tuesday talk

apies · Guru

tuesday talk

apies · Guru

idk if i can answer my own question. i LOVE sweets.

cake is my newly discovered adult love. love cake. LOVE LOVE LOVE.

also love ice cream. and cheesecake.

i'm not really into a candy bar or hunk of chocolate. will i eat one? sure. but it's nowhere near the top of the list. :grin:

apies · Guru

so for a few years now, i've been thinking that it's so weird that emily doesn't get out of bed when she wakes up.

since we went to my mom's, that's all changed.

she now gets out of bed when she wakes up and typically she's not quiet about it - yelling for me as soon as she's out of her room.

this morning at 6:45, she came in my room (i was SOUND asleep and dreaming) and she yelled "hi mom!" i about sh1t myself and JUMPED i was so startled.

so now we're up.

and i feel like she screwed me out of an hour of sleep (since most days she sleeps until 7:30 or 8).

i guess it's good warm up for next week - i have to be at work at 8 on tuesday, wed, and thursday. then the following week i'm back to my 4:45am wake up call.

apies · Guru

jake is doing really great. i really could not be more proud of him.

last night about 15 minutes after i put him to bed, he was SCREAMING up there. i went racing up there and ran into his room.

when i asked him what was wrong, he said, "my penis HURTS mom!"

i told him that it was going to hurt for a few days and he needed to sleep on his back (not his belly which is how he ALWAYS sleeps). he was just like, "oh." and i'm sure he was wishing i had told him that sooner.

anyway, as i was straightening his blankets, he said "i fall down on rocks hurt my penis, mom." holy crap, lmao. it is hilarious that he has no idea what happened and this is the story he came up with. works for me!

apies · Guru

can someone please come play with me?!?!

sappy · Guru

good morning!

i have a serious sweets problem. you all know that.

i'd say my favorite is chili's molten chocolate cake. y.u.m.

sappy · Guru

poor jake cry

what a trooper though.

sappy · Guru

so i just sent jake off for his first day of high school.

he's so excited. he's nervous about finding his way around but he's really excited.

i really hope he loves it.

he's so social that he won't have trouble making friends - i worry more about his academics.

Lizzy · Guru

oh yeah....LOVE cake! But, my real downfall is cookies. I seriously cannot make them or I can eat all of them. :bag

Lizzy · Guru

sappy wrote:

so i just sent jake off for his first day of high school.

he's so excited. he's nervous about finding his way around but he's really excited.

i really hope he loves it.

he's so social that he won't have trouble making friends - i worry more about his academics.

How exciting! Will he know alot of kids there or it is a new school?

Lizzy · Guru

apies wrote:

jake is doing really great. i really could not be more proud of him.

last night about 15 minutes after i put him to bed, he was SCREAMING up there. i went racing up there and ran into his room.

when i asked him what was wrong, he said, "my penis HURTS mom!"

i told him that it was going to hurt for a few days and he needed to sleep on his back (not his belly which is how he ALWAYS sleeps). he was just like, "oh." and i'm sure he was wishing i had told him that sooner.

anyway, as i was straightening his blankets, he said "i fall down on rocks hurt my penis, mom." holy crap, lmao. it is hilarious that he has no idea what happened and this is the story he came up with. works for me!

oh goodness! He is something :)

gogona · Guru

GM April

I have a major sweet tooth. My favorite... hmm... I have too many wink

I love truffles, belgian and swiss chocolates. This one is my favorite is this one:

http://www.goldkenn.com/fr/collections/gold/

I just love all kinds of desserts except for ice cream. I'll eat some once in a while but I never miss it or anything...

gogona · Guru

apies wrote:

jake is doing really great. i really could not be more proud of him.

last night about 15 minutes after i put him to bed, he was SCREAMING up there. i went racing up there and ran into his room.

when i asked him what was wrong, he said, "my penis HURTS mom!"

i told him that it was going to hurt for a few days and he needed to sleep on his back (not his belly which is how he ALWAYS sleeps). he was just like, "oh." and i'm sure he was wishing i had told him that sooner.

anyway, as i was straightening his blankets, he said "i fall down on rocks hurt my penis, mom." holy crap, lmao. it is hilarious that he has no idea what happened and this is the story he came up with. works for me!

Wow! Jake is a trooper. I hope it heals for him super soon!

apies · Guru

sappy wrote:

so i just sent jake off for his first day of high school.

he's so excited. he's nervous about finding his way around but he's really excited.

i really hope he loves it.

he's so social that he won't have trouble making friends - i worry more about his academics.

gm sara!

he's going to do awesome.

i'll tell you the same thing i tell my parents at BTS night - they are not grown and need to watching their every move. they can go from "doing ok" to drowning SO FAST.

i know you're all over it though.

sappy · Guru

Lizzy wrote:

sappy wrote:

so i just sent jake off for his first day of high school.

he's so excited. he's nervous about finding his way around but he's really excited.

i really hope he loves it.

he's so social that he won't have trouble making friends - i worry more about his academics.

