Saturday, January 30, 2010
wise words from a saturday
Today Jason had a hockey game and we went to the bookstore, costco and Big Al's aquarium to buy goldfish.
I thought that I'd include some quotes that I heard and appreciated today.
* As Jason ate a hot dog at Costco he sighed "Ahh, this tastes like magic."
* Michael was thinking about the fish that we'd be getting. He commented "I like watching fish but not eating them. Mommy, will we be eating these fish?"
* After his bath I was dressing Michael and he wrapped his arms around me and said "Mommy, I love you and I love these pajamas."
* After listening to way too much arguing I shouted "If you don't stop fighting, you'll spend the rest of the day in your bedroom." Okay...so that wasn't so adorable....and I didn't appreciate it so much...maybe the kids didn't either.
Honourable mention goes to the couple at Starbucks who I asked for advice about my fighting children. The woman replied "Hug them." The man replied "sell them!" And no, I'm not above soliciting total strangers for parenting advice.
And now, one final thing that I learned today - if you're going to cave and buy a bag of chips for your family, don't do so at costco. We now own a bag of Munchie Mix so big that Michael could be lost in it for days. It was only $4.65 though. Reminds me of the Modern Family episode where they discover Costco....
I thought that I'd include some quotes that I heard and appreciated today.
* As Jason ate a hot dog at Costco he sighed "Ahh, this tastes like magic."
* Michael was thinking about the fish that we'd be getting. He commented "I like watching fish but not eating them. Mommy, will we be eating these fish?"
* After his bath I was dressing Michael and he wrapped his arms around me and said "Mommy, I love you and I love these pajamas."
* After listening to way too much arguing I shouted "If you don't stop fighting, you'll spend the rest of the day in your bedroom." Okay...so that wasn't so adorable....and I didn't appreciate it so much...maybe the kids didn't either.
Honourable mention goes to the couple at Starbucks who I asked for advice about my fighting children. The woman replied "Hug them." The man replied "sell them!" And no, I'm not above soliciting total strangers for parenting advice.
And now, one final thing that I learned today - if you're going to cave and buy a bag of chips for your family, don't do so at costco. We now own a bag of Munchie Mix so big that Michael could be lost in it for days. It was only $4.65 though. Reminds me of the Modern Family episode where they discover Costco....
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Once again at the pool. The kids had their lessons today. The lesson ended with each of them receiving a progress report. Michael is three. He's in the Bobber class. These are the comments written about him:
"Michael demonstrates respect towards his fellow classmates.
Michael is doing well at his floats.
Michael would benefit from blowing bubbles when kicking.
Michae has improved the most at kicking."
Wow, impressive, right? That's a lot of words about swimming. I think that my entire kingergarten report card may have been shorter than that....."Grace needs to stop talking with her imaginary friend. She can count to 10."
Maybe I need to raise my standards. I'm just thrilled when he doesn't call his very nice teacher, Kevin, a 'meany tupid.'
"Michael demonstrates respect towards his fellow classmates.
Michael is doing well at his floats.
Michael would benefit from blowing bubbles when kicking.
Michae has improved the most at kicking."
Wow, impressive, right? That's a lot of words about swimming. I think that my entire kingergarten report card may have been shorter than that....."Grace needs to stop talking with her imaginary friend. She can count to 10."
Maybe I need to raise my standards. I'm just thrilled when he doesn't call his very nice teacher, Kevin, a 'meany tupid.'
Monday, January 25, 2010
aquafit
John, Michael and I went swimming at the y today. The aquafit class was running at the same time and was dismissed at the exact moment when we finished swimming. I headed to the showers one step in front of the group. As I tell what happened, its important to visualize properly, specifically that Aquafit seems to appeal to women of a certain age and body type...okay, older women who may be a bit heavy set.
As I left the shower area, wrapped in my towel there was a woman who was insistent on speaking with me despite the fact that she was half naked. We finished our short conversation and I headed to the dressing room. She wrapped herself in a towel and also headed to the locker area. Of course, our lockers were right beside each other. I started getting my stuff out. She tried to make her way to her locker. And then time stopped, like it always does in the middle of a tragedy. The woman tripped and started stumbling towards the ground. Before I knew it I was grabbing at her, in an attempt to save her. I was clutching something soft and fleshy. Thankfully it was her arm. I breathed a sigh of relief, dressed and ran out of the changeroom, vowing to never end swimming at the same time as aquafit ever again.
As I left the shower area, wrapped in my towel there was a woman who was insistent on speaking with me despite the fact that she was half naked. We finished our short conversation and I headed to the dressing room. She wrapped herself in a towel and also headed to the locker area. Of course, our lockers were right beside each other. I started getting my stuff out. She tried to make her way to her locker. And then time stopped, like it always does in the middle of a tragedy. The woman tripped and started stumbling towards the ground. Before I knew it I was grabbing at her, in an attempt to save her. I was clutching something soft and fleshy. Thankfully it was her arm. I breathed a sigh of relief, dressed and ran out of the changeroom, vowing to never end swimming at the same time as aquafit ever again.
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