Thursday, November 8, 2007


Somewhere Between...a Meltdown and the North Pole....


Ok...I have been so bad....not blogged in quite some time. The story of our lives over the past month will take several blogs...so I will have to take it a little at a time. Just to give you hints...we've had 2 trips to the ER, one plastic surgeon, one hospital stay, countless trips to the pharmacy, two birthdays and the book fair is next week!


Curious????


Today, however, I am going to tell the traumatic story of Annabel's first minus five. (For those with no kids...this is like a "mark" or conduct slip in school!)...

Let me lead in by bragging that my Annabel went ALL last year with out a SINGLE "red light" (Kindergarten version of the minus five)...teachers love her!


Well...today, as I was decorating the library for bookfair...making it look like the North Pole, I see a red-faced, sobbing Annabel heading my way. I thought something was seriously wrong...she was bordering on hysterical. She finally made it to me and fell to pieces, "M-m-m-om-my! I-I-I got-got-got a-a m-m-m-m-inus f-f-f-f-i-i-ve!" Now, I admit, as I hugged her I had to laugh! Here is Annabel, literally falling apart over ONE minus five. As Noah will willingly tell you, we celebrate if he gets less than 2 in a day...Noah is the king of Minus Fives. (Such a proud Mama)... And here is the Princess, basically writing off her Elementary Education over one minus five. I assured her I was not mad, that I was proud of her, and she dried the tears and headed back to class. I continued to giggle...she is such a sweet child. She really loves to please, hates to be in trouble. Tob and I can't come up with one time we have spanked her...not to say she is perfect. She can throw the 'tude around -she is a female, of course. She just hates for people to be upset with her.
I ran into her sweet teacher later in the day, checked to make sure she had fully recovered from the trauma, and finished the North Pole.


No comments: