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project life– april 2012

so, this is what the month of april (minus the 29th and 30th) look like in the binder. as always, the way I do things is evolving. part of me loves that flexibility, another part (the compulsive part) is completely annoyed by it because it’s not the same all the way through the year… oh well, hopefully I’ll live! week 14: nothing too super shocking or unusual. I have 1 8x10 collage of extra pics from the week, and on the back side of that, I have the class newsletter that mentions that layla was the student of the week. week 15: this was a busy, photo-happy week. sunday was easter, so I have a whole 8x10 collage dedicated to that day. on the back of that are 2 weekly vocab tests of shane’s on which he got 100%. then we have an 8x10 collage of pics from the long day we spent at marymoor, and on the back of that I have a 5x7 of the week’s extra pics and a 5x7 collage of layla practicing monkey bar technique on our backyard dome climber. week 16: and this is where stuff gets weird. I d

are you thinking what I’m thinking?

I just had the following, completely random and out of the blue, exchange with my daughter. her: mom, are you thinking what I’m thinking? me: uh, I don’t know. what are you thinking? her: I was just thinking that if we took some really thick white paper that was cut in a square… and we painted ginger’s toenails… and we didn’t make her wait til they were dry… and we put her by the really thick white paper that was cut like a square… she could scratch on the paper and she could be an art dog!!! me: wow. that is definitely NOT what I was thinking.

week 17 in pictures

oh, what a week! sick. all. week. everybody. somebody. anybody (exept dave). sunday it was shane, micah and i. monday, it was shane, micah, layla, and i. tuesday, shane was better. wednesday, micah was better. thursday, I was worse! friday, I thought layla was going to be better, but really wasn’t. saturday was the best day all week, and even that wasn’t so spectacular! sunday: micah slept most of the day in my bed. he got up a grand total of 3 times, all of which were trips to the bathroom and then directly back into bed. poor kid. monday: layla went to school in the morning and I took the boys to the doctor. that afternoon, I got a call from layla’s teacher that she had fallen asleep in class and wasn’t feeling well. I went and got her, and everyone spent the afternoon passed out. tuesday: more sleeping sick people. toby always keeps the sick person company. it’s so sweet. wednesday: I attempted to be productive. got two boxes packed of kitchen stuff, but was sneezing so