Good morning everyone. Â The air is crisp, the birds are chirping and the sky is overcast with spring colors. The boys and I slept in until 7, so we missed the sunrise. Â We all needed the extra sleep since we stayed up late.
We picked up the oldest’s friend Jennifer from school yesterday at her Mom”s request. Jennifer’s step dad broke his leg on Monday and her mom was taking him to a specialist…..I brought the crew home for a bite to eat and then we were off to soccer for the youngest. Â After that Jen’s mom met us at our house and I took the oldest over to another friend’s with his bike in tow for a late play date. Â At the youngest’s sincere request I headed up the street to pick up steamed dumplings and chicken satay. The oldest went out to dinner with his friend and the youngest played with the neighbor at our house. Â Good times for kiddos.
The boys don’t have school today because of the budget cuts forced on public schools.   All teachers and faculty have to take  day without pay to save money in order to keep the classrooms at 25-30 kids per teacher (that is already too many children for 1 teacher) otherwise the classroom size could climb to 30-45 children.  It is unbelievable to me that with all of the education chatter from both parties teachers in public schools are still underpaid and undervalued.  The teachers already took pay cuts last year to keep the class sizes smaller this year…next they will be asked to donate their time.  We have such great, caring teachers at our school.  We are quite fortunate…I know not all schools have such invested teachers.  Anyway, the Furlough is why the munchkins are out of school today.
The youngest has D.I practice from 9-noon. Â The State competition is Saturday…so is soccer…fortunately not at the same time. Â After D.I. today I am taking them to a movie…thank you again Grandma Annette for the gift cards. Â We will do some homework, have a bite to eat and go to bed early.
The Mister returns from New York tomorrow morning…hopefully it is a successful trip.
Take care…God bless,
LLF