ALAS!
The end of the school year is upon us. As a teacher I am elated, but as a mother that means that I still have to prepare lesson plans. At this point my plans consist of:
- breakfast (yes, poptarts count)
- TV time (Sesame Street and Spongebob)
- outside play time (mommy tanning time)
- lunch (canned ABCs and 123s)
- nap time (yes, they are going to let me sleep)
- snack time (Cheez-its anyone?)
- Daddy comes home and gives mommy a break.
I kid! So I may have exaggerated just slightly. I am working on a "meal plan" (*sigh*) so that we don't even have to think about commercially sealed and canned goodness. (I will not let the microwave define me as a mother, I will not let the microwave define me as a mother, I will NOT let the microwave define me as a mother.) Outside play time is only in the morning so we are OUT of the sun AKA heat, so no tanning for mommy. (The cancerous ball of fire will make my skin more wrinkly anyway!) Nap time? Yeah, that's a joke. My soon-to-be 3 year old is not a fan of naps. "Nap time" should therefore be changed to "Don't kill your brother time." The only truth about my schedule is actually snacktime. I should've invested in Cheez-its and Goldfish stock.
And here's another picture to make you drool...
So, my summertime lesson plans will include multiple trips to the library, the park next door, and possible trips to Carmike on Thursdays. No big ideas, essential questions, or student objectives. "Students will be able to be lazy." How's that for a lesson plan??
