BEFORE SCHOOLWell the first week of school is going very well. Nicole loves it!!! She is even making us double the amount of pretzels we put in her lunch, I guess they make her quite popular!! Surprisingly, she has not asked us to double her fruit, or veggie portions. Every morning her and Adriana drop by the store on their way to school, and she still looks as excited as she did on the first day. The end of the day on the other hand, is an entirely different story.
The school day begins at 7:30, and ends at 2:45 - even for kindergartners! That compounded with the fact that she has to wake up around 6:00, and does not get a nap (as she puts it "cause I am not a little girl, like Nat Nat"), leads to a very tired girl. This is a bad thing, yet a good thing. The bad thing is that the only time I see her (if I get to see her at all), is during what we affectionately call her Chucky Time. This is the lovely time of the day when the exhaustion takes over her little body, and our sweet Cinderella turns into the evil step sisters. No, it is not a grammatical error that I used the plural there. I used it, to properly demonstrate the severity of the situation. The girl is the sweetest thing in the world, but when Mr. Hyde comes out, (or is Dr. Jeckle the bad one, I cant remember), watch out sista, cause it gonna be ugly!! I wonder where she gets that temper? Must be from Adriana's side, being that she has such a calm, laid back, and easy going Father!!! Lol
The good thing about her schedule is that she is comatose by 7:30. That means that for the first time in 5 years, her parents get some alone time!!!!! Don't worry Mom, not that kind of alone time, 3 is enough!!! We have actually watched more movies in the last week, than we have seen in the last 6 months. None of which are animated, or involve Hanna Montana in any way shape or form!!! It is has been great, though I know it will be short lived, once her body gets used to the schedule. We are however prepared for such a situation. I watched a sitcom once where the kids went to bed early one night and the parents had some good alone time. So good in fact that each night the parents keep moving the clocks forward to make bed time earlier. Eventually, it was 9:00pm (bedtime), as soon as the kids got home from school. See who says you can't learn anything from watching T.V.?!
The school day begins at 7:30, and ends at 2:45 - even for kindergartners! That compounded with the fact that she has to wake up around 6:00, and does not get a nap (as she puts it "cause I am not a little girl, like Nat Nat"), leads to a very tired girl. This is a bad thing, yet a good thing. The bad thing is that the only time I see her (if I get to see her at all), is during what we affectionately call her Chucky Time. This is the lovely time of the day when the exhaustion takes over her little body, and our sweet Cinderella turns into the evil step sisters. No, it is not a grammatical error that I used the plural there. I used it, to properly demonstrate the severity of the situation. The girl is the sweetest thing in the world, but when Mr. Hyde comes out, (or is Dr. Jeckle the bad one, I cant remember), watch out sista, cause it gonna be ugly!! I wonder where she gets that temper? Must be from Adriana's side, being that she has such a calm, laid back, and easy going Father!!! Lol
The good thing about her schedule is that she is comatose by 7:30. That means that for the first time in 5 years, her parents get some alone time!!!!! Don't worry Mom, not that kind of alone time, 3 is enough!!! We have actually watched more movies in the last week, than we have seen in the last 6 months. None of which are animated, or involve Hanna Montana in any way shape or form!!! It is has been great, though I know it will be short lived, once her body gets used to the schedule. We are however prepared for such a situation. I watched a sitcom once where the kids went to bed early one night and the parents had some good alone time. So good in fact that each night the parents keep moving the clocks forward to make bed time earlier. Eventually, it was 9:00pm (bedtime), as soon as the kids got home from school. See who says you can't learn anything from watching T.V.?!
AFTER SCHOOL
Hahaha!!! Nicole looks gorgeous. I think nap time should be law.
ReplyDeleteI agree!!! We should propose it, we could call it the Siesta Legislation
ReplyDeleteWe have always called that time of the day the 'witching hour' but I like 'Chucky Time' sooooo much better.
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