Yoda goes to preschool

 So there's a pre-preschool at Mimi's old preschool.  I decided that Yoda might be bored at home with just me, so I signed him up.  For the top picture I said:"Smile for your first day of school!" and this was the result=feeling a little unsure. 

But for this second picture I said:"smile for daddy!"  

Just if you're curious, he didn't sit in circle time, clean up any toys, line up, wear his name tag, or talk to any of his teachers--all things that all the other children did perfectly.  He did sing the songs during singing time, but only from across the room.

(I know all this because parents attend the first day of school with their children.)

The second day the teachers said he did great, I think they are just good liars :)  

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Mimi, pointing to different teeth in her mouth:"This is a baby tooth, this is a grown-up tooth.  And this [pointing to a tooth just starting to come in] is a teenager tooth!"

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A long time ago Parker learned what an open-face sandwich is,but must have forgot how to say it.  So the other day when Yoda stole the top slice of bread from Parker's ham and cheese sandwich, he said:"I'll just eat it face-less."

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It's official, Greg and I meet exactly 18 years ago today.  That means I've now known him exactly as 1/2 of my life! 
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Yoda is really into Monster Trucks right now.  He loves watching the History Channel documentary about them.

Here he is acting out a Monster Truck making a jump over some smaller cars--and singing "It's a Mighty Mega Monster Truck!"

*Sorry for the squeaky sound from the camera*
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Have a great week!

Some quotes and pictures...

From Mimi...

On the 3rd day of school Mimi said:"Is it STILL a school day???!!!"
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Mimi after her ballet class:"Ballerina's tired..."
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From Parker...


Me:"We're off to Home Depot"
Parker:"I want to go to Home Home"
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Me:"How are these books?"
Parker:"I've got a sweet tooth for them!"
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(when one of our children is being cranky we will sometimes call them "crank-master")

Parker:"Can I have this?"
Me:"Only if I can call you crank-master."
Parker (who knows the difference between a master and an apprentice):"I'm not a crank-master, I'm a crank-apprentice!"
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Yoda helped bring in the groceries and this is what he did with them :) 

Rascally Rabbit

One night Valerie came home from the store. When she opened the garage door she saw a rabbit staring back at her. From inside the garage.

Greg came out and they went through the garage one square foot at a time. Moving our stuff and looking for rabbits. He finally found the rabbit and saw it run away.

Or so he thought.....

Later that night Valerie and Greg went into the garage to find some tools.  Valerie noticed a bit of dark fluff among the white paint rollers.

The rabbit was hiding like a Kindergartener.  Front end hidden and back end not so much.

We left the occupied paint roller out in the front yard, shut the garage door and turned off the porch light.  In the next hour, the rabbit joined his friends.

False Start

After just 2 days of school, sickness hit...hard. I can't blame them getting this sickness at school, they weren't there long enough. 

 On Friday Yoda started feeling sick.  As I loaded him into the van to pick up the school children he got sick ALL OVER the van...uh...
By Saturday it was obvious he had strep--thank goodness for urgent care. It's his first time with this bacteria, and he was crazy sick. 

Regularly on Mondays I pick up two of our neighbors from school.  But this Monday their babysitter didn't show up so their dad asked me to keep them until their mom came home from work. No problem right?

Well...I show up at the school and Mimi isn't there!  I'm told to park and walk up because Mimi has been sick. 
In my head:"AH!  Did I send a sick kid to school?"  "Did she get "sick" as in made a mess?"  "Was she sick all day but didn't know she was allowed to call to go home?"
yes, yes, and yes

Her teacher was very nice about it, but as I unpacked her un-eaten lunch and early morning snack I was crying thinking of how terrible she must have felt but didn't know what to do about it. 

She's feeling better--hence the thumbs up. 

I told Parker like 100 times to tell me if he feels at all sick, throat, head, tummy, anything.

