2nd Grade Teacher While Emily was having her updo, I noticed a lady that looked like 2nd grade teacher…. MANY YEARS AGO now (LOL). I asked the receptionist the lady’s name. The first name was right, but not the last name. So, she went over to inquire if she had …

GIRLS WILL BE GIRLS: The girls like to read in front of the bay window each morning while the sun is shining in. It’s very warm and cozy! Then they decided they wanted to tie-dye. First Emily rubber banded all of the shirts and socks……… ….while Amanda is getting the …

BOYS WILL BE BOYS: Here’s what the boys have been up to lately. Awhile ago, Josh made a zip line that goes from the top of the swingset down to the bottom of the basketball pole. I was afraid to watch him slide down, but I decided I better watch …

Josh’s second presentation at co-op this year was on the Indian Corn the Pilgrims found (or stole – lol) after they landed at Plymouth Rock. If you would like, you can listen to his speech too! It’s our first attempt at adding a voice recorded message to our blog so …

A is for Apple, B is for Butterfly, C is for Crocodile, D is for Duck Our SAGE co-op (more on that in another post coming later… I know I haven’t mentioned it on the blog yet and I will get to that someday!) preschool is doing a different letter …

CONTINUOUS SHOOT MODE!! WHOO HOO!!!!I can’t BELIEVE all of the shots I was able to get while Josh and his cousin (2nd or 3rd?) played football. My old digital camera didn’t have a sports mode so I always missed the action shots at volleyball and basketball games or while the …

MY NEW CAMERA & 14th day is “TODAY” Ok.. for those who don’t know me very well I need to explain why purchasing anything takes me so long so you’ll appreciate why I need to devote an entire blog post to my new camera. First, I have to research ALL …

SMELL MY FEET & NO ONE GETS HURT! LOL… that is the line that Nathan used tonight while trick or treating. Not sure where he came up with it, but it’s cute. Trick or Treat, Smell my feet, give me something to eat, no one gets hurt to be exact. …

FALL DECORATING We don’t decorate for Halloween, but we do put up some fall decorations. We put them up sometime in October and leave them up until we put the Christmas decorations up right after Thanksgiving. The wooden turkey above and the wooden scarecrow below were both made by a …

CHEESE TOPPED PORK CHOPS Tonight we had Tim’s folks over for dinner and a game of Apples to Apples. Cheese-topped pork chops is one of our favorite dishes! The toppins is an egg/flour/parmesan cheese topping with parsley and onion that is SO YUMMY! You spoon it on top of browned …