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Aren't Teachers supose to be smart??

Sometimes I think they are complete idiots.
First of all Bridey has been having trouble in Math and Science, getting D's on her midterms and report cards for the last 2 grading periods. John and i have talked to her teacher many, many times.......but she just says Bridey is doing fine she doesn't need extra help and then Bri brings home more D's. I mean how smart is that teacher??

Last night and today the weather here has been bad. Severe thunderstorms and tornado watches. So her track team was having a cook out yesterday and didn't cancel due to weather. They DID move most of the party inside the school but was still planning on having a water balloon fight at the time I dropped her off with instructions not to be outside in the weather. I don't know if it was parents complaints or what but luckily they decided to hold off on the balloon fight at the last minute although they did go out and roast smores under the over hang of the school and had most of the kids running out into the rain. DUH!!

AND.....Bri has a classmate that lives across the creek behind us on the next road over. We can see his house from our back yard but have to cross a creek and small field to get to his house. Bridey goes over and plays sometimes and has taken his homework to him before. The teacher knows they are separated by a creek. So today knowing that we have had these lovely storms and flash flood warnings the simple teacher asks Bridey to give this boy a notice that his library book needs returned or paid for. So Bri comes home wanting to go over to this boys house and give him this notice and gets upset with me when i tell her NO she can't cross the creek because the water is up. She's afraid she will get in trouble for not taking it to him. I told her to tell her teacher I wouldn't let her cross the creek in this weather and if she had a problem with it to call me.
I mean really for one it's not the other students responsibilities to give their neighbor kids stuff from school. It is nice though i admit and if it wasn't a safety issue I normally wouldn't mind but seriously what are these teacher thinking or where is the brain they are suppose to be teaching with??

my babies

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few pictures of my cutie pies!! The first couple are Bridey posing out by the orange blossom tree before she went to sing with the school choir at the graduation of the 5th and 6th graders. They we have Jake, he loves trying to look into the camera when i am taking pictures, and them we have Jake with a huge sucker Bridey had brought home from school for him. He really enjoyed it.

summer heat is here.

Seems like warm weather is here to stay, Finally. Bridey is so excited, wants outside all day long and to have the water hose running to stay cool. I let her for a few minutes but then make her put it away, I definitely can't afford a skyrocketing water bill. She has been bugging us about the pool.....wanting to go everyday. I personally would stay inside in the AC all summer long only going out when need be or if the weather was on the cooler side, or at least the bearable side. I hate the heat.

Usually John goes out a plays with Bridey in the heat but this year she is going to have a pretty boring summer because he can't be in the heat to much now because of his health and the medications he is on. I did sign her up for a summer reading and arts program at her school but it's only for six weeks, she is excited about going to it though. She went last year and loved it.

So at least she will have that little diversion.