*this morning*
Me:"Good morning, Parker, how do you feel, do you feel sick at all?"
Parker:"I feel totally fine."
*30 seconds later*
Parker pointing to his throat:"By the way these things hurt when I swallow"
Me:"That means you're sick and you're not going to school"
Parker--bummed that he won't get perfect attendance again this year. 

This picture was taken just about 30 minutes away from Parker asking me to turn up the heat.  Now his fever is back and he's feeling terrible again.

Here's our fridge with all the Amoxicillin (and a little butter too).  I have to write down a list of the meds that everyone is taking and when, I don't trust myself to remember everything!  

The Sate Fair

Before Summer is officially over I thought I better write about the State fair. 

This year we decided to do more indoor and animal stuff, and less rides.  We had lots of fun.  

Here's Yoda playing trucks with what looks like a queen or princess. 

The kiddos made a lego-pinewood-derby car. 

And then raced them!  

We checked out the owls. 

Smokey the bear knew their names! 

Milked a cow! 

Giant butter sculpture.  Moo. 

Played with electric trains.  Maybe I need a plexiglass case for our train tracks?  

Duck/t Tape parade floats. 

And a few rides. 

Summer's over, time for more school posts! 

A cupcake poem for Sonya's birthday

Eight little cupcakes, sitting in a tin
along came Yoda and then there were sev-en!

Seven little cupcakes, not from a mix
along came Mimi and then there were six!

Six little cupcakes, with honey from a hive
along came Parker and then there were five!

Five little cupcakes, not on the floor
along came Sonya and then there were four!

Four little cupcakes, decorated like bee
along came Josh and then there were three!

Three little cupcakes, on a plate of blue
along came Rebekah and then there were two!

Two little cupcakes -- not a ton
along came Jill and then there was one!

One little cupcake, waiting for a hero
along came Daddy and then there were zero!

Happy birthday! 

And a little cupcake dance as well!  This girl loves her some cupcakes! 
(Sorry for the squeaky camera...)

First Day of School!

 They packed up their school supplies and met their teachers yesterday.  Then we set off this morning for the first official day of school. 

 Mimi a big, all-day-1st grader.

 Parker, 4th grade?  How is this possible???

Here we are with our neighbors.  Yoda was pretty ticked to be left out, but then pouted when he was in the photo.  Poor guy asks to go to school ALL the time. 

Reading...

As I helped Mimi read the word "pharmacy"
she yelled:"'P' does NOT sound like 'Ffff'!"

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 On Mimi's 1/2 birthday her new backpack came in the mail.  Yoda inherited her old one (the one that Parker used in preschool and Kindergarten as well). 

 She insisted since it was her 1/2 birthday that she was in charge of our activity for the day.  

We biked to the school and had a picnic that she prepared and carried in her backpack.  

Also in her backpack was:

a soccer ball

a football

a tennis ball

a frisbee

and a small basketball

Later that night Greg treated them to one last camp-out before school starts.  S'mores! 

(and yes that's a dinning-room chair, it's comfy)

Hair Cuts

If you have a second, please take me poll, just curious who's out there--don't worry, it's anonymous:)

 Mimi before

 Yoda Before

 Yoda during

 Parker waiting

And after

Last of the Vacation Photos

A better picture of us with Greg's family. 

 On our last day, we ran out of clean clothes, so Yoda is in long sleeves and Parker is in long pants.  oops.  Thanks goodness it wasn't too hot this day. 

We did a few things before we left town.  First Iwo Jima.

Mimi is the eagle in this photo.

 Next Thomas Jefferson Memorial

 **Yoda gearing up for a twist**

 **twist complete**

 We didn't plan on visiting the FDR monument (we didn't even know it existed), but SO glad we did.  This is so different.  It's more of a walk and an experience. 

One last thing...the WWII monument, also amazing.  This was on Greg's list of things to do.  So glad we did, another amazing monument.  

Then we headed home to Ohio.  

And so ended the 8-states-and-The-District-of-

Columbia-tour-for-the-Gibbys. 

 

Thanks for coming along with us:)