Grown up kids
In which we went for a drive to Hoki and the kids chose books from the second hand book shop (I got some for Brighid that I had loved as well - Noel Streatfield's Thursday's Child, Black Beauty the abridged version and some more Enid Blyton) and then we went to a cafe and the kids read their books and/or played with the toy box and they were fantastically behaved. Oh wow. Parenting kids who are getting bigger definitely has perks. Yeah I know I've jinxed it now, but it was still a great afternoon yesterday.
She is happy again, and soon we'll have those hollows round her eyes gone. The jersey, for knitters out there, was knitted by my Mum.
Spiderman comic.
Today was also fabulous. In addition to going to work, taking Fionn to the nurse, visiting my elderly cousin, making lunches and dinner and watching agog as Fionn pulled out his homework for the first time in nine weeks (his laxness and mine, not the teacher's), I also baked rhubarb and ginger cake, mended Fionn's pjs, took in the back of my Japanese print dress (sounds flash but actually $15 on sale at Postie Plus last year) to give it a bit more shape and slashed my nine year old Laura Ashley dress to change the neck and hem lines. That's what I can do with a weekend of sleep and time with Favourite Handyman and the wonderful joy of healthy children.
They need people for Fionn's school PTA. I don't want to do it. Comments on PTAs and moral obligations?
She is happy again, and soon we'll have those hollows round her eyes gone. The jersey, for knitters out there, was knitted by my Mum.
Spiderman comic.
Today was also fabulous. In addition to going to work, taking Fionn to the nurse, visiting my elderly cousin, making lunches and dinner and watching agog as Fionn pulled out his homework for the first time in nine weeks (his laxness and mine, not the teacher's), I also baked rhubarb and ginger cake, mended Fionn's pjs, took in the back of my Japanese print dress (sounds flash but actually $15 on sale at Postie Plus last year) to give it a bit more shape and slashed my nine year old Laura Ashley dress to change the neck and hem lines. That's what I can do with a weekend of sleep and time with Favourite Handyman and the wonderful joy of healthy children.
They need people for Fionn's school PTA. I don't want to do it. Comments on PTAs and moral obligations?
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http://lettersfromwetville.blogspot.com/2010/07/rhubarb-cake.html
This time I added some finely grated fresh ginger as well.
Anyway, 3 years on, me and my friend basically run the PTA (e.g. chairperson and secretary). We've slowly built it up to about 6 others. It's a pain that it's so small, as any fundraisers/events we have it's ALWAYS us to have to organise and run them. Can be exhausting.
Anyway, it's up to you. I like being on the PTA but don't like that the group is so small so that I end up having to do so much. The main reason I do it is that the kids LOVE that I organise things like the disco and sausage sizzles, etc, they are SO proud of me! :-)
That last message was from me. My son was on the computer.
Corrine
That really is a gorgeous pic of Brighid. You can see in the sparkly eyes she has been unwell, but the smile is magic and I love the red handknit. So relieved for you to have healthy children again. I have copied your rehydration recipe for our own rainy days. Thanks for sharing.
I did try going for the first two years and then I realised I was not going because I was too busy to get to the meetings (always clashed with FH's work stuff) let alone committing to doing stuff outside the meeting. So now I don't even try. No doubt the door sill always be open...
re pta i do believe that we should help make our kids education the best it can be, i'm on board like corrine cause i like to have the overall picture (and i'm nosy) but otherwise i don't think i would put my hand up for continual fundraising if that is what the PTA is. but it can also be about helping with other useful stuff like welcoming new families, coordinating parent help and school working bees, runnning second hand uniform shop (if you have). i help out with the school's vege gardens when we are not so busy, i'm happier doing that than selling raffle tickets :) and like cesca the kids are at the age when they love to see me at school being involved.
At kindy I tended to choose non-institutional ways of helping and I'm leaning towards the same approach at primary school.
Raffle tickets - our town seems to run on raffles! I do an hour on the table every year before the gala and also for the annual kindy raffle. I was naughty and didn't sign up for the rugby league raffle table roster, but when we are given a book of tickets (in addition to the supermarket table roster in the case of kindy and league), we buy them all as I refuse to ask friends to buy tickets. I'm pleased there is no fundraising for martial arts or for swimming lessons. Phew. Raffle free kiddie activities.
Now I'm waffling a LOT.