The morning was busier than most because it was picture day, so the girls had to dress nicer (instead of wearing uniforms) and fix their hair better. After I dropped off the kids from school, I went by the store to pickup supplies for a project Darby is working on, then went to work.
Later in the day I left work early to pick Darby up from school (at dismissal rather than from aftercare), and then I took her back to work with me. This gave her two extra hours to work on her school project before softball practice.
After work, Darby changed into play clothes and we headed to practice (Shelby was already on her way to fencing). Practice was probably the longest we've had all year, almost two hours, but Darby continues to show noticeable improvements.
After practice I took Darby to my dad's house so she could eat and then get back to work on her project (instead of sitting in the car for the 40-minute round trip to get Shelby) while I headed of to pickup Shelby from her mother's (where she went after fencing).
Once I had Shelby and once we picked up Darby we went home and continued to work on Darby's project, which is due tomorrow. This is a massive project that we've been working on and off for weeks, but have realized we missed some things as we've tried to bring it together. She is STILL working on it.
Behavioral Disarray Sidenote: Darby is grounded again. After having improved on her last report card (from the previous progress report), I had eased up on some things with her. Apparently that was a mistake. Not a week later I'm told by her teacher that she has been lying about getting her work done (trying to stash it in her desk like no one will find it), and she as six (6!) tallies already just two days into the week.
Shelby is near grounding as she has also been lying to the teacher. The last couple days she's not had any homework assignments written in her notebook (very unusual). She's been telling the teach she lost her assignment notebook, but really she just left it in her bag. Then she was telling me that there was just no assignments. Also, the teacher found several incomplete papers in her desk while looking for Shelby's assignment pad. She only has one tally for the week, but I'm thinking she should have more. Though the teacher says she won't be having recess all week because she'll be catching up with her school work.
On the good news front, it's bonus time at work, and I got my notice today. I was pleasantly surprised. If only I could keep more than half of it (darned taxes).
UPDATE, 30 MARCH, 2:13am
Darby just went to bed. She is going to be so cranky in the morning. It was 1:30 before we could finally say we were done with her project, but then she had regular homework to finish...
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