Parent Teacher Conference

We had a chance to meet Ben's classmates at his Parent/Teacher Conference last week. I thought they were a great looking bunch, except for the little guy who was under the weather with chicken pox.

Like Father, Like Son

Ben's trying again to grow facial hair like his dad. The first time he took a brown marker and drew one on. This time he thought tape on the chin would make him look more like dad. I think I might have to get this boy involved in sports...he just has too much time on his hands.

Halloween

Ben dressed as "Pikachu", Abby dressed as "I was supposed to be Sharpay, then I decided I didn't want to dress up but my mom told me I'd have to pay her the $24.00 back for the costume so I'll wear it like this and beg for candy and look happy because she threatened me if I pouted".

The Spider Song

Ben learned a new song at school and recorded it for everyone to see:

Sonic the Hedgehog

Abby wanted some new nail polish this summer so we went to the local beauty supply store. As we were wandering the aisles we walked past the aerosol cans of hair color and Ben and I thought it would be fun to try out the blue. He said he looked like Sonic the Hedgehog . I tried to convince him to wear it to school for just one day. He's just not adventurous enough to do it...probably a good idea because it would be awfully distracting to the other students I'm sure.

Hey! She did it again!

 

This was printed in our local paper this week, celebrating the first week of school.  Abby is in the back on the left.  She's 8 years old and has been in the paper about a dozen times already.  She's a SUPERSTAR!!!!

1st Day of School

I really didn't want the kids to go back to school this year. I worked at home all summer, logging into the shop computer with http://www.gotomypc.com/ and tried to keep up the work load. It was tricky but I was able to keep my head above water. At the beginning of summer I actually thought it might be easier to work at home but I was so wrong! I don't like letting the kids play alone outside so that meant I had to bring the laptop on the deck and try to watch them in the yard or in the pool. Sounds like fun? Well, only until you try processing customer payments and you have checks and cash blowing all over the place. Things are going much more smoothly now that the kids are back in school. They're doing great! Ben's in 1st and Abby's in 3rd grade now. Except for Ben telling me almost every morning that he doesn't want to go to school they're adjusting well. But not too worry, he comes home every day and says that he's had a good day.

Here's How To Pull Her In...

This is an ad I found on a website for our town. It has a scores of pictures of streets, schools, businesses, transportation and ads from as far back as the late 1800s. This one ran around about 70 years ago I think. I don't suppose this ad's copy writer made much money.

"Let's say you spot her strolling down the beach...
and you wish...oh, how you wish you knew her!...
you know she's beautiful and all that!
Only one way to do it m'boy--use the right kind of bait!
And what a job flowers will do!
Try it sometime.
CUT FLOWERS and POTTED PLANTS."

Mom's GI Consult

My mom had a little "incident" that required a short hospital stay. We were told she'd need a consult with a GI Doctor, also referred to as a "GI Guy". When he didn't show up quickly enough my brother and I decided to take matters into our own hands and and bring our own GI guy in. His recommendation was to hang tough and drink plenty of fluids with a bendy straw.

Daddy has new slippers

Daddy has new slippers