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ciroccojLooong day with Justin today. He wasn't being bad, just really loud and rough and exhausting.
French class did not go great, although it wasn't just him. All the kids were restless - one of the other moms observed, "It's just not coming together today."
I tried to shrug it off and we came back home to make bagels. Got pretty far, and was doing pretty good, until I realized that Chris had started oven cleaner last night. And I had to get it off before the bagels went in. And they were already formed, and were supposed to rise for 15 minutes before starting the next stage, and![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
heathers had warned me that if they rise too long, they collapse. And there was no way I could get the oven wiped in fifteen minutes, especially since I'd already pre-heated it.
Wiped it frantically and tried not to get burned while Justin puttered and asked where his lunch was. Got it done, then realized I had no baking trays, as they were used last night too. OK. No problem. Wash, then cover with foil so the bagels won't stick. Except, no foil. OK. Grease, then. And get the bagels boiling. OK. No Problem. Under Control.
Except, once the bagels were boiled and ready, I realized I didn't know where the oven racks were. Actually paged Chris at work, but I found them before he called back.
Bagels eventually turned out fine. But I was frazzled.
On the plus side, we did listen to Carmen on the way to and from French class. And talked about the music and the story - although I didn't go into the whole "poor wronged man eventually kills the seductive vixen who ruined him with her feminine wiles, and claims he still loves her as she lies at her feet with her throat cut for daring to have left him for another man."
And Daniel lost another front tooth at school today. I'll have to get a picture of him to post, he looks adorable.
French class did not go great, although it wasn't just him. All the kids were restless - one of the other moms observed, "It's just not coming together today."
I tried to shrug it off and we came back home to make bagels. Got pretty far, and was doing pretty good, until I realized that Chris had started oven cleaner last night. And I had to get it off before the bagels went in. And they were already formed, and were supposed to rise for 15 minutes before starting the next stage, and
heathers had warned me that if they rise too long, they collapse. And there was no way I could get the oven wiped in fifteen minutes, especially since I'd already pre-heated it.Wiped it frantically and tried not to get burned while Justin puttered and asked where his lunch was. Got it done, then realized I had no baking trays, as they were used last night too. OK. No problem. Wash, then cover with foil so the bagels won't stick. Except, no foil. OK. Grease, then. And get the bagels boiling. OK. No Problem. Under Control.
Except, once the bagels were boiled and ready, I realized I didn't know where the oven racks were. Actually paged Chris at work, but I found them before he called back.
Bagels eventually turned out fine. But I was frazzled.
On the plus side, we did listen to Carmen on the way to and from French class. And talked about the music and the story - although I didn't go into the whole "poor wronged man eventually kills the seductive vixen who ruined him with her feminine wiles, and claims he still loves her as she lies at her feet with her throat cut for daring to have left him for another man."
And Daniel lost another front tooth at school today. I'll have to get a picture of him to post, he looks adorable.
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Date: 2003-11-20 08:47 pm (UTC)btw--t100+ started 2 weeks ago--time for another challenge!
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Date: 2003-11-21 10:04 am (UTC)That's by far the biggest compliment I can get in my life. I can only hope I'm actually a good mom in practice, not just on lj ;)
It's funny, there's lots of stuff I'd like to do differently from my parents, but some things I hope to do as well as they did. Like exposing my kids to lots of different things that aren't necessarily "child-oriented." Opera? MC Escher books? Graveyards? Political discussions? None of those is geared towards children, but that doesn't mean kids can't get something out of exposure to them, if somebody's there to help frame them in concepts the child can understand.
t100+ started 2 weeks ago--time for another challenge!
Got it!