Candy Apple

My 7 year old son asked if he could play on the computer this evening. A while later I went to check on him & he was searching climates & weather patterns in Nuuk, Greenland. I guess his sisters have been right all along. He is a NERD!

Apparently that sweet little apple didn't fall too far from the tree. When his Daddy was a boy, he used to look up different countries' geographic & economic productions (for fun).

6th is the New 1st

My cute Gracie who recently turned 11 has a huge smile on her beautiful face. For the past 6 years she has participated in her elementary school's running club. She runs a couple miles 2 days a week with the rest of her club & participates in 4 races each running season against runners from several other schools in our district. Well, yesterday was HER day! It was the 2nd race of the season. Our school was hosting 3 other schools and Gracie was the 6th fifth grade girl to cross the finish line! She's got the ribbon & smile to prove it! By the way she was jumping up & down and squealing with delight you'd have thought she won Olympic Gold. Good job Grace! Your consistency & hard work has payed off. We love you!

"Ohio is Like A Menopausal Woman"

That's what my friend told me today. She continued with, "She can't decide if she's hot or cold, wet or dry. It was 60 degrees this morning. Now it's 30 degrees and raining."

Now that's just hilarious!

Laughter is the Best Medicine

On a recent hospital visit (the details of that might be shared in another post), my husband was visited by the hospital clowns (and the therapy dog). This is what they left him (the clowns, not the dogs). It's about an inch long (at most).

I Think You're Beautiful.

My fabulous mother is a music therapist. She has a business where she contracts with local school districts to do pre-literacy through music with pre-k through 1st grades. It's always a good time working with children. They say the darnedest things!

Today my mom had just finished singing & signing a really cute song with a pre-school class about how wonderful & beautiful they are. At the end of the song my mom heard a little boy mutter, "I don't think you're beautiful."

I think that almost tops what a 3rd grader told me about 3 months ago while I was helping him with a reading assignment. He looked at my face real close then stated very seriously with a true concern in his voice, "Oh no, you are getting a little old. Not a lot but just a little because you are getting some wrinkles." He was pointing to the corner's of his eyes.

Yes, kids say the darnedest things!

Embarrassing Yet Funny

My little Sophia goes and plays at a friends house a couple days a week for about an hour and a half while I'm at work and Grandma has another commitment. Today, my friend shared a "funny" with me that my daughter said to her. I couldn't wait to share it with you...This friend of mine has 4 small children who all share a bathroom. It probably looks about as "awesome" (as she put it) as my kids' bathroom does. Today Sophia went into my friends' bathroom and came out right away exclaiming, "I'm alergic to stinky bathrooms".If that's the case, I either need to better train my kids on how often they need to clean their bathroom or take out stock in Benadryl.

Fashionista

I got a job this year working at my children's elementary school. I'm a Para-Educator which means I work one on one with a couple students who have IEP's. I also help out in the classrooms of the teachers of my assigned students. I have really been enjoying this new adventure & it has proven to produce many laughs as well.

Today a 4th grade girl looked me up and down when I walked in the room & she exclaimed "Miss Ginger, why are you so fashion today?" In fact, she wasn't the only student to compliment my more formal than usual attire.

I guess I should not do laundry more often since the reason I was "fashion" was that I had no clean casual pants. :)