My husband took the language test last Thursday. No, we haven't heard anything yet.
He went away Friday night with our oldest son for the weekend for a cub scout camping trip. They were gone two nights. I stayed home with our other two children. It's great that my husband and son got one-on-one father-son time. But it was tiring for me, right after wrapping up the big language push. One-on-one for him, means two-on-one for me.
This coming weekend my husband is doing the same thing with our younger son. And again, I am staying home with the other two children. The camping child will come home with stories of awards in marksmanship, b-bguns fired, archery, whittling, crafts, swimming, campfire stories, roasted marshmallows, friends made, nature hikes, meals shared in the dining hall under the watchful eye of freaky taxidermied deer. Fun, fun, fun.
I can't compete with that. Apparently, mom isn't fun. (Apparently she slips into writing about herself in third person sometimes.)
Last night, during bedtime hugs, my 8 yr old son told me he was bored this summer and ready to go back to school. While I think that's a load of you know what, I can't help it, I take that personally. These kids have been swimming, to the summer recreation program, playing with friends, gone to Missouri, gone to Grandma's, gone to Grandpa's and Step-grandma's, gone to chess camp/ video game design camp, gone to fencing camp, gone to gymnastics camp, we got a new basketball hoop, plus we have three birthdays, I mean come on!!!!!!
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Oh, I am with you on that one. Our daughter has also been complaining that she's bored. While she didn't have camps this summer, I got her a bunch of things for various projects, she goes to the pool almost every day, she's had play dates galore, we took her to the mountains, she's been spending time with her Bulgarian Grandma, who spoils her rotten. I think, if I were her, I'd be in heaven. Right? Wrong! The kid's bored. I don't get it but I guess what we provide pales in comparison to school and therefore, I too am looking forward to the school year to start...
Hang in there. I think it took about a week and a half to get the results from my phone test. No matter where you are in this process it certainly is an exercise in patience and managing the highs and lows.
This week was the longest ever for me!
that's so funny about the kids. They are hard to please, don't take it personally.
I think that it is hard not to take things that kids say personally. I am sure they will realize how great their summer was as soon as they go back to school and report on their summer vacation. Then they will come home and say what a great summer they had, and they will remember how awesome their mom is for giving them so many opportunities.
I'll take their summer in a heartbeat! I feel like my kids summer has been a bit lame (moved across country and dad sent to Iraq for a year...kind of crazy), but even still did way more than I ever did on summer vacation as a kid...especially once both of my parents were working, I was basically on my own...
I'm sure they will spend the first day regaling their friends with tales of their marvelous summer (and hopefully you'll get wind of it)!
On the plus side, he wants to go back to school! :)
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