All this week C has half days of school while A has full ones, so he is taking the opportunity to have friends over as much as possible to take advantage of his sister-free state.  Today he and his friend did a play for me, Harvey Cantor and the Sorcerer’s Lizard, which involved dueling with (unsharpened) pencils and a riddle contest.  I had to try and keep a straight face through the entire production, it was just so cute.

The part that amused me the most, however, was watching C and this particular friend interact.  Unlike many of his other frequent guests, this particular child is as happy to compromise as C, and their conversations go something like this:

Friend K: “So I thought we could do it something like this, what do you think?”

C: “Oh!  Great idea!  But how about instead of doing it like that, we do it like this and then that?”

Friend K: “Yeah!  And then we could do xy and z as well!”

C: “YES!”

The final result?  They spent the entire three hours planning and complimenting each other and then scurried about to actual produce a play that bore no resemblance to the hours of discussion ahead of time.  At the end of the day?  “It was the BEST. DAY. EVER.”

Friend K is welcome anytime.  And I am not just saying that because I got three loads of laundry folded while waiting for the production to commence.

• Tis one of my least favorite days, the first day that Daylight Savings is gone.  We were up waaaayyy too early this morning.  Exactly when do you think it isn’t my problem if the kids are up at an unreasonable hour?  I had all intentions of sending off to the TV without me this morning, but by 5:55 they were both in tears, so that plan went out the window.
• If I have any advice for new parents it is “Buy a king-sized bed if you have any interest in letting your child(ren) spend any time snuggling in there.”  Because once they get beyond 3 months or so?  A queen is just. not. big. enough.  Especially if you have tossers and turners.
• Halloween is finally over for another year.  I cannot wait to get the decorations back up to the attic.  A was Dorothy this year, because she wanted the red sparkly Target shoes, and C was Obi Wan Kenobi as he wanted a light-saber so he could duel with his best friend.  We were all about the accessories this year.
• I didn’t clear out of church quickly enough after choir practice one day, and, as a result, found myself choir mom for the year.  Which means that I am going to spend the morning trying to keep 20 K, 1st, and 2nd graders from a) tripping over their robes, b) in some semblance of a line as the process into church and c) quiet in church for way too long a period of time.  This is AFTER they have had who knows how much candy for breakfast.  As while my children have been told that if they even THINK about asking for candy before noon, it will all belong to me, I am sure that many of the parents out there are bribing their children with candy to be quiet this morning.  Gah.
• Next week is a total waste of a school week, three “1/2 days” because of parent/teacher conferences and then two days off for “the teachers convention,”  except I have never actually know a teacher who has gone to said convention.  Coming off of a wasted day because of the Halloween festivities and headed into Thanksgiving week, I sort of feel like they should just throw up their hands and declare November mid-term break or something.  At least then I wouldn’t have to spend the month getting everyone to school on time.
• I am incredibly far behind on my holiday knitting.  I somewhat fear that even if I knit continuously between now and the big day, I still won’t finish everything I have started, and am starting to pick up some “extra” things that could be tasked as teacher gifts if need be.  Anyone have any good ideas for teacher gifts this year?
• I didn’t sign up for NaBloPoMo this year.  But may make a half-hearted effort to slog through the month, if only to distract myself from Farmville, which is an incredibly addictive game with no redeeming benefits what-so-ever.  Well, except for the fact that it can keep C happily occupied for a large chunk of time.  He seems to have inherited my love of mindless activity.  A, on the other hand, feels the need to be productive most of the time.  It will serve her will in life.
• With that, I am off to feed my children and gear up for a fun-filled morning of crowd control.  Wish me luck…