Hey, teach, we had to come up with something

Posted on August 13th, 2008 by SusieJ

I got a call from one of my great friends, who just happens to have a son in the same class as one of my sons. She’s enjoying herself immensely in Hawaii at the moment.

She asks me casually, “So, did he get his three journal entries done?”
“What journal entries?”
“You know… their homework for the summer… three journal entries and a postcard to the teacher?”

To be honest, if anything did come home in his backpack during the last week of school, I never looked at it. And, you know all that stuff people say about, “It takes a village to raise a child?” This is what they’re talking about. It takes a village to stay on top of all those things we have to do for our kids. Good friends know this.

So, I found some paper that didn’t have water stains on it, managed to find a pen, and asked him to write. All he could come up with was:

“I got up, ate my breakfast, brushed my teeth, and went tubing.”

All true, but no substance. So, we did what any parents would do, who are concerned about their kid’s education. We borrowed skis, and we threw him out in the water behind the boat. We threw him a rope, and this is what happened:

My husband, the skier, says, rarely do they get up the first time. So, how’s that for a journal entry, kid?

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8 Comments

Like all of you, I am overwhelmed and am currently working on a plan to eliminate all need for sleep so that I will have enough hours in the day. I'll let you know as soon as I have all the kinks worked out. I treasure your comments and emails. I do read them all.
  1. Kathryn ~ Aug 13, 2008 at 9:28 am

    Sounds like a good journal entry to me! Great shots!

  2. Hip ~ Aug 13, 2008 at 10:14 am

    Sweet! He must have loved it. And, seriously, homework over the summer? Perhaps the teacher needs some skis!

  3. Dragonfly ~ Aug 13, 2008 at 11:41 am

    Wow, I’m impressed!! My first time skiing I was in my late teens, and it took many tries before I got up. :)

  4. amy ~ Aug 13, 2008 at 12:12 pm

    so awesome!!!!

  5. Heather ~ Aug 13, 2008 at 1:35 pm

    Way to go!

  6. Jenny R ~ Aug 13, 2008 at 10:15 pm

    Waterskiing is so fun! Congrats to him for getting up right away.

  7. It was nothing like the first time | Susiej ~ Aug 16, 2008 at 9:37 pm

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  8. louann ~ Aug 18, 2008 at 6:57 pm

    Great shots. I think it’s awesome that they get to do that the whole summer =)

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