Cebelle woke up at 7:20 this morning. She was so excited about her playdate this afternoon that she had to get up and tell me how excited she was. She got in bed with me and snuggled up and was almost back to sleep....when Hayden came in at 7:35. Hayden is anything but quiet in the mornings. He has this thing where he shouts. Constantly. Even if you are sitting right next to him. Or even if your ear is right by his mouth. I have had his hearing checked multiple times, but there is nothing wrong with him. He only has one volume: obnoxiously loud. So of course Cebelle did not go back to sleep. It was mostly impossible, considering that Hayden was shouting at her about the book that he is reading ("Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief") and that she can't read and then he proceeded to tell her about everything he had read thus far. Cebelle was not thrilled. She is very much like Jeff and she is NOT a morning person. She said, "Hayden! I don't care! Stop shouting and trying to be smart and leave me alone!" Which then caused a fight because Hayden felt the need to explain that he wasn't TRYING to be smart because he was IN FACT, smarter than most adults and he was DEFINITELY smarter than Cebelle because mommy said yesterday that age brings wisdom and he was almost two years older than Cebelle. So, I diffused the fight and got into the shower, hoping to brighten my day a bit. Turns out I had to shower with my eyes open while staring at the light/vent fan in the shower because a wasp was in there and trying to get out. In case you have never tried it, showering while keeping eyes open and tilted upward is not an easy task. You are, in fact, more prone to get shampoo, conditioner, and face wash in your eyeballs while showering this way. Even when your head is tilted upwards. I don't know how it's possible, I only know that it is.
So we had our breakfast and did our school work. Cebelle had a phonics assessment and a math assessment, both which she scored perfect on. Hayden had a Language Arts test, which he scored 87% on and a Penmanship test, which he scored a B+. That's the first time he has gotten above a C on Penmanship and I'm very proud of him.
After lunch, I was able to work on my cross-stitch. I actually finished 3 sections of it and started the next section up. I was really excited. Cebelle played "Eye of the Tiger" very loudly on the stereo and danced and sang. My favorite part is when she sings the lyric "rising up to the challenge of our rival" because she says, "raisin up to the chillin of our rye-ho" I have no idea what that even means, but I find it hysterical.
It was finally time at 2:30 to pick up Cebelle's friend from school. The kids who are here during the week are all younger than Cebelle, except for the boy who is Hayden's age. So, Cebelle ends up playing either tiny girl stuff or big boy stuff if she wants to play with someone. She doesn't really have someone her age to play Barbie or Littlest Pet Shops or Zoobles with very often. Of course, she was unbelievably excited to have her friend come over. They have been doing girly-girl stuff all afternoon. And Hayden has been...complaining. I tried to explain to him that Cebelle doesn't really like to play all that other stuff like LEGOS and Bakugan, she only does it so she has someone to play with. He just doesn't really get it. So I had him do homework and his reading for his book report while the girls played.
We are getting ready to have some pizza for dinner and then we are running our friend home. Hopefully, I can get my kids in bed a bit early because they got up so early. Jeff has been texting me all day that he isn't feeling very well, which is very unfortunate because he has parent/teacher conferences tonight until 8. I hope that he isn't coming down with something.
Once I get the kids down, I will either watch some Netflix until Jeff gets home (probably "Secret Life") or I will read my book ("The Queen of Attolia"). I haven't really decided. Not sure what I'm in the mood for. Whatever it is, I will most likely be curled up on the couch with the dogs at my feet and enjoying the life that I have. Despite the daily ups and downs, not a moment goes by that I am not thankful.
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