Showing posts with label kids. Show all posts
Showing posts with label kids. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

UGHHHHHHH!!!!!


A small portion of her 'stuff'



To think, I thought those 2 little bags would be enough for her trash!



Another sampling of her 'stuff'


Ok I know I wasn't a perfect kid and I am pretty sure I wasn't neat but I don't really remember being that messy (was I mom???) but Meredith is the biggest pack rat - and let me tell you she gets it honest. Really there was probably no way of her not being one. I believe that it is a bit hereditary and she has it coming from both sides so she was destine to be one also. I really hadn't intended to spend HOURS cleaning her room yesterday all I really was doing was putting some of her clothes away from her and when I got to her closet I noticed a pile shoved in the corner and I pulled the stuff out and it was like 2 weeks worth of clothing! Things, after seeing, I realized I hadn't seen in like 4ever! Well that got me going.... and I got into her dance stuff - ahhhhhhhhh. I found, and I kid you not, 10 pair of dirty socks in her bag!!!!!!!! Could that be why she was wearing Owen's????? She is incredible. So, I get her closet and dance bag cleaned out and I decide to tidy up the area beside her bed where she always has a bit too much stuff for me. Well, low and behold when I get down on the floor and look I was flabergasted at the s--t under her bed! I was so overwhelmed I decided to take a picture for documentation. (I wish I would have taken a picture of her closet items). I have to give it to her, she is very clever. You see, she knows she isn't allowed to clean her room by putting things under her bed because I can see under her bed while in the bathroom and I tell her, so the clever little think she did was CRAM it all to the front of her bed so that I couldn't see it from the bathroom! Amazing, simply amazing is all I could say. I continue to ask, "why do you keep these things?" and her response is "IDK???" Then I asked why all the hidden clothes, and she responded I was in a hurry. For what, IDK , but obviously in a hurry from cleaning. Just so you know, there were 2 water bottles, a sippy cup????, 3 bottles of water, a 1/2 trash bag of old school papers, 4 shirts, 2 shorts, and a pair of underwear. In her closet she still had Halloween candy hid! Yes, there is a 'Clean House' intervention in her future :)

First Day of School




So here are Meredith and Owen on the first day of school. I can't believe that Owen is in the first grade already and Meredith in 5th!!! She only has one more year till middle school:( They both had a great first day even though the rooms reached a sweltering 93 degrees. It was pretty hot for most of the first 2 weeks but luckily it has cooled down now. The heat didn't seem to bother Owen too much or at least he didn't complain about it. His favorite thing is the media lab where he gets to play on the computer so he NEVER wants to miss a Monday. Meredith is an official Primary Door Crew member. All that means is that she helps keep the 1st graders in line and makes sure they don't hurt themselves or each other while waiting to go in to class.
So far so good.