Another interesting week for us. Pretty normal during the day with school and work and everything, but we had the sister missionaries over for dinner on Tuesday evening, and then they stayed and taught another lesson to the girl who was baptized on Sunday in Bowling Green.
I had a lot to do this week in preparation for a couple of things going on. I had a workshop that I led for faculty on Friday, and a follow-up meeting for the summer institute teachers on Saturday morning. I also had to do some things for my class in preparation for the next few weeks. But the big time consumer was grading, which I had a lot of for both of my classes. I got all that done by the end of the week, though. J.J. was able to volunteer in Claire's class on Thursday, which she will do each week, and she and Claire enjoyed that.
On Saturday after the follow-up meeting in the morning, I picked up Doug and we came back to our house to pick up the couch we had previously picked up from the missionaries a few weeks ago. Since it wouldn't fit in my office, Doug and Heidi decided they could use it, so we moved it to their place. After that, I went home and we loaded up in the car, picked up the sister missionaries, then drove out to visit the lady who lives in a storage shed in the woods. (Literally a storage shed in the woods - no water, no electricity, no insulation - but it is her "home") She had a stroke a couple of weeks ago, but is home now. We ended up putting together a cabinet for her and helping her cook noodles on her propane grill. (It is absolutely amazing how people live She is happy out there and likes her little home, but it sure makes me grateful for all the blessings I have.We were glad we were able to go out there. We came back to Murray, dropped the sisters off and then went to a birthday party for the 1-year-old daughter of some friends of ours, Matt and Abigail -- people J.J. used to work with. Their families were there and we had a barbeque and we had cake. Our favorite gift was a lifetime hunting license for Tennessee -- can't beat that when you turn one. (It was quite the redneck birthday. I love this family but couldn't help giggling ore the hunting license and with every present, it was "git it, git it, git it!" to get her rip off the wrapping paper. Gotta love Kentucky!)
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Happenings 8/30/09- 9/13/09
We have had some busy weeks. The most distressing
part of the past two weeks was the discovery of fleas
on our cats, which led to the discovery of fleas
around the house -- not good. J.J. believes it
reflects badly on us as housekeepers, but everyone
has assured us that it is very common. Common or not,
however, eradicating fleas is not an easy process. (Common or not, it's still disgusting)
First, we banished the cats to the garage, and spent
some time combing through them to remove the fleas
from them. (this has to be a daily or every other day occurrence. NOT FUN!! I am so creeped out anyway that then combing and picking them off the cats makes me itchy, gross and want to shower.) Then we washed all of our bedding, (pillows, blankets, scrubbing cushions, rugs, towels, anything you could get in a washer)
vacuumed every day for a weekend, (vacuuming every day for many days - deep vacuuming - moving everything, getting in all the corners, anywhere you can get a vacuum tube.) had a pest control
guy come and spray, and then we had our carpets
cleaned. What we learned is that carpet cleaning
doesn't do anything, but we needed that done anyway
so we didn't mind -- and that vacuuming makes the
flea problem seem worse because it sucks the fleas
and eggs out of the carpet and warmly encourages
those eggs to hatch. We then talked to the vet and
she recommended a spray that we used all over the
house and so far, we notice a difference, but they
still come out at night and jump into the soapy water
dishes that we set out. (Another fun nightly and morning ritual to add to my life. The word "we" should be taken lightly here. Every night, I go put dish soap in 6 pie tins, fill them with a little water and set them out under night lights throughout the house. Then in the morning I go around and empty them all out and clean out the dead fleas. What fun!) The pest control guy is due
to come again for a second treatment included in the
original price, so we'll see what happens. The cats
are pretty much free of the fleas, but they are still
banished from the house. (I am waiting for the expensive, very poisonous flea medicine to come in the mail and put it on them and then wait for about 1 week before they can come back in. They are pretty sad)
The benefit, of course, is now our house is quite
clean, but that is small consolation when fleas are
jumping around at bedtime.
In other news, we attended a wedding on September 5
at the Nashville temple -- the couple is in our ward
and are former young single adults who are attending
college here. They asked me to officiate at their
ring ceremony. I don't know if I did a great job, but
I said a few nice things and made some jokes about
them and then sent them off for a receiving line. (Paul did a really great job. It was a typical Mormon reception, but not many people there. We did get a few fun dances in though. With Claire and Rachel, you can always be the only ones on the dance floor and not feel so silly.) In
between the wedding and the reception, we went out to
eat with some other people there that we knew and
then had ice cream at Maggie Moo's. We headed home
right after the reception. I checked the score of the
BYU game without any optimism and was quite surprised
that it was close. I didn't know it was on TV, so
while we put the kids to bed, I just checked the
score now and then and was excited that they won. I
had resolved to not care about football this fall
because of everything else going on, but then BYU
went and put themselves in the top 10.
