This and That and the Other
The kids and I spent two weeks up at my parents' farm. We had a good time. Little Man and Lady Jane got to play with their cousins. My niece is 8 and my nephew is 6, so the kids are all close in age. One snag was Little Man had a DS and so did my niece and nephew. You've never seen a more miserable 5 year old than Lady Jane when everyone was playing except her. Guilt and a promise from Little Man to front some of the cost made me buy Lady Jane a used DS. Makes for a much happier Lady Jane. When Phil and I decided to get Little Man a DS for Xmas in 2006 and Lady Jane a Leapster, it was for our trip to England and Lady Jane was only 3. She loved her Leapster and didn't feel jipped. But she's older now, so...
On the money issue, anyone else go school clothes shopping yet? Oh, my God! That's an easy way to drop a few hundred dollars. The mall was scary. I kept having flash backs to junior high. Vests, tunics and leggings, and even ties. I had to nix some clothes as I couldn't dress my child in things I would have worn 20 some years ago. She'll be cute though and well dressed. She's my little skinny mini and so is Little Man. Little Man is a 5 percenter in both height and weight. I'm pushing him to eat more since the doctor was a little concerned about his weight increase over the past year. Or rather lack thereof. He gained just not in correspondance with how he'd been gaining.
Blah, blah, blah. Kids go back to school soon and I'm sure I'll have lots to talk about then.
The kids and I spent two weeks up at my parents' farm. We had a good time. Little Man and Lady Jane got to play with their cousins. My niece is 8 and my nephew is 6, so the kids are all close in age. One snag was Little Man had a DS and so did my niece and nephew. You've never seen a more miserable 5 year old than Lady Jane when everyone was playing except her. Guilt and a promise from Little Man to front some of the cost made me buy Lady Jane a used DS. Makes for a much happier Lady Jane. When Phil and I decided to get Little Man a DS for Xmas in 2006 and Lady Jane a Leapster, it was for our trip to England and Lady Jane was only 3. She loved her Leapster and didn't feel jipped. But she's older now, so...
On the money issue, anyone else go school clothes shopping yet? Oh, my God! That's an easy way to drop a few hundred dollars. The mall was scary. I kept having flash backs to junior high. Vests, tunics and leggings, and even ties. I had to nix some clothes as I couldn't dress my child in things I would have worn 20 some years ago. She'll be cute though and well dressed. She's my little skinny mini and so is Little Man. Little Man is a 5 percenter in both height and weight. I'm pushing him to eat more since the doctor was a little concerned about his weight increase over the past year. Or rather lack thereof. He gained just not in correspondance with how he'd been gaining.
Blah, blah, blah. Kids go back to school soon and I'm sure I'll have lots to talk about then.
posted by Amanda @ 2:08 PM
1 Comments:
At 6:57 AM,
BriteLady said…
I was telling my husband that I needed to go shopping for the kids--to find any summer clearance racks that haven't disappeared yet and stock up for next summer, at least for Trystan (he doesn't have quite the hand-me-down treasure trove that Char does).
Given that Char is on track to start Kindergarden next year at a Catholic school, I'm sure we're in for uniform sticker shock. But, on the bright side, if we stay with the school than many pieces will last a couple of years (jumpers become skirts, and skirts get hems let out, etc), and we can focus our regular clothing budget on nice stuff for weekends. Of course, there's tuition, but hey, we're already used to paying for daycare...
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