High Maintenance Mom

Now may be the time in your area to register for school next year and summer camp. I've included links below about the process we went through last year choosing and registering for kindergarten. Now that we're in kindergarten, our big surprise has been summer camp sign ups - we were previously in a program that had only five consecutive days off during the summer. We didn't realize how lucky we had been or when we needed to sign up for summer camp. After spending countless hours trying to schedule our summer and finally feeling good about it, I was surprised to receive a waitlist email the first evening of new camper registration for what I thought was our new four week day camp...

My husband has been feeling guilty that B has taken more classes than N. We fought about it so long ago and I can't even remember what happened other than somehow it became my fault that I hadn't signed N (just turned two) up for Mommy/Daddy and Me Soccer. So I signed him up with the agreement that Daddy would take him. Last week was our first class and guess who took him?...

B has been taking swimming lessons ever since he started refusing baths saying he was scared. Although he still hates getting water on his face, he now enjoys being in the pool. Baby Entropy, on the other hand, loves the water. When he slipped in the tub and went underwater, I made the decision to clap when he came up instead of grabbing him like I did for his brother. After about a second of confusion, Baby E clapped too. The next time he slipped, he came up quickly and clapped. I'm not saying that I shouldn't help my kids, only that my reactions to our second's bathtime activities are much more mellow than those to our first's...

I couldn't sleep last night knowing that I had so many things to do today. Tomorrow begins four inservice days for our preschool and I had several projects at work to finish beforehand. Today was also the day to register for gymnastics for out-of-town families. It's not enough that we have to pay more money but we also have to get to registration before 8 AM in order to get a spot in our second or third choice class...

The boys had their first swim lessons this morning where we continued to refine how we handle two kids at the pool...