Author: The Jody

You know what makes a good alarm clock? The DJs on the local radio station talking about snow in the forecast in the middle of October. Boy, I woke right up when I heard that. Now that is the kind of stuff that makes a clock radio a good investment.

The snow is predicted for tonight/tomorrow. “Accumulating” meaning we’ll be able to see it on the grass, and it will cause traffic horrors, but not deep stuff. I hope.

In a panic I had Junior try on last year’s winter boots. Whew, they still fit. So does his winter coat (well, one of them, anyway) but I don’t know about the snow pants. We can try those on tonight. I remember last November when I was looking ahead in the weather forecast and saw a possible storm, and I ran my butt over to Bob’s to find him some boots. My kid was one of the only ones around who could go outside to play in the snow because I planned ahead. I’m sure these boots won’t last all season, but my first worry is getting him pants that fit, we can save the boots for another paycheck.

(I’d say the previous post, but in Blogger-land, the previous post is physically the “next” post and I didn’t want to confuse you.)

When I went to Junior’s Kindergarten one morning, I was there when they did the Pledge and two kids actually sat it out. I don’t know why I found that fascinating, but I did.

I bring this up, because Junior recited it for me last night for the first time, and he was FLAWLESS. He enunciated each word, there were no mistakes, no words left out, added or mangled. He sounded like a little professional. If I could figure out how to make it a file of reasonable size, I’d post it here. I’ll have to work on that. But it was amazing, and I’m not even a big fan of the Pledge.

Junior’s daycare is having a “harvest party” on Oct 30. Not the 31st, because that might be perceived as a Halloween party. I’m confused – Halloween isn’t really associated with any specific religion, so what’s the deal with celebrating it? What if there are anti-farming families out there who are offended by the thought of a harvest party? His kindergarten, which is accredited by NYAAC or something like that, can’t do anything for Halloween either, as part of that accreditation. So when they go pumpkin picking on Wednesday, it’s not in any way related to Halloween, let’s just get that straight.

Silliness. I can see not celebrating Christmas or Easter or Passover or what-have-you…but Halloween? The official holiday of the National Candy Association? Why is Valentine’s day okay…it’s actually SAINT Valentine’s day, right? Or SAINT Patrick’s day. But actually, maybe they aren’t allowed to celebrate those either. I guess I’ll find out next February and March.

My son just used the word “Groovy” in a sentence. I’m scared.

Junior never ever got into Mr. Rogers. He’s watching it today, which is VERY COOL because it features the cast of STOMP!!! Can I just tell you how much I love Stomp?

I just learned something very very very very important. I recognized one of the guys in Stomp from another kids’ tv show…picture the song used to end the Disney Channel show “Out of the Box” – know how Tony does all the rhythm with his hands? He’s from Stomp! I knew I liked him! (Viv I can live without. I’m pretty sure he’s just waiting to beat her with a big heavy stick.)