The Artist At Work

Sometimes I look at Thade, and for a split second I see my brother Rob. Thade wants to be an artist just like him, and he spends hours drawing everyday. His drawings remind me of the ones that Rob drew when he was a kid too.

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Thade has a big desk where he draws, Agnes comes in to bug him, and Dylan wants to see what he is up to too. He little hand is constantly moving and creating something new.

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His notebook is almost full… I know he has many more projects in mind.

Aug 10

Gone To Seed

As sad as it makes me, I’ve let the garden go to seed. The weather has been miserably hot, and we are finally getting some rain now, but we still need to save as much water as we can. I’m still watering the Okra, and the new berry bushes, but the rest is an overgrown mess.

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I think it is a pretty cool project though. It will be great if we get Snow Peas next year from this year’s crop. We’ll see if the Okra ones grow. I think next year I’ll plant a smaller garden, and hope for more rain.

Aug 9

Where Did All The Cool Air Go

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Usually it is the cat that picks a spot right in front of one of the vents, on the cool hardwood floor. He naps there all day, and robs an entire room of cool air. The cat now has competition for the sweet air-conditioning.

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Oh yeah it’s Agnes!

She has discovered her love of the air-conditioning. Here she removed the draft guard (should be in place so the entire room can have cool air) she is using the vent to fluff her pretty hair.

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Here she is parked right in front the vent, watching Yo Gabba Gabba!, and yes robbing the entire living room of that super sweet cool air.

Last but not least…

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The air-conditioning belongs to Agnes! No one will be cool this Summer, but she is happy.

Aug 9

Enrollment Day

I’ll just put this out there, this is one of the days that I dread the most… It is always hot, it always takes way too long, and my kiddos are always really grumpy at the end of it, and honestly so am I…

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I had the added grumpiness factor that I had already received several emails about fundraisers, and read too many articles about taxes going up, and mills going up, so yeah, I went to enrollment already not a happy camper.

There we were on a very hot day in August, and I had all 3 kiddos in tow. I decided that this year we were going to speed through enrollment. This is my third year at it, so I know which tables to skip, and I know how to answer questions quickly… I got the paperwork done, skipped the “fundraiser table” and the sports, headed straight for the buses, told them we didn’t qualify, they still checked, and yep we still don’t qualify. One more table to breeze by, and then it was on to the Attendance Center tables.

So Thade didn’t get the teacher that I had hoped for, he didn’t get in a class with his best buddy, they aren’t improving pick-up at school either, they did tell me a total, and I wrote the check and we were out of there.

I did it in 30 minutes, a new record. I was kinda in a bad mood, so I decided to take the kiddos out for a bit.

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Their favorite park was only a few blocks away.

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Those little faces always make me cheerier.

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We were in luck too, we had the park all to ourselves.

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Agnes could run around like a crazy-woman.

My hubby was extra sweet too and picked us up lunch since he knew I was pretty grumpy about the whole enrollment thing, he is awesome like that. Enrollment was a bummer, but getting to spend a super-rad morning with the kiddos is always awesome.