A Blog Entry

A summary of today:

Potty Training + Stomach Bug = A lot of laundry

This is precisely why I no longer post updates on Facebook.  I could easily post this as my status - and it would be accurate, but while maybe half of my friends would empathize, my uncle, my 8th grade grammar teacher, and my brother's high school classmate probably don't want to know.  What I don't like about Facebook is the over-mixed crowd.  No that's just one of the things I don't like about Facebook.  A friend of mine from enrichment brought up this other point that I share - a lot of my "friends" I like and I just didn't need to know we disagreed about so many things. 

So today - Natalie has a stomach bug.  The potty training is suspended until this thing passes.   I know my limits.

Two people have congratulated me on being the VBS director.  I feel awkward at being congratulated at that - because although I know being asked shows the secretary has some confidence in me, I don't feel like it was a goal I was trying to achieve.  I do truly want to do a good job, but I also hope they don't ask me again next year.

The kids and I made bag puppets on Monday.  They turned out really funny.

Mine - C's - A's

 Our 2nd Little House on the Prairie project was to build a well in an aquarium.  We put in 2 inches of water and filled it half full of sand.  It seemed to need time to set.  Caleb dug this well on the 2nd day.  He has really enjoyed having a box of wet sand to dig in and stand on.  For some reason he's been very curious about quicksand.  We got a book about quicksand at the library by Tomie de Paola.  I am a big fan of Tomie de Paola's books.

And I think we've made a productive start to our school year.  Now that we are familiar with our daily routine, we seem to be able to easily add extras that we have not had time for in the past.  Of course, the other two could wake up with this "bug" tomorrow and all bets are off.