Met Mim and Marcia!

Mim came to town Friday (she's in town for somebody's wedding) and came straight to my fave LQS from the airport - talk about a dedicated quilter! Marcia, who lives 2 blocks from me, came, too. Sandy and Linda couldn't make it. Mim brought some trinkets for my girls (Miss Fussy Rose, Spike and Giles came, too, and made me look like a great mom because they were so well behaved and polite!), and a piece of batik from Bali that we signed, so she can start her own 'banner'.

I managed to find a big bag of fabrics to come home with me, even though my shopping list looked really short!

It was lots of fun! Mim and Marcia are both really nice! I especially loved showing off my favorite shop. :-)

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You beat me to it Wendy! I was getting ready to write up a message last night when your post came through. Oh well. Ever the procastinator!

Anyway, I had a good time at my first RCTQ meetup. It was great to meet Mim from out of town. And isn't it funny that it took the internet to bring me together with someone who lives only two blocks away. I was glad to meet both of you and sorry that more couldn't have joined us this time. I loved signing Mim's fabric even though I'm a relative newbie here. Your daughters were precious and I wish I had brought my son, although I'm sure he wouldn't have been nearly as well behaved. ;)

I'm sure that over the years we have been at some of the same events (Greensboro, Williamsburg, etc), but I've always been a bit shy about introducing myself (especially since I've always been a lurker here until recently). I enjoyed this and hope that more meetups can be arranged.

Both Wendy and Mim bought some lovely fabrics. I would have indulged, but our budget is really tight. I did however splurge on a couple of patterns (oven mits, tote bag, foundation pieced christmas thingy). Only thing is, the FP christmas item I bought is not the one I intended to buy! I picked up the pack that was all santas when I thought I was getting the Christmas Sampler. Oops. Gosh, guess I'll have to go back to exchange it. Darn!

*grin* It will give me something to do tomorrow after I send my oldest son off to his first full day of Kindergarten. Eek!

OT alert: Do any of you experienced moms have any advice for me on this "sending my baby to school" thing? Part of me is so excited and happy for him and part of me is just terrified and sad. He's been my (almost) constant companion for 5+ years now. He never had daycare or preschool. So this separation thing is going to be tough. Part of me is looking forward to having that little bit of extra space/time and the other part of me is really going to miss his giggles and hugs and such while he's at school. Help!

Ok...I could go on, but that is all OT stuff.

I look forward to meeting more RCTQers in my future.

Marcia snipped-for-privacy@nc.rr.com Apex, NC

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Sounds like you had fun there!

You will miss him! No getting away from that! Just make some catch up time available when he comes in from school every day: sit and have a cuddle with him. James will be nine this autumn, but I still miss the all day cuddles when he goes back to school!

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Sorry, Marcia. Can't help you with that part. You know the commercial showing two glum-looking kids, followed by a dancing dad, shopping for Back To School supplies, and the song "It's the most wonderful time of the year!" That's me!

Don't get me wrong, I love my kids, and I miss them when they are not home. But I'm so thrilled to take that next step of development. When a baby learned to sit up unassisted, I clapped and yeahed. I didn't mourn the passing of a floppy infant stage. Learned to walk? Great, doesn't need carried! Feed itself? Woo Hoo! Potty training? Mega-yipee! Off to pre-school? Have a great time. Kindergarten? You get to ride the big bus now! Middle school? Have a great adventure there! Driving? Well, I"m not there yet, just don't take the "good" car!

It's like picking a favorite stage. Yeah, I adore toddlers (good thing, too, cuz having 2 at once is exhausting!), but I wouldn't want them to stay toddlers forever. I'd like to eventually understand what they are saying!

DS came home with a worksheet from his first week of school (3rd grade this year) called All About Me. I was fascinated to read his answers. I had no idea his secret wish was to have $1,000, and his goal was to have as much money as possible! I'm now considering shipping him off to visit his uncle, the financial planner, for summer camp!

Give him big hugs - hurry, before he thinks he's too big for it - and make his favorite snacks for afterschool. Envy him his Grand Adventure. How cool would it be to go off to a safe place, play with toys (sorry, "manipulatives"), ask tons of questions, hang out with gobs of people your own age who think spitting is awesome, and get recess every day? Hmm, sounds kind of like RCTQ, except the spitting part. :-)

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We did that! I love looking back on how I changed, and what I chose to be my "first impression" outfit.

As a kid I was ready to say "see ya mom" and head off to boss other kids around in pre-school (I'm an oldest sister, doncha know!)

While I'm no where near having kids of my own I do have a little sister

13 years younger than I. When she went off to pre-school the experts recommended that she "kick" my mom out the door (it was actually a little push and then start waving goodbye). I think this playful but symbolic act was meant to have many purposes:
  1. my mother finally left(!)
  2. Sarah felt like pre-school was her space, her choice
  3. made the separation process a game

They were both very happy when they reunited, and a couple times Sarah kicked us out with tears streaming down her face, but there were never those clingy tearful goodbyes that make the separation so difficult. We usually went to do something fun when we got back together so to some extent Sarah had the choice of hanging around the house, which was boring, or going to play at pre-school and then going to play with her family afterwards.

-Charlotte

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Your son's secret wish to have $1,000. I am old and gray haired now, but I still remember the big laugh-- it lasted nearly a week -- that my mother got out of my telling the third grade teacher that Daddy made $1,000 a week. This was the late 1940s when I obviously had no concept of how much things cost.. I still don't have $1,000 a week. Nell in Austin

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Every stage James has been through has been the best so far! This summer he's REALLY cracked independent reading: got 4/5ths of the way through The Order of the Phoenix ON HIS OWN at not yet nine! :) Asked daddy NOT to read it to him any more as bedtime story - they are enjoying Swallows and Amazons instead. The only sticky bit in Phoenix was the bit about the detention. I explained that I had a even more awful punishment when I was a teacher: I made the kids into slaves and made them TIDY UP, remove chewing gum from the undersides of desks, and dust books! That raised a giggle.

When I was a childless full time teacher, I never thought the 5 week summer break was long enough... Funny how your ideas change, isn't it?

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Sorry, can't help you here. I couldn't wait! Mine go back next week. I am running out of time to get their supplies!

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Are you talking about Gordon? Did he tap his foot? LOL

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Alex P. Keaton was not nearly obsessive-compulsive enough for comparison!

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Oh my!

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