If you missed part 1, read it here.
Ty’s first day of kindergarten was filled with highs and lows (the lows can all be attributed to Fefe). There was excitement as well as sadness and a little bit of anger mixed in too. Most kindergarten first days run pretty smoothly, ours resulted in us getting kicked out of the school. Read on to hear all about it.
Take No Prisoners Attitude?
Today is the first day of school for Ty, he’s been waiting for this day to come for quite some time now, it’s so funny seeing how eager he is to go to school because you & I both know how naive he’s being. A few years from now, he’ll replace his enthusiasm for going to school with intense efforts to come up with top notch excuse to stay home one extra day. The first day of school was always exciting, I loved it. The new clothes, seeing old friends & making new ones, it was great. Unfortunately, great didn’t last very long. The first day of school was the second best day of the school year, only losing out to the last day of school! But for me, that first day euphoria always quickly wore off. I wonder how long it will last for Ty.
I can vividly remember my first day of kindergarten and I honestly don’t recall my Dad being there. He probably had to work or something, but it still resonates in my memory banks that only my Mom was present on such an important day in my life. I’m ensuring that Ty doesn’t have that same memory; I’ll be there front & center this morning walking right by his side as he travels a path which will undoubtedly become the bane of his existence for the next 13 years! When he grows up, he won’t only remember his mom sobbing because her little boy is growing up, as I do. He’ll have another facet to that treasured memory, he’ll remember his Dad there smiling ever so proud, cheering him on. Saying “go on son, today you take baby steps towards becoming a man!” What he won’t know is that his Dad has ulterior motives. That his Dad is smiling because this is the first day on a long journey, a journey that 13yrs from now results in the boy leaving, going out on his own & me getting my house back!
So I totally meant to post this yesterday before leaving to take Ty to school, but through all the excitement, I forgot. So to make it up to you, I’m giving you part 1 & 2 in the same day, how’s that for a bargain! Click here to read part 2 which recaps the trials and tribulations of Ty’s first day of school.
Yesterday was a day filled with many different emotions for me. Who knew one simple event could create such a range of feelings in one individual. Throughout the workday, anticipation built up to an all time high. After work, knowing that this outing was growing ever closer, eagerness began to creep in. During the short drive to our destination, eagerness turned to excitement; once we arrived I was in total bliss giddy as a school girl. Shortly after however, things went really bad, really quick. I’m talking stage diving and no one catches you bad. It didn’t take long for me to realize that I had made a huge mistake.
Sometimes I Feel Like This Guy
How many of you know that today is a worldwide holiday? Come on now, don’t all raise your hands at once. Well in case you’ve been in the dark for the past 2 decades, let me enlighten you. Today is none other than “MADDEN DAY”. That’s right; the beloved football game series has its own holiday for gamers worldwide. Madden Day is celebrated each year upon the release of the newest Madden football game by gamers worldwide. I have celebrated Madden Day in some way, shape, or form, for the past 15 years. Did you hear what I just said, for 15 years I have been coming back for more. Year after year, regardless of how great or horrible the game was; I was there front and center ready to hand over my hard earned cash in order to continue my legacy as a Madden great. This year however, I’m facing a decision of catastrophic proportions. Do I continue my Madden tradition and pick up the 2011 edition, or do I throw in the towel, call it quits and retire? To some, this may not seem like a perplexing problem; rest assured, after you read this post, you’ll understand why I’m so conflicted.
Disclaimer: This post was suppose to be all about summer activities, but then a memory struck me and the entire post shifted. Sorry, read on and you’ll see it was a good shift.
Summer is nearly half way over and I’m left wondering where the time went. It seriously doesn’t seem like the middle of July is here already. But then I look back and realize that the reason summer is passing me by is because of all these gosh darn activities that we’ve been involved with for the kids. This year, some dummy (me) was looking through the activity catalog and make the bright decision to sign them up for everything. When I say everything, I really mean just about EVERYTHING. We had basketball, T-ball, swimming, karate, soccer, gymnastics, art, and music classes. It’s been a lot of fun and the kids really enjoy being involved in so many different things, but secretly, I must say that I’m happy we’ve reached the midway point and it’s almost over.
Do you remember when you first learned to ride your bike without training wheels? If you’re anything like me, that moment was THE single most important achievement of your 5 to 6 years on this planet. Well some 20 odd years after I learned to do it, I’ve taught Ty to ride without training wheels & it felt as though I had achieved greatness again. What’s even better is that I was able to witness the feeling of a 5 year old conquering his biggest challenge yet & it was invigorating to be on the other side this time. But then that all came crashing to a fiery end; once the excitement subsided, the dreadful memories of my training wheel boot camp came flooding back & the tears of joy that I shed for Ty turned to tears of heartache and pain.
Okay, so unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past month (I’ve always wanted to say that!!!), you probably know that Apple’s latest and greatest product in the mobile market, the iPhone 4 was released last Thursday. The day was complete pandemonium, the news covered the release, blogs debated the phone’s greatness, and your truly lined up to purchase the hottest phone of um, well, this month. Haha, you know phones are constantly one upping each other, so the fanfare won’t last long. But for now, it’s awesome and all my troubles were well worth it so far. When I say troubles, it’s definitely not an understatement; I went through hell and back to get this phone! I was the fortunate recipient of blisters on my feet, slipped into a state of delirium due to lack of sleep, and almost lost my life because of a disgruntled Apple customer.
Let me start off by stating that I HATE THE DENTIST! There I said it! If you’re a dentist reading this blog, I’m sorry, but we could never be friends (don’t stop reading the blog though, lol). Dentists perform hate crimes against humanity and I refuse to subject myself willingly to their torture. I took the stance that I would never subject my kids to the demented hands of a dentist either; luckily I have a level headed wife who vetoed my ruling. Yesterday was Tre’s first visit to the dentist and it appears that he’ll be following in his Daddy’s footsteps. He wasn’t too pleased, and surely let it be known during his visit.
Elmo & A Ninja (A Deadly Combination)
Happy Halloween!!! Oh wait, I guess I’m a little late huh? Well, I’m just like “The Simpsons”, remember how they always aired their Halloween special on the Sunday after Halloween? Okay so here we go. First off, I’m writing this post from the hotel room in Clemson, S.C. so I’m away from my normal blogging locating and it feels a little weird. I’m out here on a business trip (which will probably end up being a blog post of its own) but I didn’t want to leave you guys without some delightful eye candy (get it? halloween, candy, eye candy, lol) to get you through your Monday!
Tre going in for the kill
Ever since Tre was born, people have been telling us that he needs to be a baby model; and as soon as they spend 5 mins around Ty, we hear “he was born to be on TV”. At first, I just figured people were being kind, you know those are the type of things you’re supposed to say about kids. After hearing it time and time again, I reconsidered the validity of what friends, family, and complete strangers were saying and thought, maybe so. I went on a personal crusade to find a legit, reputable, modeling agency to represent the boys and needless to say, I came up empty on more than one occasion. But yesterday, I thought we hit gold with the American Mall Model Search; sadly, in the end, it turned out to be just another rip off (in my opinion). But this time, it wasn’t just Fefe & I who wasted our time and energy and got our hopes up for nothing; the kids were involved and lead to believe that they could be “stars”, and that pisses me off. When I started this search about a year ago, I did tons of research that allowed me to determine that something just wasn’t quite right with the American Mall Model Search and I’m thankful that I was able to spot it out and not waste any money or additional time. At the end of this post I’ll share some of the top things I’ve learned about the “industry” with you future Mommy & Daddy managers out there to hopefully save you some time & trouble.
