Cory’s Mommy
Cory is doing well with his full day child care. To spoil him some more I found some new toys. He now has a toy lawn mower. He and Jay practiced his future chore. It was funny to watch him push the mower and watch the balls, then stop and move to the front of the mower to try and catch the spinning balls. He also has a grocery basket of fake produce. His favorite is the banana (ba ba). The egg plant confuses him. He mostly dumps them out and walks around sucking on each one. He also has a new See n’ Say. He’s learned to pull the lever. Now I just need to show him that he has to wait between each pull if he wants to hear the animal noise instead of just repeatedly pulling the lever. I guess he’s just learning to use it. Otherwise his favorite toy is still the baby and it’s bottle. The babysitter teases how much he likes all the little girl toys. I did get to talk to my mom a bit last night about how Cory is doing and how school is going. It’s great that Cory is adapting well to the full day. He isn’t crying as much when I drop him off now because he’s so easily distracted and he’s feeling comfortable with everyone now. Most of the school age kids call me Mrs. Rishel because that’s how they know me. Otherwise the little girls who aren’t in school yet call me “Cory’s Mommy.” You have kids and suddenly you don’t have a name any more: “My Grandchild’s Mother” “Cory’s Mommy” “That Person Who Feeds Me.” And you know what? You don’t care. In fact, if feels great to have these titles. However, with the added title of motherhood, you find other things sliding. I just got a voice mail this afternoon on my lunch break from my inservice that I missed my first grad class Monday night. I was terrified, embarrassed, and ill all at the same time. I just thought it started when school started. I left a message back and wrote an e-mail when I got home apologizing to the professor and asking what he’d like me to do to make up the time and get information or if I missed too much and should drop the class. I don’t know what he’ll say. I’ve never missed a class and I’m an excellent student with a 4.0. Life gets in the way of life sometimes, I guess. I hope he’ll send me information or find time to meet with me. I’d hate to have my graduation timeline messed up for screwing up ONCE. So, since my time is going to be cut shorter with Cory, I’m going to go sit and read books for a while with him.
Filed by meg at August 26th, 2008 under Daily Entries