On Monday, we went with the Bakes family to Jungle
Golf about 45 minutes north of us. (It's called Maggie's Jungle Golf. This was a "Maggie" weekend with Maggie Moo Ice Cream and Maggie's Jungle Golf.) There is a fun
little miniature golf place and a place you can walk
and feed animals. We had a picnic lunch beforehand,
and then played golf and walked around the place.
Claire was the only one to get a hole in one, but was
more excited about the two 10s she got on other
holes. Rachel improved all of our scores by picking
up our balls and placing them in the hole. It was a
fun way to spend Labor Day.
This week I had a busy weekend. I had a director's
meeting for all state director's of regional writing
projects in Louisville on Friday, and then attached
to that was a state conference for writing project
participants on Saturday. I arrived home at 5:30 on
Saturday, and went immediately with the rest of the
family out to eat and then to the grocery store and
then home. Sunday was our ward conference, and so
after church J.J. was in charge of the luncheon for
the stake and ward leaders, and then she had already
met with the stake leaders and so she went home while
I did tithing and then along with the bishop met with
the stake presidency to discuss what is going well in the ward and what can be worked on. By that time,
it was 3:30, and after our meeting, the sister
missionaries asked me to drive them 2 hours to
Bowling Green because a girl that moved here from
there to go to school was ready to be baptized once
she turned 18 and decided that she needed to do it
that night. She wanted her boyfriend's family to
perform the baptism --he is in Utah going to school
-- and so it needed to be in BG. (That's Bowling Green for you non Kentuckians.) So the sisters
received permission from the mission president to go,
and I told them they needed to check with J.J., and
she said I could go, so I drove the three sisters
there. (A little scandalous if you ask me - One male with 3 sister missionaries for a long drive late at night.) We had a late start and drove as fast as I
dared and we got there just after the baptism at
7:45. But I was able to help confirm her and we
visited for a little while and then we followed the
girl, Stephanie, back to Murray. They have a rule
that with three sisters, any M priesthood holder can
drive them, but that meant that none of them could
ride with Stephanie on the way home. We didn't get
back until 11:30, but it was a good experience and I
enjoyed talking with the sisters.
That about covers it. Claire is still doing well in
school. I went to lunch at her school one day and
that was fun -- she liked having me there and it was
interesting to eat school cafeteria food again. Her
teacher said she is a great student. Anyway, we hope
all are well and we love you.
part of the past two weeks was the discovery of fleas
on our cats, which led to the discovery of fleas
around the house -- not good. J.J. believes it
reflects badly on us as housekeepers, but everyone
has assured us that it is very common. Common or not,
however, eradicating fleas is not an easy process. (Common or not, it's still disgusting)
First, we banished the cats to the garage, and spent
some time combing through them to remove the fleas
from them. (this has to be a daily or every other day occurrence. NOT FUN!! I am so creeped out anyway that then combing and picking them off the cats makes me itchy, gross and want to shower.) Then we washed all of our bedding, (pillows, blankets, scrubbing cushions, rugs, towels, anything you could get in a washer)
vacuumed every day for a weekend, (vacuuming every day for many days - deep vacuuming - moving everything, getting in all the corners, anywhere you can get a vacuum tube.) had a pest control
guy come and spray, and then we had our carpets
cleaned. What we learned is that carpet cleaning
doesn't do anything, but we needed that done anyway
so we didn't mind -- and that vacuuming makes the
flea problem seem worse because it sucks the fleas
and eggs out of the carpet and warmly encourages
those eggs to hatch. We then talked to the vet and
she recommended a spray that we used all over the
house and so far, we notice a difference, but they
still come out at night and jump into the soapy water
dishes that we set out. (Another fun nightly and morning ritual to add to my life. The word "we" should be taken lightly here. Every night, I go put dish soap in 6 pie tins, fill them with a little water and set them out under night lights throughout the house. Then in the morning I go around and empty them all out and clean out the dead fleas. What fun!) The pest control guy is due
to come again for a second treatment included in the
original price, so we'll see what happens. The cats
are pretty much free of the fleas, but they are still
banished from the house. (I am waiting for the expensive, very poisonous flea medicine to come in the mail and put it on them and then wait for about 1 week before they can come back in. They are pretty sad)
The benefit, of course, is now our house is quite
clean, but that is small consolation when fleas are
jumping around at bedtime.
