Wednesday Week in Review

Well, I've realized something.  The "Wednesday Week in Review" isn't really working for me.  Anything that happens during the week that is worth blogging about will get it's own blog, so there's no real reason to review the week.  You readers can just scroll down to review on your own.

Didn't you hate that in school?  "Review on your own" for any given test.  That's just not fair.  Why not give topics or problems to review.  Why force us to do the dirty work of coming up with review material?  I've had good teachers and great teachers and not-so-good teachers and I remember the good and great ones would always guide us on what to review.

The not-so-good teachers would tell us to "go review everything we've covered in the last nine weeks.  You never know where your questions will come from."  Hated that.  Mainly because I'm not a very good freeform studier.  I need guidance on what to study for.

Too bad life isn't like that.  Sure, we all get tested and retested but we're never given any review material for the tests.  All of a sudden, you're faced with a situation you haven't really prepared for.  Your "test," if you will.  Where's the review material?  Shouldn't there be an answer key somewhere we can refer to, at least for the review questions to help us know if we've prepared properly?

I need a review sheet for potty training.  It's been a few years since Monkey went through this and now I'm trying to train Little Man.  I have no past experience in the details of potty training a boy (nor do I have any experience with peeing standing up.  Trey will have to take over in that arena).  Sure, I remember the basics of potty training, but I'm getting the idea that the basics aren't going to be on the final exam.  Just a lot of urine in, on and around the toilet.  Have I mentioned somewhere that I dislike cleaning?  I'm pretty sure I did.  And did you know that boys like to play in the toilet while they're sitting on it?  Or is that just mine?  I don't remember Monkey doing that.

I don't like tests and especially those essay ones that don't have the specific right answer.  I have a feeling that I won't be able to BS my way through this test, like I did in Philosophy, decades ago.  There really wasn't a wrong answer as long as you logically argued your point.  Have you ever tried logic on a 2 year old?  It doesn't work.  Neither does arguing, but that's another blog for another day....  

Wednesday Week in Review

Thanks to Daddy, I was reminded that today is Wednesday, therefore I need to review my week.  It's been a busy one.  Since Saturday we've chased fireflies (which I'll post about later), started camp at a local YMCA, spent the better part of today hanging out at a park with a friend and landed a new job.

There.  That's pretty much it.  Doesn't sound like much, does it?

Monkey started a summer camp on Monday.  It is the first "full-day" thing she's ever done and she loves it.  It keeps her busy and gets her tired at the end of the day, so I love it, too.  She goes on days that they don't leave the facility.  Trey and I still don't want to put her on a bus just yet for swim days and field trips.  Today she whined that she won't get to go to the zoo tomorrow with everyone else from camp, so I'm guessing this will be part of the camp experience.

"I had fun today but (insert whiney tone here) why can't I go tomorrow??"  She has this unique skill of pouting and lip trembling that resembles crying without any actual tears.  It's a skill she has developed extensively over the last year or so.  I'm sure it'll get her far in life.  

The park is in one of the old sections of town.  You know, those old, historical style homes that are so unique and just exude old money, lots of ivy and old oak trees.  She lives in the "golden ghetto" that she lovingly calls her area.  Those homes are the little cottages that are so cute.  What's really cool is that her front yard looks out over the park.  It's big - has a tennis court, play ground, basketball court and lot of really big, old trees and run-around space, so we stayed out there, ate a picnic lunch and talked while the children played and with each other and the puppy.    It's a quiet, friendly neighborhood and it was a good way to spend the day.  

Needless to say, Little Man and the pup were exhausted by the time we left.

The new job is one that Trey has been hoping for for quite some time now.  Now he can quit his other job (that he really dislikes) and can do something that he enjoys.  The benefits are great, as is the pay, so we're having a good day!

Naturally, there were the normal day-to-day events like:  get up, let the puppy out, fix coffee, fed the puppy, let the puppy out, get ready for work, get Monkey ready for camp, wake Little Man, feed the rugrats, work, go home, let the puppy out, clip/organize coupons, read a blog (or 10), laundry, let the puppy out, run dishwasher and wash leftover dishes, clean puppy's accident, let puppy out, start dinner, go pick up Monkey, finish dinner, get the kids ready for bed, clean up, eat ice cream, watch TV, let the puppy out, go to bed.  And that was just Monday :).  Have you seen the Minute Rice magazine ad with the "to do" list that covers the whole page?  Yeah.  That's what I feel like on any given day.

PS:  Monkey pulled out her tooth tonight.  How exciting is that??

Wednesday Week in Review

I'm still working on this whole blogging thing.  I haven't quite figured it out.  I used to keep a fairly good journal, but then life happened.  I'm sure you know how that is.

I'm going to start a "Wednesday Week in Review".  It's probably been done before, but it's a consistent thing that I can at least attempt to keep up with.

The first big thing that happened last week was Little Man falling down a couple of steps and bonking his head - as he put it.  We waited until the next morning to have a doctor look at it and he did the "let's-make-mom-feel-guilty" for not bringing him in right away.  He wasn't able to get stitches, but he did get the dermabond glue on his head.  At least chicks dig scars, right?

Then we get a puppy.  He's cute but he's young.  I haven't been this sleep deprived since Little Man was a little man.  

Then the loose tooth.  How cool is the first loose tooth?  Monkey is very excited.

Ok, well, I just reviewed everything that I already posted about previously.  That's no fun.   I guess I'll have to do the WWIR only on things I didn't blog about.

Did everyone starting a blog go through all this?  This is much harder than I thought it would be.