Great Idea

With school starting, it's hard to remember that it's still sort-of summer.  One hot day I had the great idea to send the kiddos out to play in the sprinkler.  This happened all too soon.  Mimi loves that mud! 

The house I grew up in

Get ready for an amazing house...

While playing around on the internet I sometimes look at real estate sites and the houses I'll never get to live in.  I saw that the house I grew up in recently sold and then my sisters tracked down the youtube video showing it in lots of details.

They flipped bathrooms and removed walls and doors and a closet.  The backyard looks like a dream, but it was wonderful to start with.  It's all amazing!  I loved what they did mostly, of course there's few things I would do differently or I would have kept the same way from when we were kids, but they didn't consult me, hee hee.  They made the basement so great and kept the bar intact, the claw-foot tub is still there, phew!  I'm so glad.

Ahh, what a beautiful house! 

video 

Classroom Behavior and School Pictures

As I was updating the school pictures I noticed something familiar.  Parker decided that he liked this shirt so much he wore it again, 2 years later!  5th grade and 7th grade. 

Yoda considered wearing his same shirt from his 2 years of preschool photos, but changed his mind.  Here's the link to the post where I talked about that. 

Mimi went with her brand new dress that Grandma Shauna made.  

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Now that Yoda is in Kindergarten I have more time to volunteer in the classroom!  Here's what I heard on my first day:

Teacher, "Who can tell me what day is today?"
She points to a child with her hand raised.
That child stares blankly.
Yoda whispers, "Friday"
Child, "Friday"

Teacher, "If today is Friday who can tell me what yesterday was?"
She points to a child with his hand raised.
That child stares blankly.
Yoda whispers, "Thursday"
Child, "Thursday"

This went on...little stinker!

3 years of preschool has it's results, lots of calendar knowledge and no patience for those who don't know the calendar.  I have since explained that he must let others try to answer...

swiped this from my mom's blog...

Me with my littlest nephew a couple weeks ago.