Leap Day

We gained a day and the boy lost a tooth.  The tooth fairy has visited him twice.

Happy Valentine's Day

We hope you have a happy and sweet day!

That's One Small Step For Man...One Giant Leap For Carrots

Evidently, there was a NASA rocket landing in our backyard that I missed. It must have been quite an event for our carrots. I think the lettuce plants are green with envy. Their area of the garden was merely used as a Nascar race track.

The minds of little boys are certainly things of wonder.

Weekend Fun

We took the kids to a local dirt bike track. We watched the kids practicing. There was a girl that was great. Of course, the first question from the boy was "can I get a bike like that?" To which I quickly replied "no".

A Compelling Argument

Last night the girl wrote this essay on 'Why I Need a Dog' and gave it to us parents. I know it it hard to read and the pictures need to be rotated (I tried several times to rotate them, but when they show up on the blog they went right back to the old way).

Here is the essay:

Why I Need a Dog:

I would like to have a dog of my own someday (that lives with us). Here are a few of the many reasons why I need a dog:
1., having a dog will teach me to be very responsible (cleaning up after it, taking care of it, etc)2., a dog can protect the house, such as when there is a burglar in the neighborhood. And 3., a dog will give me another playmate. Here are a few good facts about dog owners (no offense to Boscoe (our cat)):1., dog owners are happier, healthier and more relaxed than people that don't have dogs. 2., they also tend to live longer. These are the types of dogs that would suit me: a husky, a saint bernard, a lab, a great dane, a german shepard, or an irish wolfhound. I would prefer a boy dog because they are more energetic than girl dogs. A girl dog is okay, though. The reason why I only want big dogs is because little dogs bark a lot and are very restless. A dog would be a good gift for Christmas or my birthday. I think a dog would be good for this family (maybe not so much for Boscoe :() because dogs are very fun to live with. They are also very fun to play with :). I think this will convince you to get me a dog.

Can you tell the girl's class has worked on reasoning in writing? I can hardly wait to see the reasons why we should buy her a car in a couple of years. Imagine how long that essay will be.

100 Days

Yesterday was the 100th day of school for the kids. The boy's class had a fun day of activities involving 100. They made caterpillars with 100 items, brought 100 food items to put in a "stew" to share at snack time and a bunch of other stuff.

The teacher asked the class what they would like to do when they reached 100. Evidently, the boy told the class that when he is 100, he will make 1,000,000 cookies in 100 different ovens all at the same time. When they have cooled off, he will share the cookies with everyone he knows. I see the boy living on Sesame Street sprouting blue fur when he is 100.