Wednesday morning

[wesleysgirl]

I woke the boy up at 6:30 because he has to be at the bus stop at 8 and he's a poky eater in the morning -- ack! the bus is here! (runs. Comes back) -- he was pretty cheerful, ate some pancakes, got dressed. It took four tries before we could find long slacks that we both found acceptable. He doesn't mind wearing ones that are too short as long as they aren't so tight at the waist that he can breathe, but I want ones that look like they fit properly. He doesn't want a button at the waist (snaps are okay) because they slow him down when he's waited until the last possible second to run to the bathroom. We finally found a pair that fit and had a snap. He requested a grilled (soy) cheese sandwich for lunch. I pointed out that it would be cold and he said that was okay, he liked them cold. (And to be fair he often lets them sit on the plate long enough that they ARE cold before he begins to eat them.) We got a note yesterday that said to send the kids' snacks in small paper bags with their name and 'snack' written on them, so that there's no confusion as to what's meant for lunch and what's meant for snack. 1) It would have been nice to know that in advance, since I don't have a collection of small paper bags for this purpose and will have to buy some. 2) Micromanage much? I mean, does it really matter if they eat the carrot sticks from their lunch for snack and then the crackers at lunch time? But whatever. We had some leftover SpongeBob SquarePants party favor bags from his birthday party so I labelled one of those with his name and taped it shut at the top (it's plastic and less than ideal, but we have enough of them to get us through the week and I'll get paper bags over the weekend.)

I'm all sniffly and sneezy but I've taken an allergy pill and hopefully it will kick in soon. I must remember to eat breakfast at some point.

Today, I think, there will be cooking, tagging, and some attempt at solo writing. Yesterday was a complete wash writing-wise because of my wonderful visit with the lovely flaming_muse and because of the confusion associated with establishing a new schedule. Ooh, note to self, sort through the boy's clothes, too. Although I've heard that we're meant to have hot weather again next week, so maybe I'll wait and do it after that, since he'll want shorts if it's hot. Currently he's wearing long slacks and a short sleeved t-shirt, but at some point we'll have to make the switch over to long sleeved shirts as it gets colder.

Ooh yay, look, The Daily Show is on at 8 am! If I can watch it in the mornings, maybe we'll start shutting off the tv before 11 pm. Every night we go to bed, planning to watch "just the first few minutes" of Jon Stewart, then proceed to watch almost the whole show. Because... Jon Stewart!

Look! Icon! John! *Loves on him and Jane*

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[squashed.livejournal.com]

That does seem to be micro-managing them.

My kids have switched over to a "balanced day" which means two longer breaks instead of two very short and one very long. So they're supposed to have "two lunches". So they're suggesting all sorts of stuff like cut the sandwich in half and put them in two different baggies and whatnot.

But I just throw in what I always used to and let them eat it as they want. As long as they're eating it all, they're getting what they need to eat. I dont really care if they eat the yoghurt and sandwich at the first break and then all their fruits and their crackers at the second one or vice versa or eat it "evenly" as long as they come home with it all eaten? It's all good.

We've got no nuts in both classes again this year and the boy this year has a no whole eggs allowed too! Now neither of mine are overly fond of egg salad for lunch, and mine are good eaters, but if you're kid is picky... just the no peanuts/peanut butter rule would be hard, add in no eggs...

Oye, I'm rambling. *hits post comment*

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

Hee! *Hugs*

I've always been pretty relaxed about meals. If he wants to have a "backwards day" and have mac n cheese for breakfast and cereal for dinner, that's okay with me. So I don't care when he eats what. Like you said, as long as they're eating it, who cares what order they eat it in?

I said it was okay for the boy to be in a nut-free classroom but he ended up in a regular one, which is cool. Not that he eats a ton of peanut butter anyway (and he won't be eating any this week because I bought crunchy instead of smooth and he only likes smooth, LOL.) He doesn't eat eggs. If kids are picky, though, being a classroom with restrictions would certainly make things more difficult. A lot of the time the boy will probably be taking things like soy yogurt or hummus and pretzels as a sandwich substitute, since he doesn't really eat most sandwiches. Once I can find a thermos type thing he can take mac n cheese or ramen noodles or tomato soup.

[janedavitt.livejournal.com]

John! And Nick, too, because he's just as adorable :;squishes you tight::

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

They're so lovely. *Beams* *Snuggles you*