How exciting! Will he know alot of kids there or it is a new school?

he will know some kids but he only has one class with someone he knows. and he said he doesn't know anyone in his lunch. he has until tomorrow to find someone (today's a half day)

sappy · Guru

apies wrote:

sappy wrote:

so i just sent jake off for his first day of high school.

he's so excited. he's nervous about finding his way around but he's really excited.

i really hope he loves it.

he's so social that he won't have trouble making friends - i worry more about his academics.

gm sara!

he's going to do awesome.

i'll tell you the same thing i tell my parents at BTS night - they are not grown and need to watching their every move. they can go from "doing ok" to drowning SO FAST.

i know you're all over it though.

this is actually so good to hear.

any more tips? for example - what's your opinion on us sort of being all over him when it comes to homework, grades, etc...? you know we've struggled with this in the past and we're a little concerned this year. he has english, algebra, biology & drafting (along with gym, study hall).

Juanita · Guru

Good morning :sunny:

April, I'm

that Jake thinks he fell down and hurt his penis!! That's hilarious! I'm glad he's doing so well

Sara, I can't believe you have a high-schooler!! He's going to do great though!

Okay, on to dessert biggrin

I love anything chocolate, cakes, pies, candy bars, you name it. I also love, love, love cheesecake, plain or with blueberry, cherry, or strawberry on top. (I so could've fit in with the Golden Girls and their cheesecake eating selves wink

)

apies · Guru

sappy wrote:

this is actually so good to hear.

any more tips? for example - what's your opinion on us sort of being all over him when it comes to homework, grades, etc...? you know we've struggled with this in the past and we're a little concerned this year. he has english, algebra, biology & drafting (along with gym, study hall).

sara, i can only respond (obviously) from my teacher perspective b/c my own kids are so little, but i will share how i envision things running when they're older...

homework HAS to be priority. if his teachers are giving homework, he HAS to do it. kids don't realize how much 0s hurt their grades. i would make him carry an agenda (or planner or whatever they call it at his school) and have him write down his homework. until you know you can trust him, i would look at it daily and check to make sure his hw is done. make him PROVE to you that he is responsible before you give him free reign (sp?).

does his school have online grades that you can access? if so, check them daily. make him accountable for what you see. if they don't, figure out a way to see his grades regularly. even before i had online grades, i had software that would allow me to print progress reports for parents and i was MORE than happy to do so anytime it was requested (it took 2 seconds).

email his teachers - i love getting emails from parents and am always willing to share/help/etc in anyway i can.

lmt to think of some more.

apies · Guru

oh, another one, sara...

i've struggled for a long time with the idea of cash for grades, but i've sort of come around to the idea of positive reinforcement for success at school.

if you don't want to pay him cash ($10 for As, $5 for Bs, etc), "pay" him with freedom. like an extra hour on his curfew for a night for each A, or an extra hour of wii or whatever.

i just really find that so many kids need some sort of push outside of the actual grades b/c they can't understand the long term consequences early on. kwim? as a freshman, he doesn't see how much poor grades now can affect his long-term GPA and chances at college, etc.

sappy · Guru

apies wrote:

sappy wrote:

this is actually so good to hear.

any more tips? for example - what's your opinion on us sort of being all over him when it comes to homework, grades, etc...? you know we've struggled with this in the past and we're a little concerned this year. he has english, algebra, biology & drafting (along with gym, study hall).

sara, i can only respond (obviously) from my teacher perspective b/c my own kids are so little, but i will share how i envision things running when they're older...

homework HAS to be priority. if his teachers are giving homework, he HAS to do it. kids don't realize how much 0s hurt their grades. i would make him carry an agenda (or planner or whatever they call it at his school) and have him write down his homework. until you know you can trust him, i would look at it daily and check to make sure his hw is done. make him PROVE to you that he is responsible before you give him free reign (sp?).

does his school have online grades that you can access? if so, check them daily. make him accountable for what you see. if they don't, figure out a way to see his grades regularly. even before i had online grades, i had software that would allow me to print progress reports for parents and i was MORE than happy to do so anytime it was requested (it took 2 seconds).

email his teachers - i love getting emails from parents and am always willing to share/help/etc in anyway i can.

lmt to think of some more.

super helpful info. we weren't sure if we should be on him like that - his middle school teachers sort of told us we shouldn't be - that he should have to learn how to handle things himself before he got to high school.