7th Snow Day

Yep.  The Kelley kids are out of school again today.  They haven’t been since February 13th, but I mean, who’s really keeping up.  I’m surprisingly okay with another day and feel it’s because yesterday we had a lot of fun.  And things are looking up.  I mean, it’s quite possible they will go back to school tomorrow.  Possibly.

Yesterday we ate lunch out and then went to Monkey Joes for like 4 hours.  We never go to those places because it’s so expensive for all these kiddos, but yesterday was a big day so we went and it was AMAZING.  I sat.  In a chair.  At a real table. Alone.  While my kids ran wildly around burning off so much pent up energy.  And I brought my Bible and supplies and I read and got creative right there is the midst of Monkey Joes crazy town chaos.  And Monkey Joes is definitely straight up chaos.  Is a Monkey Joes frequent visitors card a real thing?!?!?!  If so, I might need one.

I’ve been thinking about all the randomness I could bestow on you this week.  Get ready.

Kindergarten Teacher Tip #2: Cheap shaving cream can be your best boredom buster or just a quick fun activity.  And it cleans your table and makes your house not smell like a dirty diaper or feet.  Try it.  You can even get all educational and have them write numbers, letters, words, etc. Or just let them go to town.  I’m for the going to town.

Please notice how some of them are choosing only to coat their hands and arms in the shaving cream…like this guy.

OCD Confession:  I love love love when I get to grocery shop alone and am able to load my groceries in the check out in the “correct” order.  Please some OCDish people speak up and affirm me.  1st: can goods, milk, any other uncrushable items.  2nd: boxed items all grouped together…eeeekk!  3rd: refrigerated items.  4th:  Fruit, eggs and easily crushed items like chips.  And lastly…those precious irreplaceable items like Mega M&Ms and sour gummy worms who stand alone.  It literally makes me so happy.  And I’m aware I have problems 🙂

This girl.  She’s a special one you guys.  And not seen are 4 other small children possibly losing their minds while we wait for the doctor at the doctors office because duh, we needed a case of the croup.

I was so disappointed to miss this sledding in action.  Imagine Sol in the sled…wearing his protective head gear while using his baseball bat to propel himself down the hill…similar to a guy rowing a boat, but he just needed a few good paddles.

No words needed.

And you guys are crazy awesome.  And I mean that.  Absolutely.  Thank you for taking a chance with me and for being willing to help make this Fun Day possible for these sweet kids.  Only 3 spots left in the March Bible Journaling class.  You can read all the details HERE.  Shoot me an email at pitterpatterart at gmail dot com if you would like a spot(s).

Happy Tuesday.

5 Comments

  1. Umm…I always load my groceries that way. Is it bad that I never thought of it as being OCD??

  2. Yes, that’s me loading my groceries onto the conveyor belt. I’m guessing there’s a whole lot of us out there. Although, even after I place them all up there just so, it seems like when I get home, they’re not in that order at all. Those baggers are just bagging as quick as they can and things are flying in all sorts of bags. I still have to do my part though!

  3. Dude, I do the same thing at the grocery store.

  4. I’m totally crazy about groceries. The loading order and then a very categorized/organized list. And it makes me very happy. LOL! Glad to see there are so many of us in your reader ranks 🙂

    Glad you’re able to hang in during school closure. 10+ days is so crazy! I’m in southern CA, so the whole idea is foreign…and sounds more fun that is probably realistic!

  5. I thought this was the only way to put groceries on the conveyor belt. It just makes good sense. I’m also slightly neurotic about how I load my dishwasher.

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