In other news, we attended a wedding on September 5
at the Nashville temple -- the couple is in our ward
and are former young single adults who are attending
college here. They asked me to officiate at their
ring ceremony. I don't know if I did a great job, but
I said a few nice things and made some jokes about
them and then sent them off for a receiving line. (Paul did a really great job. It was a typical Mormon reception, but not many people there. We did get a few fun dances in though. With Claire and Rachel, you can always be the only ones on the dance floor and not feel so silly.) In
between the wedding and the reception, we went out to
eat with some other people there that we knew and
then had ice cream at Maggie Moo's. We headed home
right after the reception. I checked the score of the
BYU game without any optimism and was quite surprised
that it was close. I didn't know it was on TV, so
while we put the kids to bed, I just checked the
score now and then and was excited that they won. I
had resolved to not care about football this fall
because of everything else going on, but then BYU
went and put themselves in the top 10.
On Monday, we went with the Bakes family to Jungle
Golf about 45 minutes north of us. (It's called Maggie's Jungle Golf. This was a "Maggie" weekend with Maggie Moo Ice Cream and Maggie's Jungle Golf.) There is a fun
little miniature golf place and a place you can walk
and feed animals. We had a picnic lunch beforehand,
and then played golf and walked around the place.
Claire was the only one to get a hole in one, but was
more excited about the two 10s she got on other
holes. Rachel improved all of our scores by picking
up our balls and placing them in the hole. It was a
fun way to spend Labor Day.
This week I had a busy weekend. I had a director's
meeting for all state director's of regional writing
projects in Louisville on Friday, and then attached
to that was a state conference for writing project
participants on Saturday. I arrived home at 5:30 on
Saturday, and went immediately with the rest of the
family out to eat and then to the grocery store and
then home. Sunday was our ward conference, and so
after church J.J. was in charge of the luncheon for
the stake and ward leaders, and then she had already
met with the stake leaders and so she went home while
I did tithing and then along with the bishop met with
the stake presidency to discuss what is going well in the ward and what can be worked on. By that time,
it was 3:30, and after our meeting, the sister
missionaries asked me to drive them 2 hours to
Bowling Green because a girl that moved here from
there to go to school was ready to be baptized once
she turned 18 and decided that she needed to do it
that night. She wanted her boyfriend's family to
perform the baptism --he is in Utah going to school
-- and so it needed to be in BG. (That's Bowling Green for you non Kentuckians.) So the sisters
received permission from the mission president to go,
and I told them they needed to check with J.J., and
she said I could go, so I drove the three sisters
there. (A little scandalous if you ask me - One male with 3 sister missionaries for a long drive late at night.) We had a late start and drove as fast as I
dared and we got there just after the baptism at
7:45. But I was able to help confirm her and we
visited for a little while and then we followed the
girl, Stephanie, back to Murray. They have a rule
that with three sisters, any M priesthood holder can
drive them, but that meant that none of them could
ride with Stephanie on the way home. We didn't get
back until 11:30, but it was a good experience and I
enjoyed talking with the sisters.
That about covers it. Claire is still doing well in
school. I went to lunch at her school one day and
that was fun -- she liked having me there and it was
interesting to eat school cafeteria food again. Her
teacher said she is a great student. Anyway, we hope
all are well and we love you.
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Happenings 8/16/09 - 8/22/09
The past two weeks were pretty busy for us, with Claire starting school and me getting ready for classes to begin. It has been a serious adjustment for us with Claire. She has to get up at around 6:15 to catch the bus at 7:10, and while she has no trouble getting up, Rachel wakes up with her which means she needs more sleep later. But since she is no longer in the crib, her normal naps are not as long, so we are trying to go back to two short naps for her which isn't always possible. And then the day ends pretty quickly after dinner in order to get the girls in bed by 8:00. But the good thing is that we actually have time after they go to bed to do other things or go to bed ourselves. (I have time to collapse.) (Rachel with her "book reading" is sometimes awake until 10:30 or 11and doesn't have enough room in her full size bed for all her books and herself.)
