Wahoo, spring is almost here! Kids are outside on their bikes, birds are chirping, and Rita's Ices is now open for business! Plus, this weekend is Daylights Savings (see article below for tips on adjusting to moving clocks ahead!). Now, if we could just get rid of that huge dirty snowdrift outside my driveway, life would be good! At this rate, I think it 's still going to be here come summer. Melt, ugly snowdrift, melt!
A big shout out to Josh and Arielle for getting all A's and B's on their report cards--way to go, kids! Now, if they would just stop assigning school projects, I would be the happiest mom on the planet. This week, we learned all about the life of Walt Disney and made a Mickey Mouse poster using 2 plates and a bowl! Then, we had to place Josh's head on Judy Blume's body for International Women's Week.
It's very surreal to me that my kids are reading and writing about Judy Blume. I spent countless adolescent hours reading her books over and over, and now this means that MY kids are reaching adolescence. Not sure I am ready yet to give the sex education lecture that reading Judy Blume books require.
I mean, everything I learned about sex (Forever), wet dreams (Then Again Maybe I Won't), menstuation (Are You There God, It's Me Margaret), divorce (It's Not the End of the World), and scoliosis (Deenie)--I learned from Judy Blume books! Ha, this is even a popular blog topic, see http://www.lemondrop.com/2009/11/03/8-high-school-sex-lessons-i-learned-from-judy-blume/. In fact, there is even an anthology of women's essays called, "Everything I Needed to Know About Being a Girl I Learned from Judy Blume: http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Everything-I-Needed-to-Know-About-Being-a-Girl-I-Learned-from-Judy-Blume/Jennifer-OConnell/e/9781416531043.
I was at a birthday party at Sports Zone in Millstone this weekend (great new sports place with turf fields for baseball, soccer, and football--go to: http://www.sportszonenj.com/), and I was in awe of how grown up all the fifth grade boys looked. When did these little boys get so big? Today, Josh said to me in the car, "As the days go by, I am getting more mature, and I like it. I hear that the kids get really serious about dating next year in middle school." And this morning, 9-year-old Arielle came downstairs dressed for school wearing grey EYESHADOW! OMG, I am SO not ready for this!
On the other extreme, there is my little Jakey, who is glued to my hip. I can't even go upstairs without him following me, and he somehow manages to find me even in the bathroom! When I tell him he needs to sleep in his own bed because he's a big boy now, he shouts back, "I'm not a big boy, I'm a baby brother!" So, I guess I have to enjoy my "baby boy" now, because before I know it, he will be going into middle school too!
Peace, love, and macaroni,
Merri
