Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Thursday, March 26, 2009
The Famous Girl:
The 2009 Orono Community Education catalog,distributed via mail to all district households.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Pinkie Toes? Who needs 'em?
3 Lacerations on left pinkie toe? CHECK!Pools of blood? CHECK!
Parent's freaking out? CHECK!
Urgent Care? CHECK!
Glue? CHECK!
Steri-strips? CHECK!
Antibiotic? CHECK!
Spring [boring] Break:
Dear Ella,
I am aware that you are the only [or nearly the only] child from your Kindergarten class that is in Minnesota this week. The others are visiting exotic places, building sand castles or skiing on mountains. I realize this. I also realize how incredibly challenging it is to write in your "Spring Break Journal" each day, when the highlight of your day is a trip to Costco or going through the carwash with the cool rainbow soap.
I'm hoping that someday you'll look humbly back on these experiences and realize that a trip through the carwash playing I-spy with your Mom in the minivan IS actually a priceless moment, sure, it's not hand-picking bananas in Costa Rica.....but I did let you pick out gum at Target on Sunday.
Someday, I promise, we'll go on a vacation as a family....it might not be until your senior year of highschool, but it will come. In the mean time, I pray that you don't notice the kids with the sun-kissed faces on monday morning....
Love, Mama (who thinks the rainbow soap IS quite awesome)
I am aware that you are the only [or nearly the only] child from your Kindergarten class that is in Minnesota this week. The others are visiting exotic places, building sand castles or skiing on mountains. I realize this. I also realize how incredibly challenging it is to write in your "Spring Break Journal" each day, when the highlight of your day is a trip to Costco or going through the carwash with the cool rainbow soap.
I'm hoping that someday you'll look humbly back on these experiences and realize that a trip through the carwash playing I-spy with your Mom in the minivan IS actually a priceless moment, sure, it's not hand-picking bananas in Costa Rica.....but I did let you pick out gum at Target on Sunday.
Someday, I promise, we'll go on a vacation as a family....it might not be until your senior year of highschool, but it will come. In the mean time, I pray that you don't notice the kids with the sun-kissed faces on monday morning....
Love, Mama (who thinks the rainbow soap IS quite awesome)
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
"The Wish"
"We wish peace, food and happiness to all the children in the world.
Thank you! Gracias, gracias, gracias, gracias, Danke!"
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Panda Daily Record: 3/17
".....I am working on using my hands to take off my snowpants to avoid meltdowns."
Correction:
g: SHUT-OUT!!! SHUT-OUT!!!!
e: Grant! It's SHUT-UP!, not SHUT-OUT!!
m: Ella!! No! Do NOT correct him. We don't say that anyway.
e: Why? he was saying it wrong!
(ugh.)
e: Grant! It's SHUT-UP!, not SHUT-OUT!!
m: Ella!! No! Do NOT correct him. We don't say that anyway.
e: Why? he was saying it wrong!
(ugh.)
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
advanced public school vocab 101
e: blah, blah......I swear, mom.
m: you what?
e: I swear
m: please don't say that
e: why?
m: because it's like saying you are going to say a swear word
e: what's a swear word?
m: it's a bad word, like damn, for example
(which, thanks to boppy dan, ella is quite familiar with the term damn)
e: yeah, and damn-it
m: yes, that too
e: and the S-H-word
m: the what??
e: the S-H-word
m: What S-H-word exactly??
e: (whispering) shut-up
m: oh, yes, that one too.
m: you what?
e: I swear
m: please don't say that
e: why?
m: because it's like saying you are going to say a swear word
e: what's a swear word?
m: it's a bad word, like damn, for example
(which, thanks to boppy dan, ella is quite familiar with the term damn)
e: yeah, and damn-it
m: yes, that too
e: and the S-H-word
m: the what??
e: the S-H-word
m: What S-H-word exactly??
e: (whispering) shut-up
m: oh, yes, that one too.
Friday, March 6, 2009
Whooooooops!
What happens when it's supposed to be winter, but just one day it's 45 degrees causing the snow to melt.....followed by an evening of below 30 causing the melted snow to freeze?? Well, this morning we woke to this surprise:
The truck was at the TOP of the driveway when we went to bed....
The truck was at the TOP of the driveway when we went to bed....
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
4:18am
g: GET ME MY SNACK AND MILK!!!!!!!!
MOM, GET UP!!!! GET ME MY SNACK AND MILK!!!!!
m: Grant, it is NOT morning yet, you need to go back to sleep.
g: Cock Say?
m: 4:18, that means ni-night time, NOT morning.
g: ME POTTY'S COMING OUT!!!!!!!
m: ok, let's go potty, but then we're going back to sleep.
g: ok, sure.
(Hmmm, can you say bipolar disorder?)
MOM, GET UP!!!! GET ME MY SNACK AND MILK!!!!!
m: Grant, it is NOT morning yet, you need to go back to sleep.
g: Cock Say?
m: 4:18, that means ni-night time, NOT morning.
g: ME POTTY'S COMING OUT!!!!!!!
m: ok, let's go potty, but then we're going back to sleep.
g: ok, sure.
(Hmmm, can you say bipolar disorder?)
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