In my last post, I forgot to thank my husband for all he’s been doing in this crazy busy house. I could have editted to add a thank you but he deserves his own post. It wasn’t too long ago that I would have passed up all these meetings because it wouldn’t have worked for us. But we have both said that if we don’t give this fight, everything we’ve got, then we’ve done a dissservice to our kids.
Thank You Jeff for picking up the slack.
It’s been a hectic week and a half and I really need a couple of days to catch up on life.
Last Monday I had a meeting for the Saint John Breastfeeding Alliance, yoga at suppertime and then a Home and School meeting.
Tuesday- playgroup at our Family resource Center and Citizen’s for Educational Choice What are we? From our website- http://www.educationnb.org
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Citizens for Educational Choice” or CEC is an umbrella group that supports fundamental choice in the province’s educational system and opposes the Liberal government’s intention to remove it.
Click here to get the CEC FactBook which lays out the major reasons why we oppose the Lamrock Plan. “ |
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My son also had beavers Tuesday night instead of Wed. and since we are a one vehicle family, conflicts in scheduling require some juggling. They were going on a field trip at a local park so that meant hubby had to take the girls as well. I also look after two little boys on Tuesdays so it was a very hectic day.
Thursday nights dh is out. Friday night and Saturday I went to the provincial Home and School AGM. I sat in on some amazing sessions about community schools,parenting the net generation and learning styles. The presenter for the learning styles session was great. He’s from PEI and here’s a link to the course he’s doing for the PEITF http://www.peitf.com/ideas.htm I’d love to go to a full course. The little bit that he presented to us on learning styles, was very insightful.
Oh and there was a special guest appearance at noon. Less-than -Honourable Mr Kelly Lamrock. 
I had a hard time eating with him in the room. It made me quite nauseous and I almost choked when he said that with his new plan, gifted students will have SEP’s. This infuriates me so much . Can you get more elite than that? The current wait for a psycho-educational evaluation in this province is 1-2 yrs. That’s for struggling students who may have learning disabilities. And we’ve got room in the system for gifted students as well??
Honestly I think the man dreams up a new plan each night while he’s sleeping. He should be writing them down though because he’s constantly contradicting himself. he told a well spun tale of being on the basketball team in high school and almost cutting his fingers off in shop class. I mentioned it to someone last night and they laughed. Basketball?? More like theatre, debate and mock parliment. New Brunswick needs to exile Doug Willms and Kelly Lamrock to a deserted island.
Anyway. I took Sunday off from meetings and Monday night went to PSSC and CEC again Tuesday night. I think I am good until Sunday when I hope to attend the AGM for CPF. Joe Dicks and the Official languages Commisioner will be speaking.
For now, I need to catch up on laundry, do a meal plan for the next few weeks, get some cleaning done and figure out what to do with the kids this weekend. Two days off school again. No offence to the teachers out there, but union meetings should not take place during school hours. We’ve missed enough classtime as it is.
I have a bottomless pit. It’s name is Lydia. Seriously how can this kid eat so much?
Yesterday between 7am and 11am, here’s what she ate:
1 large banana, fruit loops, 2 slices of toast, six large stawberries, 1 kiwi, granola bar, 4 mini muffins, yogurt tube, crackers and a sandwich. She also nursed twice. I’m hoping this is just a growth spurt.
Just how do you restrict their food intake? We try to have set meal and snack times. It’s just not working with her.
When my oldest was potty training, I was jealous of a friend, Lori R., who had a van. She looked after 2-3 extras along with her own two. She kept a potty in the back of her van so that no matter where they were, they had access to toilet facilities.
Now that we have a van and a potty using little girl, I keep the spare potty in the van. Last weekend dh took Lydia and Parker to vaccum the van of all the winter build up. As soon as they got there, Lydia had to poop. No problem. When they got home, they loaded the van with recycling to drop off, As soon as they got there, Lydia had to pee. No problem. She used it at the park this week and twice today on our way home from my sisters.
I’m really loving the convenience but I need to figure out the best method for disposal. Pee isn’t an issue. I can just dump it on the grass. I’m thinking I could get the glad quick covers for bowls if they still make them and then dump when we get home. At least it’s the potty with the deep pot.
I’m not sure if this will work. You may need Real Player.
NB MLA’s were lectured on proper behaviour in the Legislature. Actually it sounds exactly like a lecture a teacher would give a 5th grade class.
I’m juggling so many things right now I feel like I am ready to explode.
I’m trying to do the seasonal change of clothing. Got the kids rooms cleaned last week, winter recycling taken care of and the van cleaned out. now I need to go through their clothing and see what’s too small and what’s needed. before I can do that I need to tidy the basement though.
I’m also trying to help with our efforts to save Early immersion, organize a community event and a fundraiser at one of the kids schools. Add in a bake sale, games night at the church this weekend…. Oh and I haven’t touched the book I am supposed to be reading for a group study. Sewing that needs to get done
My head is spinning.
How do you keep a balance?
Hannah is getting ready to write her second letter to Minister Lamrock. I hope he’s ready for it. Here’s a video of the first EFI rally that we went to where she read her first letter.
(taken with my phone)
About 6 weeks ago, Lydia and I were in the mall on a Thursday to pick up a prescription. We walked past New York Fries and she stopped, looked up at me and said “Mommy, it Fry-day today?” I couldn’t beleive that she put Friday and Fry-day together. We talk about the days of the week all the time. She knows that Sunday we go to church and she sees her teachers Jen and Burt. On Tuesday, Jeremy and Elijah come and we go to the resource center to see Carolyn. Wed we go to Jen’s and Kate is there. Thursday we usually go back to the resource center. Now she has named Friday, Fry-day and if we are out doing errands we usually have a treat of fries. Today (wednesday) we were driving past McD’s and she starts “yay, fryday, fryday.” Poor little girl was disappointed but she did get a sucker from Julie when she got her haircut.
