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Monday, October 17, 2005
ah, motherhood
LT is The Teacher at school today. He takes this job very seriously, critiquing his sister's work carefully ("This is a good paragraph about spending the night at your friend's house, but why don't you include a couple of sentences about what you did while you were there?") and delegating jobs ("Mommy, it's your turn to pray before school. C, would you like to lead the flag salute?"). Meanwhile, I think C didn't get enough sleep at the aforementioned friends' house last night, because she has gone beyond "drama queen" and into the realm of "emotional basket case". She (like her brother) gave up naps at around the age of 18 months, but today after school, she's taking one. For the sake of her sanity -- and mine.
Since the kids were gone overnight, I got up this morning and went for a walk. A brisk walk, in broad daylight, alone (well, alone with The Nikon). It was strange -- I kept feeling like people were going to give me the kind of accusing glances I occasionally get when the kids and I are out and about during school hours -- like I was doing something that others would find vaguely illicit. It was nice, though, to be able to walk fast enough to feel like I should have lost at least five pounds by the time I got home. Bummer that it doesn't actually work that way, eh?
Comments
That is so cute about LT...I can just see him. :)
It's interesting that you ever get 'glances' when out with the kids during the day. People are so nosy!
Posted by: Kristen at October 18, 2005 04:20 AM
