Austin can now jump rope inside a jump rope. Not bad for first grade, eh?
I was telling the P.E teacher yesterday morning, after watching this, that only four short years ago, the neurosurgeon would not give me a definitive answer on whether Austin would ever run, and look at him now.
We had more library book drama last night. Austin didn't have his book in his backpack and he started crying his head off. I swear it went on for an hour. We've decided we aren't going to check out books anymore. I have a stack of public library books sitting to me as I type this, so it really isn't necessary for the kids to go through this craziness at school.
Turns out the book was in his desk at school this morning, so all was well. I keep playing phone tag with the lady I made a complaint with, but I think the best solution for our family is to just stop getting books.
Back on the urban ranch, all my broccoli is starting to flower and we've been eating it every night. The kids are so sick of broccoli right now!
I am really, really disappointed in my broccoli this year. It has a weird taste to it this year that I can't quite explain.
It looks okay, but it almost tastes like it was previously frozen. You know how frozen broccoli just tastes different than fresh?
I decided to make a cream of broccoli soup yesterday.
I used this recipe at Allrecipes.com. You saute onions and then cook the broccoli florets in chicken broth.
Then you get your stick blender and whirl it all up and make a roux with flour and milk and thicken it up.
I have a Cuisinart stick blender that I got this year when my friend Leslie and my friend Laraine both recommended one to me in the comments, and it changed my life.
I seriously have no idea how I lived to be 42 years old without a stick blender. I use it all the time.
The kids took one look at the soup and feigned vomiting. I think I got an accumulative total of seven bites between the four of them.
Greg's mom and I enjoyed it at dinner last night. I made a ham, baked potatoes, cauliflower and carrots, and the soup for dinner, and banana bread for dessert.
Greg didn't get home until 8pm yesterday and he said, "Is that all you made?"
I'm putting Greg on the stage for insubordination and flog him with my stick blender.
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I agree about the immersion wand- one of the handiest implements I have in my kitchen.
While I agree that the best solution for your family is to stop using the library at school, I'd hate to see you give up the fight. This tyrant needs to be stopped and you are just the woman to do it.
This is completely off topic, but I thought about you when I was at Sam's Club today. Odd? Anyway, I bought (in the vitamin, protein section) some great fruit/nut bars. They are "Larabars" - completely gluten, soy, dairy free, vegan/kosher and are only made from dates, almonds, apples, nuts, raisins, cherries and cinnamon. SO good! No other preservatives or junk and they even have a 'box top for education' on them! Double win!
This Ina Garten roasted broccoli recipe ROCKS. So good: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/parmesan-roasted-broccoli-recipe/index.html.
And I admit to being a little disappointed that the library drama will end here. Was kinda looking forward to a big showdown :)
Yeah for Austin! My daughter (8) still has trouble with one rope!! Also, that broccoli soup looks good. I just made some potato soup last weekend and it was delicious!! I got it from crockpot365.blogspot.com
My kids love broccoli lightly steamed with a little mayo, salt and pepper. I also use it to make garlic alfredo primaveira. This is my recipe for that http://www.ourfoodstorage.com/2009/09/24/garlic-alfredo-primaveira-recipe/
and my recipe for mayo http://www.ourfoodstorage.com/2010/12/26/holiday-leftovers-and-homemade-mayo/
I'm going to have to make that soup. It sounds good. I'm on round 10 of my cream of cauliflower soup recipe attempt for tonight.
If I were the only person in this fight with the librarian, I'd take it to the end of the road. But as I sat there last night and watched my child cry and cry and cry, I thought to myself, "Why am I giving this woman power over my children?" If they don't check out books, she has no power. I have zero reason to believe she will change and I have proof that she retaliates against children whose parents complain about her. So I'm just going to take away her power to terrorize my children by taking them out of the situation that allows her to do that. I love to win, but not at the cost of my kids. Maybe when they are older and tougher, but not now.
I think you are exactly right Michele. In the beginning I thought it would be fun to watch a downloaded video of you boxing the librarian's ears in the lunchroom. In reality, it is NOT worth your childrens mental well-being (OR yours) to try to negotiate with a lunatic. Personally, any time I see truly crazy coming, I just step-aside. Yep! Life's just too short for crazy people.
It's a tough balance to protect your kids at school without giving them the message that they need you to. Of course, sometimes you have no choice, but there must be some way to make this into a lesson and let them know the problem isn't *them.* Maybe something along the lines of, "Some people take their jobs VERY seriously and make rules we don't agree with. We just steer clear of them and go on with our lives." Nancy has probably alerted you that the librarian with the books glued to her chest is not the last jerk/wacko your kids will encounter during their education. Maybe they ought to save their tears for a stubbed toe or another more personal hurt from a friend, that sort of thing?
Greg told Austin before he left this morning, "If she makes you sit on the stage, you don't cry. The S family doesn't cry. Do you understand me? You take your punishment like a man."
This coming from the man who got paddled daily at school. I think he may have had his name written on the paddle.
Anyway, my life lesson for the kids is you are going to meet a lot of crazy people in your life and there's no point in trying to reason with crazy. I don't reason with crazy or stupid.
"You are going to meet a lot of crazy people in your life and there's no point in trying to reason with crazy."
This is going on the wall in my classroom.
Go Austin!
"I don't reason with crazy or stupid."
-I'm so taking that as my life motto.
I'll bet Greg never cried when he got paddled. My husband used to go insane if our little son would cry over something related to school and I tried to talk with the kid about it. That, "have to be a man" crap from the time boys can walk is so wrong. It seems that many dads are terrified of raising sissies. No wonder most guys are emotionally stifled.
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