Well spoken

Once again, this post is about the funny things that K says. These were told to me by her AWANNA Beez leaders Wednesday night.

#1: K has 2 teachers for Beez: Miss K and Meg. Miss K was talking to K and called her "sweetheart." K politely told her "That's not what I called. I KNW (gave her full name) but my mommy calls me "What am I going to do with you, K?" Poor girl! Does she really think that's her name? and do I really say it that much?

#2: Miss K left the room to go to the bathroom. When K discovered she was gone, she went to Meg and was very concerned. "Where Miss K go?" "To the bathroom." "Who took her?" "She went by herself." "She went by herself?!?! Won't she need help?"

C's new bookcase

The other day a blogger friend had pictures of all the books in her life. I got to thinking about all of C's books. They were scattered all over the house. And since he has started getting chapter books, I thought he needed a central location (in his room) to keep them all. So while were at Wal Mart this week, I bought him a bookshelf for $20. Not bad. And it's actually a nice one. And easy to put together: I did it with K's "help." He is very excited about it and I really like it too. Now he just needs more books to fill it up. I actually thought he had more than this; I'll have to keep looking.

Updates

Three quick updates
#1: Since C ended up finishing his Sparkie book last week, this week they gave him a new workbook. Before AWANA started Wednesday night, Daddy had mentioned to one of the leaders that C had no sections because he had finished his book-again. She said they knew that and were trying to figure out what to give him to work on. On our way home that night, C told us that he had a new book and that "it took them a long time to find it for him." This book does have some "worksheet" type pages along with verses. And these verses are longer and harder. Good. He needs something to challenge him. Now his goal is to finish this book by the end of the year.

#2: The mail lady DID come back to get my mail the other day. I was at least nice enough to put it back in the box with the flag up. The next day I had cards to go out. I stood at the door and watched to make sure that she took them. She saw me and just waved.

#3: This morning we went back to the eye doctor for C to be fitted for his sports glasses. Poor guy. Remember those old fashioned, big, white, chunky sports glasses? These are NOT like that. These are actually very nice looking. They have ordered the lenses and they should be in next week, so he should have them by the time he starts PeeWee baseball (sign ups are today). Unfortunately, insurance does not cover any of these frames or lenses. Thank goodness we just got tax return money back.

Irksome

IRKSOME: annoying; irritating; exasperating; tiresome; causing weariness

Ever have one of those days where everything and anything irks you? That's been my last 2 days. And I'm irked at myself for being irked. Yesterday was the worst; today was somewhat better--until the mail came (see story below). Yesterday the kids irked my every nerve; some of it was legit and some was just me being touchy. K was soooooooooooo whiny (make sure you say whiny in a very whiny voice) and C was HY-PER (he had pizza twice on Saturday).

Today has gone fairly well. Both of the kids were 97% not what they were yesterday (whiny and hyper). Now onto the mail story. I balanced the check book and wrote many checks to pay many bills today. Three of those bills HAD to go out in the mail today. I put them out around 10 am this morning and made sure the flag was up--just as much for my benefit (so I could see from the window when the mail had come). Around 2 pm, I heard the mail lady go thru (she has a very loud, green jeep). A few minutes later, I went out to get the mail. There was our mail (junk mail no less)---ON TOP OF THE 3 BILLS THAT I HAD PUT OUT THIS MORNING! I was very irked.

I immediately came inside and called the post office and asked why she had not taken my mail! I spoke to someone and a supervisor. "She has not come back in yet so I can't ask her. Did you have your flag up?" YES! (said very emphatically) Even if the flag had not been up, she should have seen my mail in there when she put my junk mail in. I told the supervisor that I needed the mail lady to come back and pick up these bills because they must go out today. I am still waiting for her to come back. Now you see why I am irked for today.

Thankfully dinner tonight is simple (meatball subs); last night's dinner overflowed in my oven (breakfast pizza). Another irksome instance from yesterday. Hopefully the rest of my week will be better. I'll keep you posted (HA) on my mail situation.

My Sparkie

I have done a few posts about K girl lately, so I thought I'd do one about C. This is his first year in Sparks, and I think he has done very well. He has already finished his book and is going thru it for the second time. He only has 4 more sections to say and he will have done it for the second time thru. I'm not sure what they are going to have him do after that. We have at least 8 more nights left. I am very proud of him.

For those of you who were in AWANA a long time ago (me too) and haven't seen the "new" AWANA stuff, here is a picture of his book this year. I have a "pro and a con" with these new books. Pro: they are very nice looking. Con: they have been "dumbed" down. Not to say they are easy, but easier than I remember them being. He still has had to learn passages (i.e. John 3:14-16) and the books of the New Testament. I was impressed when he learned the books of the NT. He picked them right up and weeks later when he reviewed them, he needed very little help in remembering them. He is so smart--when he thinks.

***Update: C finished his book for the second time this past Wednesday night. Good job, bubby! But now I really don't know what he is going to do for the rest of the year***