Dear Children, you are all improving in school, this makes me happy. Not being allowed on the playground during three parent teacher conferences and not getting in trouble makes me extra happy. Dear Presidents Day, the best thing about you was not having any school for the kids. Dear House, getting two offers in the first two days is pretty cool, having to do all the paperwork is really NOT cool. Dear Kaden, you are failing spelling no matter how much we practice, but today you brought home a reward because you got 100% on your spelling test. The first thing I said was "did you cheat"? remember mom of the year, right here. You said very seriously "I don't know, it was like I could just see them in my head when I was thinking, is that cheating"? I asked if you looked at anyone else's paper and you said NO! Then you didn't cheat! We hugged and laughed and yelled and high fived, it was a real miracle. You said your teacher told you she was going to cry. And on top of that you are good citizen for showing respect at school and get a donut, personal pizza and an award at flag ceremony. I am proud of my boy. Dear Teacher, when you started explaining to me what my fifth grader is doing in math I totally sat there pretending that I knew exactly what you were talking about. Lady, you lost me at the word Math. Dear Dentist, you are such a good dentist and a really nice man, but when I am finished with my dental work I am going to pray I never get a cavity again. Dear Finger, I am appalled at how much one finger can hurt. I must have gotten something shoved under my fingernail and it was starting to get infected. My finger was swollen and red hot and it hurt if even the air touched it. I barely slept for four days because in my dreams my fingernail was being pulled off. Like I said I had no idea how bad it could hurt. It took a week of applying pine gum before it started to feel better. Dear Awkward, falling down twice in one week, one of them being in Ikea. And being covered in bruised from running into things. Did I mention I get clumsy when I am under too much stress. Dear Awesome, six Ikea cinnamon rolls for $4.00. Dear A&L, it was nice visiting with you and letting the kids play together. Dear Brother, it was nice to talk with you on the phone. I love you and you are in my prayers. Dear Self, all I can say to myself, still, is you can do hard things.
