Mundane Weekday

Today was "mundane weekday" and it was wonderful. I dropped the girls off at school, met a friend at Target just in time to grab a Starbucks and pick up some things, spent the rest of the morning with Kathy (one of my favorite people ever), picked up Charlotte, went to the grocery store, dropped some gifts off to a friend, made dinner and then spent the evening with my girls!!

Sarah-Grace accomplished a lot today at school and was very eager to share at dinner. She worked on verbs today, division and an art project she whipped up out of wiki sticks. One of the things I love best about the class she is in is that if she has an idea to do something - she is given the time, freedom and resources to accomplish it. She is so creative and I love that about her. Case in point, the picture below is her standing beside an idea she and her friend came up with on Friday. They asked their teacher if she could trace their bodies onto a BIG piece of paper. Ms. Katy obliged them and found a roll of paper that she laid on the floor and the girls laid down so Katy could trace them. Sarah-Grace then "filled in" her outline by drawing all the bones of her body and labeling them. Yes, she copied it out of a book - but still I think it's amazing (I am her mom after all). She actually knows most of these bones because they've spent the month studying them.

When we were discussing it I asked Tad where my scapula was Sarah-Grace replied, "Just look at the picture Mommy!". So smart that one. Charlotte of course ran in circles around the house while Sarah-Grace gave Tad and I a "lecture" on her artwork. She stopped long enough to yell at us "Look Mommy these are my phalanges" while she wiggled her fingers. Sarah-Grace and Charlotte are in the same class now - this must be what Charlotte has picked up out of the month long study on the skeleton!! Oh, well I'm off to give baths.

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Fair Pictures 2007

These are the pictures from the fair last month. I don't do rides so Tad had to go with the girls.

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Build-A-Bear

So, Sunday the girls and I went to spend a gift card we received last Christmas from our very special friends (and adopted family) "Judge" & Kathy. Here are pictures from the girls very first experience at Build a Bear - it was so wonderful. They were so excited!! Enjoy, we did!

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Ain't Nothing Gonna Break My Stride...

So, my team let me down yesterday - it hurt I'll admit it. But, NOTHING is going to keep me down when I awoke this morning to check ESPN and see that Florida lost (there may be hope yet) but MOST importantly USC LOST at HOME!!!!!!! OK, I know that I hold an unusual hatred toward Pete Carol, but I do. I'm not sure when it started or why, maybe 3 years ago. I just got so sick of waiting up Saturday nights to watch College Gameday Final only to see 1/2 of it be devoted to worshiping USC when they had played oh I don't know, yet ANOTHER team that hadn't been ranked in the top 25 anytime in the past decade. I mean give any mediocre team a schedule like that and they will dominate. A team develops character and real strength when they have to battle every week with a formidable, RANKED opponent and then get back up from that game and the very next Saturday do it again even if they are still tired, still injured, still hurting.

And then to watch Pete Carol all these years, THE most cockiest coach I have ever seen. And seriously, (yes I'm gonna say it) I swear he and Matt Leinart had a thing. I mean their interviews were just sickening!! "Oh, Matt is just the best", "No, no coach Pete is just the best", "No, no Matt you are REALLY the best". I mean seriously! The game last night was awesome! The fans were silenced!! How wonderful! No NOTHING is going to get me down today!!