Sustainability Week at school means chaotic behavior!

Sunday was our first day of our Sustainability Week. The school had brought in the Bee Bus, which is a presentation from a bee expert. She showed us a bee hive and how the bees make honey. It was so interesting. My children loved it. We also went to the Bee Room to create junk models, reusing materials to do so. We also had all academic activities that dealt with sustainability. It was a great day, but the behavior was off because there wasn’t enough structure in the day. 

After school we headed home and Stuart fed the kids. We had a committee meeting at the club at 6 pm, but it didn’t start until later. I would guess this is my last year of being the social secretary. It consumes way too much time from all of us, and in the end it cheats our kids from us being at home. But for now I will plan the Christmas party and see how it goes. I left the meeting early to get the kids home, showered and in bed. Stuart showed up a bit later with some food. We watched a bit of television and then he was off to bed. I followed after some trash television. 

Monday morning we drove separately as I had basketball and parent conferences with Jack’s teachers. His conferences were amazing. His teachers had so many nice things to say about his participation in class, his work ethic and his best handwriting. It was such a relief to hear that at least in classes he was succeeding. When I got home we decided the kids would skip training for the evening. It was good to have a break. Stuart still went to training. The kids went to bed early. When Stuart got home we watched Sherlock Holmes and ate dinner. 

Tuesday morning Stuart and I drove separately again. Millie was a real treat and had an epic meltdown. We ended up leaving the house with a screaming 8 year old who had not brushed her hair, put her shoes on, brushed her teeth, or made her lunch. Needless to say, it was a good start to the day. 

Once we were at school the fun continued. As we were off time table all week because of our special sustainability week, we were all dying a bit inside. It makes the kids totally crazy.  After school I went to get supplies for the dress up day on Thursday. I then went to get Millie a new dark swim costume for her swim gala in Abu Dhabi on Saturday. While Millie and I were at the uniform shop, we decided to get KFC. We brought all of our treasures home and then went to the club for Jack’s touch rugby match. When we got home we all crashed after dinner. 

Wednesday Millie’s start was a bit better than the day before, thank goodness. She was actually ready to go when it was time to leave for school. She didn’t have her shoes on, but that is minor in the scheme of things.  There was nothing monumental about school. Sustainability week was nearly over, thank the lord, and we were close to the weekend. Jack had a football (soccer) tournament after school and then we went straight to the club for training. No one told me these active kids would dominate our week nights. 

Thursday was our last and seemingly longest day of the week. At the end of the day my teammate gave me the gift of letting me have two lessons free while he had both classes and they watched the Bee Movie. It was great. 

Millie was a butterfly. 

My teaching assistant and myself were Lady Bugs! 

Thursday evening we stayed home. Cathy came over for dinner and the kids had an early night. We watched part of Episode 5 of Star Wars, but then we got bored so we watched the latest movie on Netflix called Holiday in the Wild. It was so cute and way more interesting than Star Wars. I’m really trying to understand Star Wars as our theme in my year group for Term 3 this year is Star Wars. 

Friday, Stuart made us bacon and egg sandwiches, a total treat. Then he took Jack to a birthday party while Cathy and I charged the hand hover craft we bought Jack for Christmas. It was so cool. It avoided obstacles and moved wherever your hand was under it. It was so cool. We acted like total children.  

Cathy and I left for Dubai with DeDe around noon. We got the low down about DeDe’s ex leaving the country. It was a crazy and very unsettling story. I think our conversations were good for her soul. We shopped and I was able To get some Christmas shopping done. We came home just before 10 pm. Jack had been delivered back to the house by his buddy and the kids were staying with Carly, Sean’s daughter. We had a successful day for sure. It’s always fun to get away with some girlfriends. 

No shopping trip is complete without a Starbucks pumpkin latte. 

Stuart lost his rugby match in Abu Dhabi and was sore. Poor guy! He forgets he’s not that young anymore. 

Saturday morning we got up and tidied up the house from the Christmas decorations that had been left out for the kids to decorate. The tree was beautiful and I wasn’t going to change a thing. 

After I had packed a snack bag, we left for the swim meet at 10:30. We arrived a bit early, but then we were guaranteed seats. Jack was to swim the 50 meter free style and the 800 meter free style, which we had tried to talk him out of. Millie was to swim the 50 meter free style. Neither had ever swam in a 50 meter pool, so that slowed them down a bit. Millie did the 50 meter in 46 seconds and Jack did it in 36 seconds. Then Jack completed the 800 meter in 15 minutes and 38 seconds. We were so very proud of both kids for even wanting to compete. They did a great job. We got home around 5:30. The kids showered and chilled for the rest of the evening. The kids had eaten KFC (which has been our go-to recently) so they were just relaxing until bedtime. Sean came for dinner of nachos, which is one of our favorites for sure. Once the kids were in bed, the week was called complete. We are one day closer to the December holidays. We are getting so excited for the holidays. They come quickly enough.