizers and slave owners. That really bugs me.
4. Dinner wishes=hilarious.
Love your posts, Julie. They are so real!
ReplyDeletelove the wishes..although I wish all of those things as well..except maybe Mark. :)
ReplyDeleteCute post Julie!
ReplyDeleteIt's real life.....and all of the quirks that go with it. The kids here were not off for Columbus day, but they will be off on Thur. and Fri. go figure.
I have to agree with the historical mucky mess too! I hate that!! I really think that if I still had kids that were school age... we would be home-schooling them.
Hope you have a great day and great extended weekend.
I totally agree about Columbus. While I'm all for giving a fair and accurate history (a lot of our history IS whitewashed), my pet peeve is when we apply our current standards and understandings to people in the past or even from a different place. People of different times and different cultures did/do not see things the way we see them and we shouldn't unfairly judge them. Was Columbus perfect? Hardly, but I have a hard time believing he arrived with the purpose of obliterating a nation. Most of his actions were simply the result of the time and place he lived in, not because he was some horrible butcher.
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