Unexcused

One thing I have noticed about Britanie is that she always feels like someone is out to get her. Or steal something from her. She is constantly losing things and blaming it on people that have come over to the house. MY FRIENDS!!!?? One thing that bothers me is that when the items mysteriously show up, she never once apologizes for calling my friends thieves. The story is just dropped. I was very concerned about her having a locker partner. I worry for her partner. She is already expecting to get something stolen from her this year. It is very sad and it will definitely be dealt with.....BUT today we noticed that she has an unexcused absence on her day from yesterday. When Britanie was told that it was there she immediately blamed the teacher. "They are always screwing up the attendance." Of course we already have a plan to resolve this. She needs to get a signed note from the teacher and get it cleared. If it is not cleared....she will have consequences. It will be interesting to see how she handles this. I wonder when she will start taking responsibility for her own actions....or if it will ever happen. We shall see.....

Lies

What do you do the day that you find out your child has outright lied to you? We caught her in a lie today. We are not naive enough to believe it is the first one...but sad enough that it was proven. This has always been a very large issue with me. I hate lies(as I'm sure most people do). I guess that I'm supposed to learn forgiveness and trust. How do you trust someone that you don't know very well and that you know hasn't been completely open and honest with you? And why am I the one learning all the lessons? I'm the adult!!! Shouldn't it be the other way around? I'm sure all of my mother's generation would laugh up a storm at this.....but dang it.

Favorite Season

We have now entered my favorite season of the year. Autumn. The smell of fresh rain. The wind blowing the leaves through the yard. These are truly my happy days. Orange is my favorite color and it is everywhere. I hope it spreads smiles to your faces as it will be doing to mine :D

Nothing to do

I was talking to Britanie the other day about inviting friends over. She looked at me and said "the pool is closed down....there is nothing to do". It amazes me that there is no imagination in the world today. Let us not mention the movie library with over 700 titles, or the sideboard loaded with games, the basketball hoop outside....the list goes on and on and on. When I was her age, I invited people over just so I didn't have to be with my parents. I guess I should take that as a compliment then :D

I have a blog???

I haven't looked at my computer for so long...I almost forgot I had one.

All is well in Pippertland. I can't remember what it was like to not be a mom. I'm loving all the quirks that come with having a teenage girl in the house.

Dan's most common question is 'are all teenage girls like this?'. Yes Dan....they ALL are. I don't think he quite gets the whole emotional thing. The ups and downs. It is really funny. I just sit on the sidelines and giggle when she stomps out of the room and he is clueless as to what he has done. I'm still amazed at how it all makes me smile even (and usually) when things are not running so smooth.

Britanie's most recent request has been for me to braid her hair at night. She likes the look of kinky hair. So, fifty or so braids later, and cramping fingers she is all ready for bed. I makes me so happy to spend that time with her. We talk about everything. And I look forward to doing it every single night.

Dan has been reading to her when she goes to bed. They are reading 'New Moon'. It is really great that she doesn't feel too old for being read to. Dan loves it. And we look forward to it every night when she comes and asks us to do it. I will be a little sad when we get so used to it that we just do it without asking....only because it makes us feel so special when she does ask. She is so freaking adorable.