No School Days

Yesterday and today were parent teacher conferences at Landon's school. This means...NO SCHOOL for the kiddos.

Be prepared for this post. I'm going to reveal how bad of a mommy I am....

Now, if you know anything about me, I have OCD tendencies. :0) I like routine. I like to know what's going on, and when it's going to go on so that I can prepare for the going's on. Got it? On a normal weekday, it's just me and Kenzee at home, hanging out. A couple of times a week there are errands involved. But, for the most part, we just hang out. Well, let me clarify on the hanging out...I blog, check my email, do the laundry, wash the dishes, pick up endless piles of toys..you know the drill. As for Mackenzee....she gets in a lot of Dora and Boots, Curious George, and Kai-lan. {My daughter can say Ni-hao [which is hello in Chinese] because of dear Kai-lan!} She also likes to try to drive me crazy by bringing ALL of her toys from her bedroom to the living room and getting into things she's not supposed to. There are usually a few temper tantrums thrown in there as well. {there are also tickle monsters, singing songs, dancing, and lots of trips to the potty} It's our routine. We've got it down pat.

Then comes the Parent Teacher Conference Days. Landon is home. And, as much as I love having him home with me...he seriously throws off my routine. I had plans yesterday. Bank, post office, grocery store, and Target. Guess how much I got done? Let's see...bank? nope! post office? nope! Target? nope! I did make a quick run into Smith's while Landon was at Cub Scouts.....at 4:15. My morning was shot. Between play dates, and fighting siblings...my plans were shot down. And to top it all off....Landon told me earlier in the week that I didn't have to go to P/T Conferences because it was just an open house. His report card was sent home in his backpack, and there was also a note that said I could just come anytime on Thursday and Landon could show me how he does his 50 in a minute and what not. Well, if I'm not required to go, and all I'll get out of it is to watch my kid do math problems {which we do every night at home anyway} I'm going to skip this one. Dragging my mischevious little toddler in there was horrible enough last time. If I don't have to deal with it, I'm not going to. So, I didn't even think about it yesterday. 4:05 comes and Landon says, "MOM! We were supposed to go to P/T Conferences today!" I remind him of what he told me and he said "Yeah, if you were SICK you didn't have to go." What? Then, when I checked the caller ID, I saw that his teacher had tried to call me from the school. Sigh. Good job slacker mom Ashlee. :0( Holy cow. So, not only did I not get anything accomplished, I was probably the only mom that DIDN'T show up to school yesterday. Nice....

Now, for a cute happy thought. Sort of. It's 9:30 in the morning. My kids have already been fighting. I remind Landon that he is in desperate need of a shower. After reminding him THREE times, he finally goes to do it. Mackenzee stars crying and pounding on the door. She strips naked while doing this. She wants to come and play in the shower too. I tell her that she can't. Landon is big and needs to take a shower by himself. She keeps crying and climbs into my lap and I tell her I'm sorry. After a few minutes of her being sad, she looks up at me, puts her hands up on top of her head and says, "I on't be big TOO mommy" It was sad and cute at the same time. She wants to be able to do what Landon does. She adores him and idolizes him. He's just so much bigger than she is, so it makes it hard for her. Sadly, she'll be big soon enough. As frustrating as she can be sometimes, can't she just stay little forever? I mean seriously, she posed for this picture after it all happened. No 16 year old is going to do that for her mommy. :0)