Carving Pumpkins Sept 30, 2005

             "School Pictures"  
 Connor - Oct 2005
  Ian's Oct 2005


This morning started well, but Connor's obsession with the pumpkins we bought last  night would let up. We got bible and reading and had started clocks.
                               
Finally, we decorated the outside of the pumpkins as I thought this would let us get back to work, but Connor took his outside after being told "no" several times and started carving the pumpkin. He got it taken away.
         

We ended up going to town to pay rent and bills. Then we went to the base. We had lunch, went to the bx and the boys got a haircut. We went bowling and had fun. We stopped at the pound to see if Poirot had been found. No. I ended up bringing 2 grown cats home. I am sure 1 will work. I am not sure about the other.

The boys and Faith carved their pumpkins. Connor helped Faith.

    

I helped carve a cat on hers and then we lit them up.

The evening was fine. The kids watched TV and played. All in bed and asleep. Bed check time for me.  SM MacLeod 9:13pm

Other Oct Photo's

This was a school drawing by Ian. (Mt. Everest.)

This is my girl, who was very happy at getting a Winnie the Pooh sleeping bag.


These are my "inventors" taking apart things.  :)

Aggravation Sept 29, 2005

I've been particularly grouchy the past few days. I would say since talking to Donna (counselor). I think some of her questions made me more upset with Jim than I may have been. I did get angry today over three things.:

1. I wanted to go to town (Jim watched the kids about 2 hours yesterday), but he wasn't "offering" when I told him. I was angry and off he went a half hour later.

2. The buying candy and sodas for the kids and saying it was better than his relationship with his dad.

3. Saying I brought (the home schooling) onto myself. I find that really crappy. Like I should let the boys fail and be miserable in public school.

I went to town with the kids and later told him at 5pm I wanted to go finish. Jim wanted me to go when they went to bed or in the morning. I wanted to go get it done! I was angry. I threw my sandals at the door. He was snotty about me putting a hole in the door. Please. I told him to get out of my room two times and then he says"Well, I'm going to leave then." I got really angry because there he went! Jerk status. He came back and the kids and I went to town and finished. He wanted to know where I was going. It just pissed me off.

I am not happy about how he makes me feel - again. He did make a snide comment about "I'm not sleeping in your bed". I told him that didn't dissolve his responsibility. SM MacLeod 8:49pnm