Shape Mom Strikes Again

You may recall my red circles from September?  October is yellow squares month at Cutie Pie’s Lab School.  As this year’s shape mom I get to cut out a bazillion (a real number, I’ve counted them) of these little suckers.  Since I’m adding a texture element to them, I decided to go easy on myself this month and cut them out of craft foam.  Behold:

October is yellow square month.  Why isnt it orange?

October is yellow square month. Why isn't it orange?

I’m so screwed when the shapes become more complicated.  I might get carpal tunnel with diamonds…  Don’t you love how mundane my worries are these days?  Oh, the trials of a shape mom…  It’s laughable, really.

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In other Lab School news, I’m so off the hook for hosting craft night at our home!  Woo hoo!  Originally, it was supposed to be this evening but a parenting lecture series ended up falling on the same date.  We rescheduled it for next Tuesday, October 7th.  Then J came home today and notified me that he has to be in DC for work all next week.  That means I have no backup for an entire week.  I’ll be insane and in no state of mind to host at Girls’ Night Out over here.  I told the social coordinator to keep the restaurant dinner plans the same for the 7th and that we’ll do craft night at some other time.

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In even more Lab School news, I have to tell you that I was in no way prepared for the amount of drama that has come up in the three short weeks that we’ve been going.  Seriously, it’s been crazy.  One mom (who has already dropped out, thankfully) tried to have an affair with another mom’s husband over the summer!  The husband put an end to the advances of “the predator” and confessed everything to his wife.  The wife is not handling things well as this “predator” was supposedly a good friend.  She’s lost so much weight that she looks like a skeleton, she talks a mile a minute and is completely scatterbrained.  I think she might snap.

The “predator” dropped out of Lab School before the semester began and then several of her remaining friends followed suit.  Our Lab School numbers have been dwindling…  I’m not sure how some of the other women can remain friends with a lady who has a history of hooking up with married men…

Another mom had a complete meltdown last week about being the scheduled as the snack provider three times in the fall…  She had a shouting match with the instructor about how unfair it was.  WTF?  It’s crackers, fruit and water for Pete’s sake.  I cannot even believe this is an issue.  So, there’s all this tension due to the snack mom debacle.  It’s a mess.

Then there’s this earthy mom who does not wear deodorant.  It’s awful to be near her.  It’s 90 something degrees outside and she’s obviously sweating a lot.  Can’t she just absorb a little aluminum for the sake of our noses?  Please?!

When I was in Lab School with Wildman, we didn’t have any drama.  None.  Zero.  We were boring folk.  Now, I’m boring folk and everyone else has issues…

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Kennedy Space Center

Saturday found us at the Kennedy Space Center.  This weekend KSC opened it’s doors free to all Brevard County residents.  We knew it would be a mad house but we decided to go anyway.  The boys had never been and saving over $150 is always a plus.  I can’t believe how much the Space Center has changed since I was a kid.  It’s more like a theme park today than the museum of my childhood.  There’s so much more to look at and do.

Cutie Looking Up in Awe of an Astronaut Suit

Cutie Looking Awestruck by Spacesuit

We took the bus tour out to several points of interest at the Cape.  Each stop was amazing.  They were mini-visitor complexes complete with movies, snacks, displays and gift shops.  When I was a kid they stopped on the side of the road, let you off the bus to take pictures and that was it.  The boys had a really good time seeing all of the sights even if they didn’t really know what they meant.

Launch Pad A with Space Shuttle Atlantis

Launch Pad A with Space Shuttle Atlantis

J and the boys in front of an Apollo space capsule.

J and the boys in front of an Apollo space capsule.

After the bus tours we headed back to the main Visitor Complex for lunch and ice cream.  We ended up running into our friends B and F and their kids.  They joined us over at the kid dome play area to let the kids blow off some steam and then went to the Rocket Garden with us.

Space Capsule in the Rocket Garden

Space Capsule in the Rocket Garden

We had a great time and the boys were completely exhausted by the time we left at 4 PM.  It’s something that I want to do again with them when they are a little older and can understand more about the space program.

Happy Friday

This is the last photo of the 7 days run for September.  Here I am being thoughtful.  I have a lot on my mind these days.  Things that are kind of heavy and are not correctly represented in this funny capture.  But I thought it was cute so I’m keeping it for my 7th self-portrait.  It’s been a fun week and I’m looking forward to doing it again.

Thoughtful

Thoughtful

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