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Home School

Lucy was home sick for the third day. She was feeling better so we got some school work in. I am hoping she can return tomorrow. Maggie also stayed home. She has been a little stuffy, but mainly I don't want to take the girls out in the cold.

Maggie was supposed to learn about the letter R this week. We read R books, colored R pages and played with things that begin with R in a pan of rice.

Lucy practicing her spelling words.

Burrying the letter caps in rice.

Rainbow!!!

Practicing math on the computer.

Hi All

Wow...it has been a while since I posted here. The other day, Lucy had to complete a timeline for her school including pictures. Of course she forgot to bring it home and then we had just one day to finish the project. It was so nice to grab pictures from the blog and get her assignment done. I told myself then that I needed to work harder keeping this up, but alas it didn't happen.

We got a new downstairs couch last night from IKEA. Poor Lucy was home sick today from school.

Lucy got her hair bobbed on Monday. She wanted it shorter, but I talked her into this length so we could still have pig tails.

We had Maggie's teacher conference last week at school. She is doing great. Her teacher loves how outgoing Maggie is, but she needs to work on not grabbing or interrupting.

Lucy at the park on Monday (we were off for President's day)

Our new downstairs bathroom. After one month of having a contractor visit M-F/7a-3p, we have a glorious new tub.

RIP Coolpix L22

Last week I let Maggie use my camera to take some photos. She got a good one of her trucks and giraffes.

Rocking Chair Cushion

Spiderman Ball

Camera Dropper - AKA Maggie

Last shot before Maggie dropped the camera on the bathroom counter. Moral of the story; don't let your 3 year old play with your camera even if it buys you 10 minutes of peace to do a task that you really needed to get done, but can't remember what it was now.

Old Dog

Libby turns 9 this month. I don't know her exact birthday so we celebrate it on the first day of fall. She has started to slow down a bit, but senior food and a daily glucosamine vitamin seem to help.

Daisy has kept us busy this summer. She got sprayed by skunks three times. She does not like the camera. I think Maggie chased her with it one too many times.

Jon got back from Albany, New York last night. Jon stayed at the Stockade Inn and was there training for GE Global Research. The girls are glad to have him home and have kept him busy playing.

From new iPhone

Maggie and Lucy on the computer.

Maggie's First Day at First Friends

Maggie had a wonderful first day of preschool today. She was very excited to go. So excited that she woke up at 6:30 and shouted to the world, "I get to go to school today!!!" At school there were only two other students in the class. 3 more are supposed to start later in the month.

Since we were up early, we had time to do a fancy braid. Maggie wanted to make sure everone saw it and her backpack. She didn't want a new one, instead she is using the one Lucy had for preschool.

Maggie took this picture of Lucy drinking her morning cup of apple juice. She is settling nicely into first grade. They are still getting used to attending a full day, reviewing letters and other kindergarten basics and learning the routine and rules.

The girls singing, "School!" Maggie said she sang 5 songs at school today. The friend Song, ABCs, Open Them Shut Them, Itsy Bitsy Spider, and The Goodbye Song. Maggie really likes singing and was happy that the teacher played the Piano. Maggie said her favorite part about school was the slide (Ms. Bosaki went down too), singing, All of it!!!!

Wow...they sure are colorful.