Friday the 13th

Yesterday, I took the kids to school and then prepared for Brandon’s art lesson with two other moms. We set up until the kids came in after Friday flag salute. The lesson went well, though Brandon could have been anyone’s kid. He didn’t acknowledge me more than any other kid in the class, and I didn’t make it a point to “act” like his mom. I did check in on his artwork; they were doing a collage with layering and texturing pieces of ripped paper on top of Nutcracker-themed pictures. He chose a Nutcracker and did a great job. The songs they were learning were from Tchaikovsky Nutcracker, of course, and art, in the style of Degas. I left after the project was done, and then headed into work for a little over an hour. I then went back to get Peyton, who wanted to go to the book fair on its first day. It was a madhouse, but she found something she wanted (Dork Diaries), while I chose one for Brandon, Disney and Stan Lee’s Convergence. It’s actually a book I’d want to read as it is about a Chinese-American boy and the Chinese zodiac. Brandon doesn’t see himself as Chinese-American. He thinks the friend he has who speaks Chinese is, but not him. He’s just American. Peyton cut into her piano time a bit, since she was shopping, but she did manage to squeeze in most of her lesson’s practice before we went back to get Brandon. He also wanted to go to the fair, so I let him pick one book for $10 or under. He selected Diary of the Wimpy Kid’s latest edition, and he came in at $9.63. Well-played, sir. We went home, and my mom was there already. Brandon had received his report card, and he wanted to read it first before giving it to me. He handed it to me, and then looked at me with anticipation. “How’d I do?” He had managed to pull up his lowest grade that was on his progress reports to a 4, which was above proficiency. His lowest was a 3.5 in two areas, but he got above or exceeds proficiency on most areas, namely 5’s on his PE, and social learning. This is the first year that he’s gotten 5’s on his behavior, so I made sure to point that out. I challenged him that now he had to keep those 5’s there. He also told me, “I want to get all 5’s though!” I told him he was capable of that, he just had to slow himself down and not make careless mistakes. He said he wanted to try harder next trimester. He wanted me to show my mom, too, so she reinforced the same thing for him. After Peyton finished up piano, then Brandon’s turn, we headed to the mall. I needed some alterations, so we did that, while my mom kept the kids entertained. I hadn’t been able to do it from my birthday (present from my parents), so we were able to finally make time to go. 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We knew most of the parents that were there, but we did meet a new couple. I’d exchanged emails with the wife, but I hadn’t had a chance to formally and personally meet her. She knows V’s mom, who told me earlier that they used to work together, and it was small world. We started talking, and over in the other area, Dave was talking to her husband. We found out we had many things in common – namely, her husband grew up in the same area, and went to the same high school that I had. After awhile, I did finally get the courage to ask when he graduated. I knew it was after me, as they have a kindergartner, but I was bracing myself to be made to feel old. He was 4 years after me, but his brother was one year younger than me. We knew each other from band! We also have another family that we know in common, as we were both talking about someone we know who lives on a certain street, and it happened to be the same family. We stayed until about 11 pm, then we headed home. But Dave said he was hungry. He drove to the late night Asian cafe, and we saw the couple pulling away from the parking lot (in the same car as mine). I looked her up on FB (she works there), and I texted her that we just saw them pulling away as we were in the cafe next door. We assumed they were going for tea, but it was closed. They knew the restaurant, and said they were going to come back, since the wife was hungry, too. Dave and I consolidated in the booth, and then they came to join us. She also wanted to extend their datenight as their kids were staying with Grandma. We found out from FB that we have two more friends in common, one from the hometown connection, and then the other from my first cousin’s other side of the family. We’d been to two parties in common – the wedding and red egg of their first child! What are the chances! They are also Disney fans, but have taken two cruises on RCL (one with the kids, and one with their honeymoon). Seriously, like bizarro Dave and me. They’ve taken their 3 and 5 year old skiing, and plan to do so again this year. They are considering a trip to Aulani. Too many similarities. We shut the restaurant down, and then, we parted ways and ended our date night. So fun meeting new people, and even Dave had a good night out 🙂