rachel's continued ramblings

kind of slacking in the picture taking department, but this is what we have… tuesday: a completely befuddling trip to the grocery store revealed that tillamook (my favorite cheese ever. EVER.) has CHANGED it’s label!!! This is NOT okay! I can’t believe they didn’t ask me! same trip. egg nog. september 23rd. wednesday: while waiting for layla at choir practice, I busied myself with, what else, work. thursday: happy fall! TJ’s has spiced cider in stock! hooray! friday: every day, this is micah’s face, plastered to the bus window when it brings him home. makes me smile. also friday: taking some silly selfies with my girl. saturday: around here, apparently ping pong balls are just too small… and some extras: it seems “crocky” has seen the classroom vets. and teaching layla how to iron.      

sunday: dave and I observed the “heathen coffee hour” (while the kids were in sunday school) in honor of trudy’s birthday. and, a lovely picture layla took, looking straight up while lying in the instabench at her soccer game that afternoon.     also sunday: it seems that micah is now a cub scout! thursday?: attempting (unsuccessfully) to teach bonez how to use the treadmill. at least it was funny. friday: layla and micah finishing off the sunflower I had the kids working on in class this week. using tweezers to pull the seeds out is a great fine motor skill activity, and now we have lots of seeds to plant our own giant sunflowers next year. saturday: I got to witness the wedding of my dear friend, brenda.

sunday: walked out of my garage to this sight! WOW! I have a slight obsession with these balloons. also sunday: happy birthday to the best dad! lemon meringue pie for him! tuesday: playing some bananagrams with this little boy. and then he decided he wanted to have a drink of water… out of one of our fanciest glasses. wednesday: following curriculum night at shane’s school, we found ourselves in a parade of cars leaving the school, including a brand new maserati… yup. friday: fun discovery, layla is a disco ball! saturday: I am not ashamed to admit that I took my kid’s happy meal toy so I could ensure proper numbering. go kap! and a fun little selfie I found after layla had been texting with her friend. this is how it is in 4th grade now, folks. “mom, will you text lois’ mom and ask if she can text with me?”

monday: 3 generations sitting together and cutting out laminating. epic moment. 1 retired teacher, 1 current, and 1 who has an interest in teaching when she grows up. If she does, she’ll be a 4th generation teacher. tuesday: so… we got a little bit of rain. wednesday: 1st day of 9th grade for shane. also wednesday: my ‘briefcase’. thursday: first day of 1st and 4th grade. it’s my first day of school, too! also thursday: micah’s dreams, coming true right there. he got to ride the bus home! FINALLY. saturday: soccer season is underway. 2 games down, and one tomorrow. finishing off with some TCBY. and a couple of extras: first, the most awesome shirt ever that we found while thrift shopping. and second, my beautiful anniversary ring dave gave me. celebrated 10 years on friday!    

sunday: after our overnight anniversary celebration, we had a leisurely morning, eventually ending up at a restaurant for some yummy breakfast. also sunday: layla had been working on this incredibly loose molar all day and determined that she was not going to go to sleep until she got it out. FINALLY. monday: and this is where I found micah in the morning. his bedding was still in the dryer when he went to bed, and he was going to sleep in a sleeping bag. apparently the sleeping bag slipped off the mattress, so this is where he ended up. tuesday: my classroom ‘helpers’. layla made a merry-go-round for the animals that had music! Song selections were ‘the farmer in the dell’, ‘amazing grace’, ‘silent night’, and ‘the USC fight song’. also tuesday: shane and micah brought home this box from a grill that lynn bought and shane put together. micah and layla decided to turn it into a dog house. thus far, the dog has zero interest in it. thursday: drying paint smocks on the clothesline....