Well, this is a new one

My daughter's teacher called.

My daughter is stuck in her coat.

::scratches head::

Say that again?

My daughter is stuck in her coat.

They want me to come in and remove her coat and bring her a new coat.

Apparently she zipped her coat all the way up because it's raining today, and there are teeth missing at the top of the zipper, so it won't go back down.

Now, I have removed heads from in between railings, feet from the bars of the kitchen chairs, hands from places they shouldn't have been stuck (get your mind out of the gutter! I'm talking like into the hole of a pop-up baby wipes container type stuff), and hair from zippers. But I can't say I have ever been called to the school to remove my children's coats before. On my scale, this is not that big of a deal. I'll probably go in and pop it off over her head or it will unzip with a little persuasion. Apparently they have a zero touching rule and they aren't allowed to help manipulate my daughter's arms and stuff to get the coat off over her head or down her body. I can respect that. I asked the teacher to have Alexia try to wriggle it over her head on her own. So as soon as my youngest finishes eating his breakfast, I guess we are off to the school.

Wish me luck.

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Update!

Really, like I mentioned before, being stuck in her coat is a new one, but not the worst thing in the world. Remember I had asked the teacher to have Alexia try to wriggle it over her head on her own? When I arrived at the school, her coat was off, but still zipped up and "stuck". I got out to my vehicle and tried the zipper and it went up and down with absolutely no problem at all. I don't know. The only thing I can think of is that the zipper got stuck over the cloth at the top of the zipper and the missing teeth (tooth, really) had nothing to do with it. So the coat is fine to wear, I just won't have her wear it to school anymore.

I'm fairly amused. I never turn down a chance to smile these days.

Another successful dinner

So last night eating my son's dinner...well, let's just say I secretly threw away the grilled cheese. I didn't even know you could screw those up! :X

My daughter made broiled shrimp with garlic butter sauce for dipping, corn, baked potatoes, and I made cucumbers in homemade dressing. My daughter made the Hubby a steak, too. It was yummy. We are all stuffed.

I'm not sure why I haven't had the kids involved in making dinner before. I guess it's because I love to cook and it's my "me time," as odd as that sounds. I'm enjoying having the kids help me outside of baking, though. I really am.

It's a Dinner affair

So I've decided to let each child pick the meal and prepare dinner this week. Each child gets their own night. Tonight was my 6 year old's turn. He chose grilled cheese and tomato soup. He was so cute. He got out the sectioned trays and set them up just like lunch trays with silverware and a napkin. He made everything himself...he even put them in the skillet himself and checked them. I did turn them for him and turn the stove off and on for him (along with heavily supervising him putting the sandwiches in so he didn't burn his arms. I had him assemble them on the counter so he just had to drop them into the skillet).

He was so proud of his accomplishment.

Until I told him the cook had to clean up the kitchen. ::cheeky grin::

I think I'll give him a break tonight, though.

I took a picture of him standing in front of his cooking food, but I have lost my USB cable. One day I'll have pictures to share again. My camera doesn't take great indoor pictures since I dropped it. :(

Tomorrow is my daughter's turn to make dinner. She has chose marinated shrimp on a scewer (we looked up recipes together), and a steak for Daddy. On the side we will have baked potatoes and corn and something green. I decided to have her make a steak for Daddy since we just had Shrimp on Friday night, lol.

Life is moving along

Life keeps on marching by hand in hand with time. The kids are getting bigger, older, and wiser. And sassier. They test me at every turn of the road. I often feel at a loss of what to do.

My oldest was talking back and being Mr. Drama King last night, so I sent him to bed early. He was up late the night before and up early the next morning. (Through no fault but his own - the Hubby had to go up and tell him to get back in bed at least an hour after we tucked them in). The problem was, I sent him to bed and was still telling him to get back in bed an hour later. He kept coming back downstairs. He won't listen to me at all. Worst of all...apparently problems in school sprung up in one day. What?!?! We had to take care of family business, so the kids were out of school for a week. The day we left, conferences were held and all of my kids' teacher's sent notes home saying a conference wasn't needed. I would have liked to meet with the kids' teachers, but since we were going out of town, that worked out. So yesterday I received the weekly folders that the kids get to send home old work and things. On the front, I have to sign it every week and every week the option "Conference needed?" is checked "No". Well, after just one day of attending school since conferences, Jacob's teacher checked "Yes". And I had to sign two tests that my son failed. Did she not know this at the time of conferences? I mean, give me a break! Plus, my daughter's teacher also said "No Conference Needed," but her report card had a sudden Unsatisfactory and Needs improvement on it. Out of the blue, just a month after receiving Satisfactories in those two areas.

I'm sorry, I'm on a rant again. This school continues to plauge the children and me. They teach towards the benchmark tests that they do once a month. It's all about keeping their accredation and not about the children at all. I know I would homeschool if I thought the kids would listen to me. But they don't. And we all end up getting frustrated and nothing would be learned.