Today, the kids got up a little later, and we were rushing to get out of the house right before 9 am. It was going to take us about 45 minutes to get to our destination, and I had to factor in traffic. I also had to make a stop at our local store to get the boy we were meeting a small gift. I didn’t want to come empty handed, so I stopped to get him a box of legos. Can’t go wrong with Legos at least in our family 🙂 I had to pick up a coffee for my pick – me – up, so I did that as well. Traffic slowed us down a bit, but we arrived at our destination about 10 minutes past due. At least the party we were meeting, Rebecca and Ethan, were running late, too. We shopped at the gift shop first, and we found some stuff in the sale rack that was pretty cool! There was a puzzle of the periodic table (yes, nerdy I know, but we were at a science and animal place!) and Brandon chose another small science kit. We asked the attendant to put them behind the counter, and I repeatedly reminded the kids to remind me to stop by on our way out to pick them up. They both nodded earnestly, but I still didn’t trust that they would remind me. Ethan and Becca had just arrived, and we headed to see the animals first. The kids got a kick out of exploring around the bobcat, raccoon, aviary, and other local wildlife. Actually, a lot of the animals were from LA, ironically. We headed into the exhibit, and I ran into a friend from high school. Actually, we saw another person from my residency class, but since I was already talking to the high school friend and Rebecca, I didn’t want to be rude and interrupt to say hi to her, too. Actually, Rebecca and Michelle went to high school together, so she would’ve known her, too. I guess today was the day to have everyone out in full force before school started again. Becca is here for a week, leaving Saturday, but I didn’t want to force meeting up after the kids were back in school, so we chose today to meet. The exhibits were closed Monday, as were some other places. I had to get the kids back by 4 pm to look at classrooms, so we chose a place halfway between where Becca was, with her parents, and home. It was perfect! The kids started to complain (okay, actually, it was just my kids) about being hungry. Becca had brought some snacks to share, and I had a tub of blueberries. Brandon and Peyton each had an egg, minus the yolk, and then they snacked on goldfish and blueberries. They were offered juice, but both reluctantly declined. I’d brought their waters for them, so they didn’t argue. Ethan was good to go after the small snack, but my kids were still hungry. We ended up going to a restaurant nearby to eat. It’s a place where singers will sing along with the piano in the evening, but it was more low key during the day. Brandon and Peyton ordered the caesar salad with chicken, and Brandon inhaled it! It came with milk, and he had 2.5 pieces of bread (good-sized dinner rolls!). Peyton ate about half her salad, and she had some bread, too. Ethan and Becca shared a sandwich, but he didn’t eat much. Ice cream came, and the kids were doing a good job, so I let them eat it. Although, I took a huge spoon out of each (strawberry for Peyton, vanilla for Brandon) to share with Ethan. Neither of them complained! We wrapped up lunch, and the kids said goodbye to Ethan with big hugs. Actually, Ethan did the hugging, along with Brandon, who stood twice his height, while Peyton just stood there. On our drive back, I told Peyton to go to sleep. She immediately leaned her head on the headrest, and I think fell asleep. I told Brandon he would earn stars (points) for being quiet in the car the whole way back. So both earned stars for their behavior in the car. Peyton woke up after her 30 minute nap, and said, “Yeah, I feel better! That was a great nap!” Brandon came home and opened up his science kit, while Peyton started to work on the puzzle. It’s 1000 pieces, so I knew we just had to get started. Before long, we headed out on foot to the school. I told them I wasn’t carrying any water or anything, so they drank and peed before we left. We arrived just after 4 pm and the line was intense! There were parents lined up around the corner to view the kindergarten lists. This year, the school is accepting TK. This is making for larger class sizes, as some parents are choosing to hold their kids back a year already in anticipation of the deadline, while the TK’s are added. When we got to the front of the lists, I was disappointed to see Peyton in a class whose teacher’s name I did not recognize. She was a new teacher at the school. I quickly took a picture, and then we headed over to meet her. I didn’t even stand in line with Brandon to look at his classroom, since the older kids didn’t have their rooms opened, just kinder. This is when I was cursing Dave’s decision to have a social night tonight, with his friend from out of town. I didn’t want to waste time lining up for Brandon’s room, but he was curious, too. He didn’t want to leave me to go stand in his own line, which was for the best, as other parents would’ve jockeyed around him for better position. Peyton had no problems leaving the line in search of water, though I’d warned her not to get lost. Again, another reason single parenting sucks. We met the teacher, and Peyton was her shy self. She did look around the room, and then she saw one of her teammates from t-ball, Daniel. She was excited to see him, as was Brandon to see his older brother, who is starting 6th grade. Actually, they are friends, playing baseball together in the same division. Neve took Brandon to go see his classroom, and where he would line up. Some moms were introducing their kids to Peyton, and it was a bit awkward! I recognized one of the girls from Peyton’s ballet class, and the mom must have thought I was the biggest creeper for remembering her. Honestly, I remembered the mom, and had no recollection of the kid whatsoever. There was an Iris and a Violette, which I thought was cute of the teachers/administration to put them in the same class…and then a Brandon and a Landon, oh and a Matthieu and Matthew. Brandon came back to tell me whose class he was in, and that he wasn’t going to make new friends in the class. Bella was in his class! She’s the girl from first grade, whose mom I worked with last year. They split up “the crew” which may make it easier for Brandon, in class, anyway, to keep on the straight and narrow. It was funny watching Brandon say hi to all the older baseball kids, and they would sheepishly wave to him. I told him they probably weren’t that excited to see a younger kid saying hi to them. Like if Peyton said hi to him, he wouldn’t really care…or may not even acknowledge him. I don’t think he got it; he was just excited to see all the kids there again. Such a social butterfly, unlike the other one! Finally, as we were walking home, after I’d taken a picture, finally, of Brandon’s class, we ran into Theo and his parents. Theo’s sister had good things to say about Brandon’s teacher, so I was happy to hear that. We stopped to chat with another mom who I’d worked with last year, and she also said good things about Brandon’s teacher. We made it home, but it was dicey. Peyton was hot, tired, and hungry. She was immune to the spelling games and math challenges (one kid picks two number between 1-12, and Brandon has to multiply them, while Peyton has to subtract them, then the opposite kid picks two numbers) that we played on the way over. I fed them a quick dinner, then it was shower, piano, and time for bed. They were down by 730 pm, and Brandon is still warning me about feeding the fish, and putting out the trash for tomorrow, all because Daddy isn’t here (see, it’s a real problem for him), while Peyton isn’t losing any sleep, literally, over Daddy not being here.
here are the pics we took today…of course, no parent picks!!
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