Claire loves to ride the bus, and we are proud to say that we are trendsetters, as Claire riding the bus has encouraged other kids in our neighborhood to ride as well. Katey, across the street, rides to and from every day with Claire and her friend McKenna rides the bus home. We are doing our part to reduce unnecessary driving to school. Almost everyone we have spoken to around here can't believe we put Claire on the bus, but we feel that with a line of cars that waits 30 minutes to drop off or pick up each day, the bus is the most responsible thing we can do. Besides, it comes right to our front door and it's so easy. (Paul thinks it is responsible. I think it helps my sanity and everyone elses by not having to rush to wait in a long line of cars 2 times per day. I think it is ridiculous. Everyone around here has horror stories about riding the bus, but I did it all through elementary and junior high and not only survived, but didn't have anything really bad happen. So as long as things are going smoothly, we are going to continue.)
Claire is also doing well with school lunch, and we let her eat breakfast there one day last week when they had french toast sticks. They offer chocolate milk every day, so we are trying to get her to choose regular milk most of the time, but that is a tough battle. According to what she tells us, she is eating pretty well. (She has made a responsible decision to drink chocolate milk only on Fridays. And she seems to be surviving the day with what she is eating. She hasn't discovered the "snacks" you can buy separately. Hopefully she won't figure that one out for a long time)
On Sunday the 16th, I went to dinner with our Freshman Reading Experience author, a guy named Ned Vizzini. I am on the committee that chooses the books for that program, and work closely with the director of the program because the book is used in composition classes. The committee had dinner with him on campus, and it was nice to talk to him. I then ate breakfast with him on Monday along with several composition instructors, and then I led a group of new freshmen in a discussion of that book later in the morning. All the freshmen are supposed to read the book over the summer and many of them did. The book, It's Kind of a Funny Story, is about a teenager who is under a lot of academic pressure, gets depressed, and nearly commits suicide and goes to a psychiatric ward of a hospital for a week. The students have enjoyed it so far. (Boy, it sure does sound like an enjoyable book doesn't it. Actually, the MSU women's book club read the book also and it was pretty good. It's not quite as depressing as Paul makes it sound here. I just wish I could go to the lectures these authors give on campus, but they always seem to be on Monday when I am at work.)
Vizzini spoke to all the new freshmen later on Monday, and he did a good job. Our babysitters started the semester that day, coming in the morning so I could go to breakfast and stuff, and then I came home in the middle of the day and then went back in the late afternoon when the other babysitter came -- Lauren and Lauren again. They were excited to see the girls, although it is different for them without Claire there.
The week before I did a lot of preparation work for my classes, along with finishing up summer projects, and also led an orientation meeting on Friday for all the composition instructors. I coordinated the creation of a custom-student guide textbook for our program, and we barely got copies in time for the orientation, and that was not without some drama. There were delays in the printing, and then as they were sending them out someone found a small smudge on four of the pages so they reprinted them and sent new ones. The bookstore was a little annoyed because they like to pre-pack freshmen books and couldn't put that one in, but it all worked out in the end.
Classes began on Wednesday, and on that day as well as the two previous days I am a popular guy in my office as many, many students visit me to try to get into full composition classes. We have a new registration system that makes things easier for me, in that I have no control over it like I used to -- I used to be able to sign students into any composition class. Now I can only suggest to an instructor that they add a student, but I haven't done that much because most of the students can wait to take the courses next semester. But I still had a lot of visitors, and a few tough situations. But my first class went well. I am teaching two classes, one composition class and an online technical writing class. I am working with another composition teacher and a psychology professor in a collaborative project, where we combine our courses through an online wiki. The psychology course is the psychology of consumer behavior, and we have been working together on the composition courses with the theme of sustainability and consumer behavior. We have done a lot of prep work and it should be a fun semester. The composition class is a 4-day-a-week class, M-Th, which is a change, but because of it everyone who teaches it teaches one class fewer than they normally would, so that is nice to have extra prep time or research time.
