until the teens start school.
This week has been a blur so jammed packed with things to do that I can hardly catch my breath. Both Kris and Cass have been up to their armpits in Band Camp..yes, I saw American Pie and know all about that one time but...
Cassie has been griping all Summer about this and even longer actually. One of our mom vs hormonal teenager arguments had to do with her not wanting anything to do with Band after 8th grade. When she was choosing her electives, I was pretty strict on what she could choose. As she is in the college prep program, I negated fashion design, sewing, and life skills whatever that is exactly and pushed for a foreign language, history and Band. Because of her good grades in Junior High, she was rewarded with an extra elective. I conceded that she could use the extra to take Foods but the other two electives needed to have college material type substance. She chose German as elective number two but it was elective number three that caused two weeks of fighting. She wanted Fashion Design and I wanted Band. She whined. She cried. She pleaded. She begged. But, she marked Band down on the course selection sheet and fumed about it for months. She didn't want to march. This 5 day camp teaches them the music and the formations. On Monday, she reluctantly grabbed her clarinet and stomped out the door. When I picked the kids up 5 hours later, she was chattering about her mis steps and faux pas. By Tuesday night, she said...get this.. SHE HAD FUN! SHE MIGHT JOIN BAND NEXT YEAR! GO FIGURE! She's made new friends, seen old ones and got a tan. Win Win!
THe first day of High School is next Wednesday. Emily starts her Kindergarten adventure on the 31st. Big changes on the horizon...
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Hahaha! Ninth grade is so hard. Band camp actually makes it easier for them, I think...they get a chance to make friends. and then later, they automatically get to go to all the football games...not such a bad deal.:)
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