SNAGGLE TOOTH SARAH CAROLINE

Well the other tooth has fallen out on its own. Its been loose for a couple of weeks and I tried to get her to let me pull it on Tuesday but she said "one pullin is enough for one day".

Michele had come over for a short visit before Sarah Carolines bedtime.
I don't know about yall but my child is always starving when I say the word bedtime. I have now started telling her to "get full" about 30 minutes before bed.

I really wanted this tooth out so we had pizza for dinner. I just had a feeling that without the McPhee tooth it wouldn't take much to get this one out.

Needless to say she was sitting at the table eating away while Michele and I stood at the bar and talked. All of the sudden she looked at us with eyes as big as saucers and says "my tooth's gone". It was a little hard to understand because she had a mouth full of food. She wouldn't swallow because she had to "find her tooth". It was under her tongue. Found and crisis diverted.

She was all smiles and thought it was the grandest thing since sliced bread until she realized that her "S" didn't come out right.

She freaked out about her S because she thought "it might make her miss words on her reading test". I assured her that her teacher knew she could say the words properly and she was only going to sound funny until her teeth came in.

I don't think she has stopped grinning yet!!

She did say that she wished she would have let me pull it on Tuesday when I pulled McPhee. Oh well at least she now knows that pulling a tooth is almost painless.

THE TOOTH

Sarah Caroline has had a loose tooth FOREVER. It would get really loose then tighten back up over and over. Every time we would try to talk her into pulling it she would FREAK OUT!!!! Well her spring pictures were Wednesday March 11th so we started talking about pulling it on Sunday afternoon. She just lost her mind every time I mentioned it.

We had nicknamed this tooth the "Nanny McPhee". Every time it would tighten back up it would stick out a little bit more. As you can see it was sticking straight out, it was just gross. She thought it was so funny because we kept on talking about it. Believe me people it wasn't funny or cute.

Our friends Michele and Aaron told her they weren't going to look her in the face until the McPhee was GONE!!! It still didn't work.

On Tuesday afternoon I started on McPhee as soon as she got in the car at school. The tooth has got to come out today pictures are tomorrow, everybody will be so excited, the tooth fairy will come....

In order for me to pull this tooth I had to give her $20 bucks and promise to go to Arbys and get her the largest jamocha shake they would sell me. Thank goodness they only sell one size. All of this on top of doing the crazy mom dance and singing the crazy pump it up song. Anything to take her mind off of what I was about to do.

I told her we would both scream and while we were doing this I would pull it and she wouldn't even know when it came out. It worked. YIPPEE!!!!

The tooth was so loose I could almost stare the thing out. It just fell out when I pinched it.

At bedtime we put the tooth in an envelope and put it under her pillow for the tooth fairy. Good riddance I say. I was so sick of looking at the ugly thing I was ready to squeal.

She got $3 from the tooth fairy and all is well.

ANGER MANAGEMENT

Well I think I may need anger management today.

Jackson my 11 year old is in the pre advanced placement classes at school this year. He's a smart kid, not to much gets by him. He makes really good grades when he applies himself but he's getting to the age where I have to push him to do his homework. You know how it is.

Well his science class is studying the weather and all that it entails. There are 6 kids per group and they are graded as a group. That is my first problem!! Even though this is an AP course some of the kids aren't "AP material". I'm not saying they aren't smart just maybe not quite ready for the independent study this class requires.

The rules plainly state that you may NOT use the teachers board to write on you must bring your own. The girl who did the forecast on Monday didn't bring her board. Is this the childs fault or the parents? The child who went on Tuesday did slightly better at least he did a forecast board.

Just because these children didn't follow instructions my child will be penalized. I understand the kids needing to learn how to work as a group but ultimately they should be graded on their individual days work.

So today is Jacksons day! Last night we did his forecast board and he was all ready.

We had talked to our wonderful neighbor Michele Zakeri who works at Fox 6 about getting one of the meteorologist to come and talk to the class after Jackson finished is presentation. We found out yesterday that this was definitely going to happen. We were so excited Jackson even did the little "I'm gonna get extra credit dance". We went and bought a thank you card for the class to sign for Mr. Washington and I was so proud of Jackson and so appreciative of Michele for setting all of this up.

This is my MAJOR problem

Well.... This morning Jackson gets to school a little early to get "set up" and he tells his teacher whom I will not name (Mr. Lee) about the surprise speaker and Mr. Lee says it's not really a good day. IT'S NOT REALLY A GOOD DAY!!! Has this man lost his mind? He teaches AP science and AP history. Every other day is science. Today just happened to be history day. They had a test on the cold war. Mr. Lee said that one student, whom I really wont name, wouldn't be done so it's not a good day. Why couldn't he stay in the classroom with the student and let me take the rest of the class out to see the Fox 6 STORM TRACKER HUMMER. How many times does is happen that your studying weather and you have a real live weather professional that can come speak to your class. McAdory gets such a bad rap. Every little bad thing that ever happens is publicized and this was something positive.

Mind you now i'm supposed to meeet Dennis Washington outside the school at 8:25 and Jackson called me about this at 7:53. He was crying a little. I could tell. He wont admitt it but he was.

When we get off of the phone I go into a blind rage. I was ranting about what an idiot this teacher has to be and my feelings were so hurt for Jackson.

I immediately call Michele to see if by chance she has Mr. Washingtons cell phone number. She goes to work on her phone and after much crap i'm sure, reaches him when he was about half way here. She told him the dilemma and he understood. Thankfully.

Now i'm so mad i'm shaking, I just want to go down to that classroom and give him a huge piece of my mind. I want to go to the board of education. I want to go to the PTA, I want to go to who ever will listen to me rant.

What better opportunity to show the children that we adults care about their education and at the same time let educating them be fun.

I understand the need for structure and lesson plans but couldn't Me. Lee have put the test off until tomorrow. If the kids knew the work today they would have known it tomorrow.

One of my favorite sayings is "ignorance is more expensive than education".
In this case the teachers ignorance cost my child maybe just a little bit of education.

Thank You for letting me get on my soap box!!!!

xoxoxo E

SNOW IN THE SOUTH? IT DOES HAPPEN!!

So it does snow in the south. I grew up about a mile from where I live now and this is so rare. The last time there was this much snow it was 1993, they said it was a blizzard and it really was!!

It just happened that both of our children were "gone to grandmas house". I'm sure if they were home the snow in our yard would not be so perfect. There would be little footprints all over the place.

Jackson called from Ama's house this morning at about 8am and said I needed to look out the window. I wasn't very happy at first, it is a weekend, 8am and I was still asleep. Needless to say I was up and looking out the window in a few minutes and could not believe my eyes.

By 8:45 I was up dressed in all my winter warmness and outside with the camera. I felt like I was 5 again. I couldn't stay in the house, it was WAY to cold outside so I would go in for a few minutes and right back out into it I would go. Just walking down the street seeing what I could see. As if anything was any different from the last time I walked down the street.

Things do look different all covered in white and it's always so quiet.

Why is it so quiet when it snows? Who knows I guess I should just enjoy the peace and quiet.

HAPPY SNOW DAY!!!