I hate the heat but love the idea of summer.
I remember the last day of school, being so excited and anxiously awaiting the start of summer. Growing up in Arizona, I remember the heat of the sun on my back at 10am, drinking cherry Kool-Aid with a lot of ice, and my brother and I playing outside until it was time to come in.
We're kicking off a Southern style summer with a crawfish boil, a large party of friends, and cold beer, good food, and good times. Hopefully my kids can remember some fun summer things as well.
Monday, May 14, 2007
Friday, May 4, 2007
Life has taken many fun turns lately.
My mom visited, which is always fun and exciting, in and of itself. She has what I consider to be undiagnosed ADD so it contradicts my very relaxed life in every way possible.
The Rockstar (my son) has continued with homeschooling and we're not sure what to make of it. I love it, he hates it. I know I need to get him involved in more activities and we are working on that. Promise.
The Princess (my daughter) continues to be a fun, exciting, albeit tiresome gal. She is loving learning at home as well and we continue to to try to make it fun for her. She is very academic. It's clear she's academic and has a mind for grasping things many kids her age wouldn't get. But, she works at her own pace on her own time and that makes teaching her at home difficult. It is a slight struggle we've got to iron out. She is reading and does love it. I'm thankful for that, if anything.
With her being 4, we're not sure if we're going to do a kindergarten for her next year. Our state doesn't require it for entering 1st graders, so we may do kindergarten at home for her here. She'd be happy, I think. And, I know she'd do well.
Onto other news, and a question totally unrelated to my update:
We're considering replacing our appliances in our home. What is your take on refrigerators? We currently have a side-by-side black refrigerator/freezer and it's about 10 years old. I have heard wonderful things about bottom-freezer models. Does anyone have one? Do you like it? I like the ease of the door water/ice spout on the side-by-side and bottom-freezer models don't readily come with it. But, what are your thoughts? Freezer on top? Bottom? Side?
This weekend we're having a crawfish boil. I will so have to take pictures and post recipes. Lucky for us, we have some friends that are Louisiana/Gulf Coast Texas natives, and their knowledge of good crawfish is plentiful. We're doing the trial recipe right now and let's see how it goes.
The Man has gone from being a die-hard vegetarian to cooking live crawfish in his own kitchen. Oh goodness. Have a good weekend y'all.
My mom visited, which is always fun and exciting, in and of itself. She has what I consider to be undiagnosed ADD so it contradicts my very relaxed life in every way possible.
The Rockstar (my son) has continued with homeschooling and we're not sure what to make of it. I love it, he hates it. I know I need to get him involved in more activities and we are working on that. Promise.
The Princess (my daughter) continues to be a fun, exciting, albeit tiresome gal. She is loving learning at home as well and we continue to to try to make it fun for her. She is very academic. It's clear she's academic and has a mind for grasping things many kids her age wouldn't get. But, she works at her own pace on her own time and that makes teaching her at home difficult. It is a slight struggle we've got to iron out. She is reading and does love it. I'm thankful for that, if anything.
With her being 4, we're not sure if we're going to do a kindergarten for her next year. Our state doesn't require it for entering 1st graders, so we may do kindergarten at home for her here. She'd be happy, I think. And, I know she'd do well.
Onto other news, and a question totally unrelated to my update:
We're considering replacing our appliances in our home. What is your take on refrigerators? We currently have a side-by-side black refrigerator/freezer and it's about 10 years old. I have heard wonderful things about bottom-freezer models. Does anyone have one? Do you like it? I like the ease of the door water/ice spout on the side-by-side and bottom-freezer models don't readily come with it. But, what are your thoughts? Freezer on top? Bottom? Side?
This weekend we're having a crawfish boil. I will so have to take pictures and post recipes. Lucky for us, we have some friends that are Louisiana/Gulf Coast Texas natives, and their knowledge of good crawfish is plentiful. We're doing the trial recipe right now and let's see how it goes.
The Man has gone from being a die-hard vegetarian to cooking live crawfish in his own kitchen. Oh goodness. Have a good weekend y'all.
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