Whatever the weather, reading is a great way to pass the time at the bus stop!
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Month: September 2011
Get Acquainted Night
Tonight was the get acquainted/curriculum night for Carolyn’s 2/3 classroom. It was great to see what she’s been working on, and how her classroom works. All the kids have jobs, which they had to write a letter of application to get. Carolyn is one of the class librarians – which makes sense considering her love of reading! (My jaw dropped when I saw the collection of chapter books they have in the classroom. I thought we had a lot at home!)
The class ran through a mock morning meeting for us and then sang a song they had all written together. All in all, it seems like a really fun, dynamic classroom and the science units they’re going to be covering in the next few months sound really neat: magnets, electromagnets, electrical systems, the solar system, ecosystems, skeletal and circulatory systems…the theme this year is “Working Together”, to tie into all the systems!
I’m looking forward to another great couple of years of multi-age for Carolyn!
Monday.
My day started with oversleeping. Then there was no coffee in the house. And then I had to watch our two (expired) carseats being crushed by the garbage truck as I was pulling down our driveway to go get coffee. And I’ve spent the last several hours changing over Anna’s closet and dresser, putting away all of her favorite “lellow” sundresses, which will all be too small next summer. I know in the grand scheme of things that I have nothing to complain about, but I just feel emotional and worn down today.
Hopefully tomorrow will be better!
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Who says a goalie is supposed to prevent the soccer balls from going in the net, anyway?
Smile Potato Bento
OK, so smile potatoes aren’t the healthiest food out there, but they really can’t help but make you smile…
…especially when they make such cute leftover bentos! Also, mini sandwich thins are about the best invention ever – the girls both adore mini foods. If it has “mini” in the name they are far more likely to eat it. Mini apples, mini pears, mini bagels…most of what I buy at the store lately is “mini”!
Also, my little bento sandwich person makes me think of the drawings on this parenting blog. So very true, all of what she writes about!
What grade did *you* learn this stuff in?!?
Carolyn came home today and told me about a math problem she had to do in school:
x + y = 10
y = 4
x + x = 12
x = ?
I can’t say for certain, but I’m pretty sure I wasn’t doing this kind of math until at least 7th grade…
Fiber Festival Loot!
As today is International Talk Like A Pirate Day, here are my “spoils of war” from the Fiber Festival:
Let’s see…clockwise-ish from top left:
* Patterns from various vendors.
* A “headache pillow” made from lavender & flax seed from Cherry Hill Quilters.
* Blue/green fiber is 4 oz. of Polworth from Fuzzy Bunny.
* Two skeins of Panda Sock in “Black Cherry” from Spinning Bunny.
* Cinnamon leaf handmade soap from Maggie’s Farm.
* Orange/purple-ish fiber peeking out from the back is 4 oz. of Falkland in “Autumn Sunset” from Spinning Bunny.
* Cute little floral bag is also from Cherry Hill Quilters.
* White fiber with streaks of brown/orange/pink is 8 oz. of Blue Face Leicester/silk blend from High Bid Farm.
* Adorable little white ceramic sheep is from…I can’t remember!
* Pink/brown fiber is 4 oz. of BFL/silk blend in “Chocolate Boxes” from Fiber Fancy.
* Brown curly sheep is from Cherry Hill Quilters.
* Blue-green lace yarn is alpaca/silk laceweight (plus coordinating beads) from Ellen’s 1/2-pint Farm (a kit to make the Starry Starry Night shawl shown in front pattern.)
* Two natural lip balms, Ginger Peach and Berry Plum from Fuzzy Bunny.
* And last, but not least, Chai soap also from Fuzzy Bunny.
So many new goodies! I can’t wait to finish a few things on the needles & wheel so I can start playing with it all!
Fiber Festival, 2011
This weekend is the annual fiber festival put on by our local spinning guild. Our shop has a big booth there, so it’s a working weekend for me!
Bits of our booth:
Denis and his parents (here for a visit) brought the girls to the festival this afternoon for a bit. Their new rainbow sweaters apparently generated lots of comments!
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(More details can be found on their respective Ravelry pages: Tulips for Carolyn and Tulips for Anna.)
Shall We Dance?
This year, Carolyn is moving up a level to a 1.5 hour class that includes tap, ballet & jazz, and Anna is starting dance with an hour long ballet & tap (and learning how to listen) class. So we moved “dance night” to Wednesdays so they could have classes at (mostly) the same time.
This means…I get to sit in the lobby with my knitting and my kindle for a whole entire hour *all by myself*. (Oh, wait, that’s probably not what I’m supposed to be excited about here, is it?)
Also, how cute is this?!?
