hard evening

ruskin and i took time to have lunch together today which was lovely. we talked about the joint class we want to teach and questions that interest us. i got to ask him about what he taught today and learn/think about something for a little while. i finished one thing today finally and was looking forward to my evening at a work event with k.

picking up the kids was fine at first but turned bad very quickly. it was the "we want mommy, not daddy" routine. they were touchy and volatile all the way home. k ate some food and seemed to stabilize. r did not want any and seemed really to spiral downward as we got home. the evening was not pleasant and we trudged through, troopers that we are. it was pretty disappointing. i did not go out and stayed home. k switched back and forth from being pleasant to hitting people. it sure takes the pleasure out of coming home and spending time with the kids.

with r, i am pretty sure it was lack of food. and of course, getting him to eat took forever because he had no food. argh. k is asleep and the r's are upstairs. i think i am just going to try to do work and forget about this evening.

i guess i can share a good memory from earlier in the week to compensate: apparently, for halloween masee was a character from the film "napoleon dynamite" who sells friendship bracelets. well once done with the bracelets, they became a lovely present to pass down to masee's favorite niece. ms. k liked her inheritance. i encouraged her to give some to her teachers. well the next day we brought them to school in the morning and by pick up time, k had fulfilled her promise. every teacher and child care worker was wearing a friendship bracelet distributed by ms. k. it was quite funny and sweet. the kids both had good days. k ran around the multi with her friend while holding hands and falling down at each mat while laughing. she also had a tea party. in r's class, he brought in a solar system book, a solar system puzzle, and wore his space overalls. as you may have guessed, they are studying space this week. all of them were quite a hit! next week is the body...

i will try to put pictures up soon.