trick or fruit?
oh yes, no sweets this year for us!
I’m so fed up with Halloween, it boils my head, I know quite of a few of you disagree with my opinion, but I cannot abide it. When I was pregnant with Edward, his due date was 22nd October, and good god was I glad that I was still pregnant come 1st November!
So this year, as I’m fed up with feeding the lane and their children with sweets, I offered Satsumas : ) And so to avoid any upsets I put a poster on the door, saying that I would only be offering fruit! I heard two lots come to the door, read and then go, boys by the sound of them, but we had another 3 lots come to the door and happily take them, so that’s what we will do in the future : )
The three lots that took the fruit all had parents and all said what a good idea, and were pleased, so I sit here looking smug!
However, you know when you think everything is sorted and that you can get a little part-time job, and not worry, well apparently, I now have ‘problems’ with William at school : ( And what a suprise it is with the same teacher that Edwards problems started with. Now I know they are very different, but I wish this academic year was over already, it has taken just over 7 weeks for the first cracks to appear, I had hoped for longer. William does not have Aspergers, he has been observed twice, and we have a report saying he does not ‘exhibit’ any of the signs. But I have a meeting next Wednesday morning to discuss his ‘behaviour’ – yay! I will keep you informed, and Mum, I will call you tomorrow night about this, when I’m a bit calmer : )
This Friday I have book group, and it’s my book,
oo that’s tiny! It is H G Wells, and it is the Island of Doctor Moreau, I wanted to choose something different, and I think I have : ) I hope that it will create some interesting discussion, or maybe just everyone will just hate it!
1st November 2007 @ 12:25 am
Hooray for your satsumas. I gave them to some carolers one year – their faces were priceless!
And I’m so sorry you are going through the mill with William. It’s one of my fears as Johnny enters the same school as Mark next year. If you put any child under a microscope, you can find something to complain about. Sending thoughts your way.
1st November 2007 @ 2:07 am
I can’t blame you for saying no to sweets. It’s not really the candy giving that bothers me, it’s buying candy from the companies that support child slave labor that bothers me (and here I go again with buying the big brands again this year!). What I really wanted to do was make a plate of my persimmon cookies and pass those out, but you know, no one trusts their neighbors these days so that would never work! So this Halloween, I’ll be passing out reeses and snickers, and keeping those yummy cookies to myself. Sigh. Maybe I’ll try a mixture of fruit and fair trade candy next year.
1st November 2007 @ 4:03 am
Maybe it’s the teacher. Happy Halloween anyways!!! Hope your day is good tomorrow!
1st November 2007 @ 10:08 am
I wonder the same as Bethany, that could it be the teacher’s attitude, and having seen school in action behind the scenes, I know that siblings get labelled for their brother’s/ sister’s ‘crimes’ !!! So much actually boils down to if a teacher takes a liking to a student or not.
Hope it all settles quickly for you so that this year doesn’t have to be one to ‘get through’.
best wishes on this roller coaster called life!
x
1st November 2007 @ 1:48 pm
Completely emphasise with the school thing (sitting here with excluded 7 year old (sigh)). Remember, you know your babies best.
1st November 2007 @ 4:34 pm
please excuse bad grammar on previous post !