It has been quite a while since I've posted. I guess blogging is more of a school year activity? Although, that doesn't explain why I stopped blogging regularly mid-school year last year. Heh.
Xavier is a middle school student. I keep calling it Junior High, which I guess is incorrect.
I have been so worried for him. He's this little six grader and I see all these big kids going to middle school -- these kids could pass for adults. Apparently, though, my fears were unfounded.
He is way more enthusiastic about middle school than he was about elementary. He likes the challenge of finding his classes and remembering locker combinations (this comes up as misspelled -- surely that's how you spell combinations).
He got to choose his locker. He chose locker #619. As in, "booyaka, booyaka, 6-1-9" ala Rey Mysterio. (Wrestler) So funny. He said he knew he would be able to remember it that way.
Speaking of wrestling, he's got the big TNA "Cross the Line" event coming up on Sunday. He's into WWE but is still excited to see wrestling live and in person. Mick Foley, his all time hero, is slated to be there.
I hope, I hope, I hope he gets to meet or shake hands with or gets some acknowledgment from Mick Foley. It would make his YEAR.
We worked on signs last night. I'm doing one that says "Foley is Good" which is one of MF's catch-phrases. I colored the lettering like the red flannel shirt Foley famously wears. The O in Foley is the Mankind smiley face. I'll post a pic when it's finished. It's a lotta work and a lotta love.
Xavier really enjoyed making posters together and thanked me repeatedly for it. It was nice to feel like we were having quality time together. It gets kind of hard to have quality time when they get older and think you're stupid and everything you do is lame, LOL.
Apparently WWE trademark stuff is not allowed on posters at TNA. They won't let you hold signs that have that kind of thing (slogans, drawings, etc). And if you do hold it, and it's televised, they will blur it out.
Here's hoping he can hold the signs we make.
Orian's enjoying school this year. He thinks he has a much nicer teacher. I am willing to encourage that impression, LOL.
His teacher had a very neat, fun get-to-know you assignment for the kids. They got brown paper sacks at the "Meet the Teachers" event and the children had to go home and choose 10 items to put in the sack that represented their interests and personalities.
Of course, the challenge was to find 10 items that would fit in the bag. Orian chose the family photo from the Space Center (which I love!), some mini wrestling figures, a sticky toy from something, a box of mac and cheese (his fave snack), a Simpsons comic book, the movie insert from the Ghostbuster DVDs, a drawing of his favorite subject (math), a photo of Xavier and Orian with Adrian in his Class As from right after we got to Hawaii, and something else that I don't remember.
Of course, the highlight of school for Orian is the breakfasts. I decided that cereal and Pop Tarts aren't cutting it in the morning. All that sugar and nothing else is just setting them up for energy crashes.
So I have been cooking some form of breakfast every morning, including staples like waffles (frozen, haha, I'm not Martha Stewart), cinnamon rolls, bacon, eggs, hash-browns, etc.
I am kinda digging being up and doing things in the morning even though I am so not a morning person. And Orian LOVES breakfast.
Yesterday we missed the alarm and it was Pop Tarts only but hopefully that will be a very rare occurrence.
The boys are also getting to the ages where they eat constantly. Especially Xavier. He's a bottomless pit.
The school year is off to a pretty good start. Everyone is still optimistic. Bella gets confused when she wakes up because the boys aren't there. She asks to go wake them up. Hehe.
She likes having the TV back to herself again though. She hasn't watched Noggin in forever. Now she can watch "her shows" and dance around. Very fun.
Dahlia has a tooth and is pulling up and cruising on furniture like nobody's business. That's the new developments in Dahlia's world.
Now I'm going to hit Facebook and eat a cinnamon roll (because I am SO OFF South Beach, haha).