I was busy all day Thursday and Friday, and then on Saturday I ran a 5K run early in the morning and took 2nd in my age group and 13th overall, and had a good time with several friends who ran as well. Then I helped a lady in our ward get mulch by driving her van and trailer out to the nursery and then backed the trailer into her driveway. She didn't want to pull the trailer or back it in and her husband is away for a few months working. So I did that and finished just in time for her as well as J.J. to go to a baby shower. (It was so fun to go to a baby shower that I didn't have to do anything for except go and enjoy. It seems that being RS president here also means you are in charge of most of the baby and bridal showers here which has seemed like quit a few lately.) I stayed home with Rachel and Maggie, and then when J.J. and Claire returned, we drove north to Amish country, where we had gone two years ago and wanted to go back. We drove for about 90 minutes, then went on some back roads, through the creek that we were too "chicken" to go through last time and were mocked by Amish kids then. But the water was lower this time and it was no problem to drive through. (I had to hold my breath though) We bought some bread and jam at an Amish farm, and then we drove up to the Ohio River and crossed a free ferry to a little place called Cave-in-Rock, and visited the cave that is said to have hidden bandits for centuries. It was kind of fun, and the day's weather couldn't be beat -- it cooled down to around 70 degrees, which was great. We ate dinner at the state park's restaurant there and then caught the ferry back across the river -- the ferry was quite cool and they were pretty fast at loading and unloading -- and then drove home, stopping only for ice cream on the way.
Claire loves to ride the bus, and we are proud to say that we are trendsetters, as Claire riding the bus has encouraged other kids in our neighborhood to ride as well. Katey, across the street, rides to and from every day with Claire and her friend McKenna rides the bus home. We are doing our part to reduce unnecessary driving to school. Almost everyone we have spoken to around here can't believe we put Claire on the bus, but we feel that with a line of cars that waits 30 minutes to drop off or pick up each day, the bus is the most responsible thing we can do. Besides, it comes right to our front door and it's so easy. (Paul thinks it is responsible. I think it helps my sanity and everyone elses by not having to rush to wait in a long line of cars 2 times per day. I think it is ridiculous. Everyone around here has horror stories about riding the bus, but I did it all through elementary and junior high and not only survived, but didn't have anything really bad happen. So as long as things are going smoothly, we are going to continue.)
Claire is also doing well with school lunch, and we let her eat breakfast there one day last week when they had french toast sticks. They offer chocolate milk every day, so we are trying to get her to choose regular milk most of the time, but that is a tough battle. According to what she tells us, she is eating pretty well. (She has made a responsible decision to drink chocolate milk only on Fridays. And she seems to be surviving the day with what she is eating. She hasn't discovered the "snacks" you can buy separately. Hopefully she won't figure that one out for a long time)
On Sunday the 16th, I went to dinner with our Freshman Reading Experience author, a guy named Ned Vizzini. I am on the committee that chooses the books for that program, and work closely with the director of the program because the book is used in composition classes. The committee had dinner with him on campus, and it was nice to talk to him. I then ate breakfast with him on Monday along with several composition instructors, and then I led a group of new freshmen in a discussion of that book later in the morning. All the freshmen are supposed to read the book over the summer and many of them did. The book, It's Kind of a Funny Story, is about a teenager who is under a lot of academic pressure, gets depressed, and nearly commits suicide and goes to a psychiatric ward of a hospital for a week. The students have enjoyed it so far. (Boy, it sure does sound like an enjoyable book doesn't it. Actually, the MSU women's book club read the book also and it was pretty good. It's not quite as depressing as Paul makes it sound here. I just wish I could go to the lectures these authors give on campus, but they always seem to be on Monday when I am at work.)
Vizzini spoke to all the new freshmen later on Monday, and he did a good job. Our babysitters started the semester that day, coming in the morning so I could go to breakfast and stuff, and then I came home in the middle of the day and then went back in the late afternoon when the other babysitter came -- Lauren and Lauren again. They were excited to see the girls, although it is different for them without Claire there.
The week before I did a lot of preparation work for my classes, along with finishing up summer projects, and also led an orientation meeting on Friday for all the composition instructors. I coordinated the creation of a custom-student guide textbook for our program, and we barely got copies in time for the orientation, and that was not without some drama. There were delays in the printing, and then as they were sending them out someone found a small smudge on four of the pages so they reprinted them and sent new ones. The bookstore was a little annoyed because they like to pre-pack freshmen books and couldn't put that one in, but it all worked out in the end.
