Last Post of The Semester!

This is the last post I will do for this semester. I’m not sure what to write about, but I guess I will explain what I am going to do this summer. Today is officially the last day of classes and I am very excited. We have had our pool up in our back yard for a few weeks now, and although we have only swam in it 1 time since we put it up, I’m sure we will be using it a lot this summer. I wish it would get warm and stay warm. The weather is changing so much it’s hard to wake up each day and know whether to put jeans or shorts on; or even what to send my son to school in.

I love being outside and I have always been an outside person. Although I am very, very highly allergic to poison ivy, I try to stay away from it. I love taking my kids to the park and letting them run some steam off and get some energy out. My 15 month old son loves to walk around and be curious. He plays with everything possible, including the things he knows he shouldn’t touch; but I guess human nature and curiosity will get the best of him in these situations. When we take him to the park he loves to go down the slides head first. He will walk up to the slide (from the top) and get on his hands and knees and go head first down. The first time he ever did this scared the crap out of me, but then I realized he loved it and was doing it on purpose. He hates the swings though. He used to love our swing at home (the inside baby swing), and he wouldn’t sleep in his crib because he only wanted to sleep in his swing. Now he hates them, he will scream and put his arms up trying to get me to pick him up until I pull him out of the swing.

My son was born in February so when he was a few months old we put him in a tube and into our pool and he loved it, he could hardly hold his head up yet he loved to be in the swimming pool. Now he is used to being in the bath tub in warm water and I am so worried he isn’t going to like the pool because it is cold water. This is something he is definitely going to have to get used to because we are an outside, swimming family. We love the water. My daughter is 4 and can barely touch the bottom of the pool, and last year she hated it because she was scared of the water, but this year she loves it. So I think this summer will be a great summer.

I am taking a break from school, although my husband will be in school this summer, I won’t be. It is going to be so nice to take a break and relax. I am going to get a job this summer and work when my hubby isn’t at school. I have an interview at Best Buy this week, so wish me luck and hopefully I will do pretty well. I hope everyone has a great summer!

Writting about nothing!

This has been a very long week for me. I feel like I am so ready to be on summer vacation. My son is playing baseball this year and he had 3 games this week. He’s won 5/6 games, so we are very excited. At one of the games there was a lady who sat behind my family a couple rows behind us on the bleachers and she coughed her lungs up the entire game. My husband and I were getting upset because it was loud and if she was sick she needed to separate herself from the rest of the group and children. There was no reason for it; however she did leave 5 minutes before the game ended, that helped, NOT. Now 3 days later my head is killing me. I have been coughing for a day and a half, and sneezing and having a runny nose. My head hurts so badly right now. My son, who is 1, has a runny nose and has been coughing a little bit and I hope he doesn’t get it as bad as me. I told my husband I’m going sit next to this lady today and cough all over her to give it back to her. I was so upset when this was going on and I catch everything anyone has, so I knew it would be a matter of time before I got it, and sure enough, I did. Surprise surprise. I just wish people had a little more respect for others. If you are sick don’t go to a public place and sit in the middle of them and spread the sickness around.

We have 2 more weeks of school left and I cannot wait until all the finals are done and I can take a good summer break. I’m thinking about getting a job for the summer, but I don’t have a clue where I would want to work. Plus I don’t want to leave my son because I have been with him every day for 15 months and I don’t want to go a day without him. It’s going to be so hard, but must be done. He is walking around clapping now. He has always been the baby that wouldn’t lay down and cuddle with me. He has always wanted to be up and seeing everything around him because he is so curious. However, lately he has liked being around his mommy (me ), and anytime I walk into the room that he is in he will come up to me and wrap his arms around my legs and lay his head on me. So he is officially hugging me now and it makes my heart melt. I love him so much and I am so excited he is starting to show his love to his mama. He is growing up so quick, and I cannot wait until my husband and I graduate and can buy our kids everything they want. I have a feeling I am going to spoil the hell out of them.

Obese kids more likely to be bullied

I found this article on MSNBC News site. This news article is about obese kids being picked on in schools. It said “Obese children in grades 3 through 6 are more apt to be bullied by their classmates than children who are trim, regardless of their gender, race, social skills, or academic achievement.” Dr. Julie C. Lumeng from University of Michigan thought obese children would be less likely to be picked on because they are so common now days. The article also said “Lumeng is also concerned about the ‘pervasive view’ that obesity is all about a lack of self-control with food and not getting enough exercise. And while overeating and lack of exercise are part of it, ‘it’s so much more complex than that, and we really need to work on changing this view of what causes obesity.” 1 in 5 children to 1 in 6 children are obese in America.

My first reaction to this was, it was sad to think of kids being made fun of. But honestly, it’s a part of life, and it’s not just the obese kids getting made fun of. Girls without boobs at a young age get made fun of, or someone who is “different” than everyone else gets made fun of. It’s part of being in school.

I hate to see that this article is trying to get schools to prevent obese kids from getting made fun of, but honestly I think it will just make it worse. Kids tend to do what they are not supposed to do, and if you point it out to them and tell them not to do something, they probably will. So if schools sat their students down and told them not to make fun of the obese kids, that will only make kids question why they shouldn’t do it, and it will point out the differences between them. I think in the end this could be way worse than just letting kids be kids. My second opinion on this story was why they were trying to get schools to do something to protect the obese children, but nothing to the parents who are allowing their child to be obese. They could be making healthier meals for dinner, or sending their kids with sack lunches with healthier foods; eating less McDonalds, and more Subway; or even make their kids get up of the couch and get some exercise. I understand that some people are big boned and can’t help it, but they can help how big they get. They can exercise and keep their weight under control so their risk of heart disease is lower. Some parents just let their kids eat what they want, and sit around and play video games and this causes them to get made fun of in school.

I’m not trying to be harsh, but there are ways other than blaming schools for kids getting made fun of. I think we need to look at what our parents can change before we harass the schools.