Family Reunion, Pumpkinvine Bike Ride, Art class & a rant

First, I now have a pic of Tyler’s batik hanging from the start of the month.  I think he did great.

Batik Hanging

Fri & Sat – We attended a family reunion for my side of the family.  It was a new location this year and even though we didn’t camp or stay at the cabins, I like the new location a lot.  Seems like everyone else did, too, because we are heading back there again next year.  We’re still not staying at the cabins or anything.  We’ll just visit during the days.  My bed & shower are just too close to make me want to stay at the campground.  Tyler made friends with some cousins and played with them lots.  I was so happy because he usually hangs back and doesn’t make friends quickly.  I do have a new item to add to my camping list.  Not that we’ve camped in a while, but my current list precludes us from camping where we are at now.  The new item is that I want to camp in an area where campfires aren’t allowed.  I should have realized this before because we’ve camped when there were burn bans and loved it.  But it really sunk in this past weekend when I came home smelling of smoke because everything is so wet (and we did get rain) and my allergies to smoke seem to have gotten worse.

Sat – We also participated in the 10th annual Pumpkinvine Bike Ride.  It was the 2nd year for us and we did do the 15 miles again.  No pics have been posted, but we didn’t see anyone taking pics of us this year.  The weather was really wonderful (overcast to help it stay cool) except for the wind.  I swear we rode into the wind the entire ride.  Took us 2 hours this year.  We were the first riders out for the 15 mile ride and 1 person caught us at the SAG stop.  Trent & Tyler got homemade cinnamon rolls made that morning by the amish lady where the SAG stop is.  I had a bite and they were awesome, but I wanted Gatorade and the taste of that didn’t go well with cinnamon roll.  Tyler & I had apple pie and Trent had cherry pie at the end.

Sun – We rested for Father’s Day.  Trent is an amazing father, and I tell him that every day.  We also worked on some 4-H stuff that had to be done by Tues.

Mon – We had the last TKD class before our break for Worlds.  Tyler is glad that there is a break so I have a feeling it will be hard for us to get him to go back next week.

Tues – Tyler had a class at the library on pop art.  I took pics to stare.  It was an OK class and Tyler mostly had fun, but this is where my rant (that is later in this post) comes from so I’m not totally happy.  We also had our last regular 4-H meeting.  We have been working with Tyler so that he was basically done with his projects by this meeting.  I’m pretty sure we were the only ones from the group that have actually started, let alone almost finished, their projects.  We got our passes to the fair so we are set.  Here are the pics from the art class:

06-23 Pop Art

Wed – We ran some errands to Mishawaka and then in the afternoon we went over to Grams & Grandpa Randy’s so that Tyler could go in the pool.

Today – Trent took a vacation day and went fishing with Grandpa this morning.  I figure we’ll see him around lunch time.  This afternoon we have to go shopping for 4-H stuff.  We need some things to display the model & the rocket and we need posterboard & supplies for the fishing club project.

And now for my rant, so if you want to skip this part, you’ve been notified.  If you looked through the art pics, then you would have seen the 4th pic was a sheet of the same girl.  The concept was supposed to Andy Warhol’s Marilyn Monroe.  Tyler did the bottom 4 and then started from the right hand side of the middle row.  Unfortunately, the rest of the picture was messed up by another kid at the class.  At this point, I don’t care what your excuse is for why your kid can’t act appropriately.  Lately, I’ve heard “He just has a mind of his own”, “It’s the summer and they’re excited”, “She doesn’t mean any harm”, “He has ADHD”, “She’s autistic”, etc.  I SERIOUSLY DO NOT CARE!  Your child’s rights do not take precedence over my child’s rights.  My child was attending a class, he sat there quietly, followed directions, helped some younger kids by getting supplies for them that they couldn’t reach, and did not make a mess.  If your child can not act in an appropriate way, then do not bring them to the activities.  If you don’t not know what appropriate behavior is, then do not bring them to the activities until you find out and are sure that your child can handle acting appropriately.  If your child decides to act inappropriately once you have him/her at the activity, then take them away because the rest of us don’t really want to have to deal with you or your child.