Classes began on Wednesday, and on that day as well as the two previous days I am a popular guy in my office as many, many students visit me to try to get into full composition classes. We have a new registration system that makes things easier for me, in that I have no control over it like I used to -- I used to be able to sign students into any composition class. Now I can only suggest to an instructor that they add a student, but I haven't done that much because most of the students can wait to take the courses next semester. But I still had a lot of visitors, and a few tough situations. But my first class went well. I am teaching two classes, one composition class and an online technical writing class. I am working with another composition teacher and a psychology professor in a collaborative project, where we combine our courses through an online wiki. The psychology course is the psychology of consumer behavior, and we have been working together on the composition courses with the theme of sustainability and consumer behavior. We have done a lot of prep work and it should be a fun semester. The composition class is a 4-day-a-week class, M-Th, which is a change, but because of it everyone who teaches it teaches one class fewer than they normally would, so that is nice to have extra prep time or research time.
I was busy all day Thursday and Friday, and then on Saturday I ran a 5K run early in the morning and took 2nd in my age group and 13th overall, and had a good time with several friends who ran as well. Then I helped a lady in our ward get mulch by driving her van and trailer out to the nursery and then backed the trailer into her driveway. She didn't want to pull the trailer or back it in and her husband is away for a few months working. So I did that and finished just in time for her as well as J.J. to go to a baby shower. (It was so fun to go to a baby shower that I didn't have to do anything for except go and enjoy. It seems that being RS president here also means you are in charge of most of the baby and bridal showers here which has seemed like quit a few lately.) I stayed home with Rachel and Maggie, and then when J.J. and Claire returned, we drove north to Amish country, where we had gone two years ago and wanted to go back. We drove for about 90 minutes, then went on some back roads, through the creek that we were too "chicken" to go through last time and were mocked by Amish kids then. But the water was lower this time and it was no problem to drive through. (I had to hold my breath though) We bought some bread and jam at an Amish farm, and then we drove up to the Ohio River and crossed a free ferry to a little place called Cave-in-Rock, and visited the cave that is said to have hidden bandits for centuries. It was kind of fun, and the day's weather couldn't be beat -- it cooled down to around 70 degrees, which was great. We ate dinner at the state park's restaurant there and then caught the ferry back across the river -- the ferry was quite cool and they were pretty fast at loading and unloading -- and then drove home, stopping only for ice cream on the way.
Friday, August 21, 2009
Cave In Rock
We took a Saturday afternoon to drive up to Amish country and enjoy the area and then drove north to the Ohio River to take a ferry across the river and to a place called Cave-in-Rock. It's a pretty cool place. (You can check it out at www.dnr.state.il.us/LANDS/LANDMGT/Parks/R5/CAVEROCK.HTM). It is a cave in the rocks along the river that has been used as a tavern, a hideout for pirates, murderers, robbers and now a state park.
We found a park to let the girls play for awhile.
It's always fun to have green grassy open areas to just run!
And run Rachel does!
We took a ferry across the river. It doesn't take long, so we didn't get out of the car, but the girls did get to get out of their car seats - what more could you ask for? I always get a little nervous riding ferries with a bunch of cars piled on them - who knows what could happen?
And on to the cave! 
We searched for hidden treasure, but just found a lot of "secret messages" aka graffiti.
Another pretty cool place to visit if you ever get the inkling to visit us here in Kentucky!
We found a park to let the girls play for awhile.
It's always fun to have green grassy open areas to just run!
And run Rachel does!
We took a ferry across the river. It doesn't take long, so we didn't get out of the car, but the girls did get to get out of their car seats - what more could you ask for? I always get a little nervous riding ferries with a bunch of cars piled on them - who knows what could happen?
And on to the cave! 
We searched for hidden treasure, but just found a lot of "secret messages" aka graffiti.
Another pretty cool place to visit if you ever get the inkling to visit us here in Kentucky!
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Our Buddy Rob
Rob Gamble (one of our friends from church) is a big hit at our house. The girls love to climb on him, sit with him, talk to him and even Miss Maggie likes to just sit and have some chats with him.
"Uh, oh, you caught us!"
"Uh, oh, you caught us!"
School = Homework
Claire started kindergarten this year and along with that came homework! She is very diligent about doing it and does it right when she gets home (usually). I guess this is just a little preview of what is to come!
And Maggie loves to sit close by and make sure she doesn't make any mistakes.
One of Claire's assignments was to make a picture collage all about her. So we gave her the camera and this is what she felt was important to her (or at least what was in her vision as she clicked away.)
She also did add a picture of Rachel and drew rainbows too.
And Maggie loves to sit close by and make sure she doesn't make any mistakes.
One of Claire's assignments was to make a picture collage all about her. So we gave her the camera and this is what she felt was important to her (or at least what was in her vision as she clicked away.)
She also did add a picture of Rachel and drew rainbows too.
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