DDA Chapter 14

[tinker1bell]

I am getting so excited!!!!

 

[my3princes]

Good Morning DDA!

I just got back from voting. What a mad house!
I arrived 15 mins. before the polls even opened and was number 55 in line.

At least they divide into several different wards, so I was only in the actual line for about 15 mins.
Talk about disorganized! Yeesh! I am glad that I am not a poll worker today! I am sure that they will get plenty of complaints!

I voted at 10:45, no wait. Less than 10 minutes from parking to driving away Very quick. I still can't fathum how a country with millions of people eligible to be president came up with those 2 candidates I hope the next election has better choices. I also hope that whoever wins this one surprises the hell out of me and turn our country around. We used to be a world power financially, militarily and politically, but that certainly isn't true these days Enough said.

 

[PNO4TE]

I am getting so excited!!!!

not long at all, Terry! How is Stephanie feeling today?? We need her healthy for your trip!

 

[Blueeyes101817]

I've resigned myself to let it go. It's out of my hands so why freak out over it.

I told myself the same thing-i did my part by voting, but i cant change what happens either way!

Im off for some last minute shopping---Colorado is too close!

 

[PNO4TE]

Our ticker is dwon to 45 days and I find myself looking for things to "plan" or work on.

 

[babytrees]

I told myself the same thing-i did my part by voting, but i cant change what happens either way!

Im off for some last minute shopping---Colorado is too close!

and I wish we could somehow meet up but I just can't get it figured out. Hope you have a fabulous time and if you come up with spare time give me a holler!!

 

[tinker1bell]

not long at all, Terry! How is Stephanie feeling today?? We need her healthy for your trip!

Yesterday she looked like death warmed over but she sounded better when I talked to her this morning.


Yeah, she needs to be able to run with all we are doing this trip!!!! One Mouse Fest event after another.

 

[PNO4TE]

Yesterday she looked like death warmed over but she sounded better when I talked to her this morning.


Yeah, she needs to be able to run with all we are doing this trip!!!! One Mouse Fest event after another.

I hope she can do a lot of resting between now and then since the budget is done!

 

[tinker1bell]

I hope she can do a lot of resting between now and then since the budget is done!

She has been in such a better mood since that was accomplished!!!!

 

[PNO4TE]

She has been in such a better mood since that was accomplished!!!!

I bet!

 

[babytrees]

I hope she can do a lot of resting between now and then since the budget is done!

she needs to be on her A game...tell Stephanie to get better PRONTO!!

 

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

We only had a 20 minute wait to vote! My vote at 8:25 a.m. was #417. I remember times when our entire polling place had less than 500 votes at the end of the day! I believe at the last presidential election there were about 800 votes, so this will be very good to see.

We had enough time for me to take Kristin out to breakfast and the best part of it was that she picked up the tab!

Very nice!

I'm glad that you got things worked out for the troop, Robyn. Sounds like it's going to be for the best for all of your girls. Can't wait to see pictures of your new rooms!

Good luck with the new troop!

I thought of that first off...and then decided against it. We don't need to have a fundraising effort to get Elizabeth out of jail.

I wouldn't leave any witnesses, so I wouldn't be going to jail.

So another week of cooking is over!
They made turkey divan, pop-overs, and baked apples filled with crushed candy bars. Princess liked the pop-over, she ate some of the turkey, and after 2 bites of the apple she said she didn't like it. She told me to eat it. I took one small bite and I can see why she didn't like it. I am not a huge fan of baked apples to begin with.

Shallow Mom was in fine form today. She walked in, plopped down in a chair FAR away from everything, and stayed there for the entire class. The instructor had to do the little craft project with her DD, and her DD was completely unsupervised for all 3 cooking stations. I kind of feel sorry for the little girl. I also feel sorry for ME, because they keep putting Princess in the group with the 2 unsupervised girls. The other mom Shallow chats with isn't quite as bad, but she's close. There are 3 moms who go around to the stations with the kids and participate like they are supposed to. The rest of the adults are nannies, babysitters, and grandmothers.

 

[Tammi67]

I voted at 10:45, no wait. Less than 10 minutes from parking to driving away Very quick. I still can't fathum how a country with millions of people eligible to be president came up with those 2 candidates I hope the next election has better choices. I also hope that whoever wins this one surprises the hell out of me and turn our country around. We used to be a world power financially, militarily and politically, but that certainly isn't true these days Enough said.

