I had volunteered to be an assistant coach for my eldest son’s soccer team. I know that they are short volunteers. I know that parent involvement is important. So I said I would assist. Just assist. I get a phone call one week before the first game. “We can’t get a hold of the coach. [...]
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Coach Kitty
Posted in children, soccer on May 4, 2009 | 3 Comments »
A Perfect Day
Posted in children, horse on April 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Sunday. Woke up, not late, but not early. Everyone was chipper. Woke up daddy, he made pancakes while I read with kids. After breakfast, daddy went back to bed. For the next hour and a half, I sat on the sofa, reading books and drinking coffee. The doorbell rang at 1130 – a friend of [...]
Listen to the universe
Posted in children, hockey, homeschooling on March 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I didn’t want to go to hockey tonight. I had a terrible headache from yelling at my kids all afternoon. Oh boy – thank goodness I wasn’t recording my day for Violet. After 2pm would read “Kids whine and cry. Kitty yells at them to do what they are supposed to do and then yells [...]
Inspirational Day #2
Posted in children, homeschooling, Uncategorized on February 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Again – blame Violet. I will answer your questions over the weekend. So keep sending them my way. **************** 8:45 – make it out of bed. Got dressed, breakfast, packed snack for morning’s outing. 9:30 – left for science thing – Dirty Water – learning about pollution and filtering water. kids built filter, strained dirty [...]
Inspirational Day #1
Posted in children, homeschooling, Uncategorized on February 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Blame this (and the next couple of posts) on Violet. Please note that this post does not include – yelling at children for spilling a bowl of cereal on the floor – hollering “put on your freaking jackets” when they weren’t, um, putting on their freaking jacket – various arguments and battles amongst the children [...]
How much time…
Posted in children, homeschooling on February 26, 2009 | 3 Comments »
(Inspired by Violet’s musings about schooling issues, and all the comments about homeschooling.) Please note: I’m not saying that Violet should do things my way. I was just inspired by her post. And the great goddess knows how little I am inspired to write these days. Oh – and you do too. Seeing as I [...]
Survived the sickness
Posted in children on February 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Thank goodness that it is over. I honestly don’t know how much longer I could have lasted. Washing 8 loads of laundry a day, smelling like vomit (and worse), not sleeping more than an hour at a time. It was like having a newborn again. Without the nice, sweet, newborn smell.
First time for everything…
Posted in children, hockey on January 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I missed hockey this week. First game I’ve missed since starting on this crazy hockey journey. My kids were sick. Vomiting. Fun. I couldn’t leave them. They were waking regularly and puking, and crying. They needed their mom. Mom first. Hockey player second.
Could have, but I didn’t
Posted in binge, children on January 23, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Huge victory for me last night. My partner was out playing floor hockey (the best Solstice gift I have given *ever* complete with new sneakers, indoor hockey stick and new shorts). My oldest was refusing to go asleep. I had so much to do. Dishes, tidying (we were out skating until bedtime, so the usual [...]
On the other hand…
Posted in children, exercise on January 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The kid skates for hours on our local outdoor rink that we lovingly maintain. Perhaps he is reminding me of my belief that children benefit from *doing* things, not just *learning* how to do things. That kicking a soccer ball around in the park is just as good as playing on a team. Smart kid. [...]
