Visitors

When we moved into our house, it was the first house I'd ever owned.  I was 37 weeks pregnant and the only thing on my mind was getting settled as quickly as possible before M joined our family.  My mum came on the first day with the rest of our family to help clean & set up the house from top to bottom and quickly stocked our freezer with muffins, breads and various baked goods like butter tarts, cheesecake brownies, etc.  Her advice?  ALWAYS have something in the freezer in case someone unexpectedly stops by to visit because that's what happens when you own a home.

Fast forward to the present day and I think we're at a tally of three (3!!!) visits from my BFF where I have had absolutely nothing in the freezer to offer as a snack.  Um yeah.  Being the best BFF ever, she must know this and ALWAYS brings muffins or cookies in her purse.  She showed up today with a stash of muffins for the little ones to snack on while playing.  Meanwhile, I could only drum up a pear & two apples to offer as snacks.

Definitely not the hostess with the mostess when it comes to daytime visiting.

M & I just grocery stopped & stocked up on a lot of pantry essentials.  D is away this weekend and it's miserably wet outside so I think M & I will take advantage and try to make some freezer meals & do some baking.  Yes...  baking!  I've got my mind set on making banana bread and maybe a batch of carrot pineapple bran muffins.

You know...  in case I have a visitor or two.

Back to School

My kid is barely past 3 and doesn't officially start school for another year.  He just graduated to Senior Preschool and in his eyes, it's the shit because he's in the bigger classroom and back with a few of his older friends...  you know, January babies and such.  Meanwhile, I'm completely freaking out about where the F we are are going to send him to school next year.

Seriously.

This is the stuff that is clouding my mind and keeping me up at night.  I can't stop obsessing about it and now D & I are coming up with ridiculous schemes to get us into areas with better schools.  Moving, private school, Catholic (um...  neither of us are practicing and heck, I'm not even Catholic but if it's a better school...) and using a friend's address are just many of the insane ideas filling our heads.

Why on earth are we such over-achievers when it comes to our 3 year old's future schooling?!  At the end of the day, I want him to learn in a welcoming environment under the tutelage of a teacher like my BFF (unfortunately, we can't get him into her awesome school) and I just want him to have friends and be a nice little boy.  Sigh.

Am I really going to obsess about this for the next year?