I agree on EVERYTHING you just said.

 

[Tammi67]

Yesterday she looked like death warmed over but she sounded better when I talked to her this morning.


Yeah, she needs to be able to run with all we are doing this trip!!!! One Mouse Fest event after another.

And 4 parks in one day!

 

[Tammi67]

They made turkey divan, pop-overs, and baked apples filled with crushed candy bars. Princess liked the pop-over, she ate some of the turkey, and after 2 bites of the apple she said she didn't like it. She told me to eat it. I took one small bite and I can see why she didn't like it. I am not a huge fan of baked apples to begin with.

Shallow Mom was in fine form today. She walked in, plopped down in a chair FAR away from everything, and stayed there for the entire class. The instructor had to do the little craft project with her DD, and her DD was completely unsupervised for all 3 cooking stations. I kind of feel sorry for the little girl. I also feel sorry for ME, because they keep putting Princess in the group with the 2 unsupervised girls. The other mom Shallow chats with isn't quite as bad, but she's close. There are 3 moms who go around to the stations with the kids and participate like they are supposed to. The rest of the adults are nannies, babysitters, and grandmothers.

Now I blame the instructor for enabling Shallow Mom's behavior. If I were the instructor that certainly would NOT have been the case.

 

[PNO4TE]

Now I blame the instructor for enabling Shallow Mom's behavior. If I were the instructor that certainly would NOT have been the case.

From personal experience I can tell you the outcome:

1) Instructor will humiliate ShallowMom and they won't come back.

or

2) ShallowMom will mouth of at Instructor about what a poor match for her brilliant child the class is and they won't come back.

Win-Win situation for Elizabeth and the other adults!!

 

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

Now I blame the instructor for enabling Shallow Mom's behavior. If I were the instructor that certainly would NOT have been the case.

From personal experience I can tell you the outcome:

1) Instructor will humiliate ShallowMom and they won't come back.

or

2) ShallowMom will mouth of at Instructor about what a poor match for her brilliant child the class is and they won't come back.

Win-Win situation for Elizabeth and the other adults!!

There is a very squirrelly dynamic in classes like this. The instructors really can't say anything to the parents who refuse to follow the rules. They just grit their teeth and deal with it. I used to teach Gymboree and it was the same thing. The instructor who was doing the craft is a college student, but the OWNER of the cooking school was there. I will say the owner looked REALLY irate the whole time, but I don't know if Shallow Mom was WHY she looked irate. It is easy for me to say I would tell her she has to supervise her child if I owned the facility, but in reality it is nearly impossible to have that conversation. Shallow Mom would immediately go badmouth the cooking school to all of her shallow friends, so it is easier to just leave her alone and mutter about her when she's not around.

 

[tinknme]

Do you call or email?

I have always called.

 

[PNO4TE]

There is a very squirrelly dynamic in classes like this. The instructors really can't say anything to the parents who refuse to follow the rules. They just grit their teeth and deal with it. I used to teach Gymboree and it was the same thing. The instructor who was doing the craft is a college student, but the OWNER of the cooking school was there. I will say the owner looked REALLY irate the whole time, but I don't know if Shallow Mom was WHY she looked irate. It is easy for me to say I would tell her she has to supervise her child if I owned the facility, but in reality it is nearly impossible to have that conversation. Shallow Mom would immediately go badmouth the cooking school to all of her shallow friends, so it is easier to just leave her alone and mutter about her when she's not around.

At our school there is a policy that must be signed by every parent. It states very plainly that all classes up to a certain point are parent participatory and that a parent or another adult must be present at all times. We have had to ask families to leave the school before who tried to "skip" this part of our curriculum requirements. We have also had parents argue up and down that it is not fair to them because they are "so busy, have other children, have a DH who works, commute to work," etc. As Tammi and many of you can attest.... it can still be done if it is important enough!

 

[tinknme]

I took Leighanna to school and spoke with her teacher this morning. Leighanna has tested well enough that her teacher is recommending Leighanna to start the "accelerated learning" or gifted program. (I think that is what she called it. )
Hopefully this will also help her not to be so talkative in class too. Leighanna always finishes her assignments earlier than most of the others, and gets bored and starts to act up.
I am proud of her for doing so well. I just hope that she can handle the extra work, and that she continues to do well in her studies.

Congratulations!