Random Tuesday

**Tuesday is laundry day at my house. I have always done the laundry on one (it often takes part of the second day as well) day of the week. The day has changed as circumstances evolve, but the once a week laundrypalooza has stuck around. In college it was because we had to go to the laundromat. When we were in Germany we lived on the 4th floor and laundry was in the basement (no elevator). Not sure why I have kept it this way so long other than "If it's not broken, don't fix it!" So in honor of laundry day I have these two rants:
#1--When choosing a class t-shirt color, please think about what age of child you are dressing with it. Remember that this is the shirt they have to wear on field trips and special days at school. For example, Kindergarteners should NEVER be required to wear a white shirt!! This is what Clay's shirt looks like pretty much every time he takes it off at the end of the day:

#2--Similarly, please take into account that you will not have a class of only girls unless you teach at an all-girls school. My 10 year old SON is forced to wear this on every field trip and special day at school which is almost every Friday. He rides the bus people!!

**We went to our land over the weekend. We took our travel trailer and even got the kids out of school early on Friday so we could be there an extra night. We had been watching the weather forecast all week and it was about a 30% chance of rain for the weeknd. Often, it doesn't rain at all when the percentage is that low so we loaded up and left. We had a great time around the fire Friday night and woke up to a pretty Saturday morning. Then it started to drizzle a bit. Jayme got out the weather radio and overnight the rain percentage had jumped from 30% to 80% for the rest of the weekend. There was nothing to do but come home! It was a real bummer especially since this had been the first time we were even able to get down there to camp in months. We have had to cancel/postpone every trip since February. Jayme is more upset than I am because he has a new chainsaw to break in. Of course that led to grumpy exchanges the rest of the weekend. We left the trailer though so we can hopefully get back down soon.
**Last Thursday Raley was "chosen" to be responsible for making KoolAid playdough for himself and two classmates to be used in a fossil assigment this week. The note he brought me had three different recipes and said to please have the dough in by Monday. I thought, "Okay, cool. We can make it together and take pictures and I can post it on my food blog." At bedtime Sunday night, Raley said, "Goodnight Mommy. What about that dough stuff?" ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGH!!!! About 30 minutes later I got up and went into the kitchen to get out the things I needed and make the dough. As I got down the salt, I realized there was no way I had enough. Each batch called for 1/4 cup of salt. I had enough for one batch. All my neighbors were surely asleep or close to it at that time of night. I raced to the grocery store and was able to make it inside just before they closed for the night. Only one check out lane was open, and of course, I was behind a lady who evidently waits until this time of night to buy enough food to feed the entire population of a small island country. You should have seen this cart!! Made me wish I had a camera phone. Anyway, by 11 pm I had finished the dough and put it in Raley's backpack and trudged off to bed. When he got home yesterday I asked him how the project went. Guess what? They didn't do it yet!
**Next week Raley has the remaining two portions of the TAKS test and the end of the school year is coming up fast. We found out that the kids have to make up the day school was out for our snow storm so the last day of school will be Tuesday, June 1. I am sure there will be a LOT of absences that day!!