Can we do yellow?

Just a handful of days (or so) ago, Allison and I were trying to decide which ribbon to put in her hair. She was wearing RED shorts and a white shirt that had pink and purple on it.....

"Can we do yellow? Since that's Mrs. Talley's favorite color?"

So, with not a stitch of yellow on her that morning (except for the bow), she went happily off to pre-school in Mrs. Talley's favorite color--sunshine!

Allison sending pictures

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Allison likes to send us little pages she's colored. On the outside of two of the envelopes, she wrote the letters above. It's so sweet....as you've probably figured out, they are the initials to our family members. She gave me little colored pages yesterday, too. Just before we got the middle boys (it reminds me of the middle billy goat gruff) from school, we rode our bikes to the library. It was a gorgeous afternoon to spend with my "buggie."

cheat code for dishes

We have the "cheat code" for dishes....

Today Connor got a book from the book fair because he turned in his summer Bluebonnet Reading sheet. The book is about video game secrets and codes to win. Tonight Tanner was grumpy about doing his dishes. Connor asked him if he wanted to know the "cheat code" for doing dishes. Of course Tanner did. Connor responded that the "cheat code" for doing dishes is to start it right away - it gets done faster. Believe it or don't.

Tanner Touchdown

Tanner is playing flag football this season. He's a fast little guy.

Halloween 2008

We did it! Another Halloween has come and gone. Allison was a fairy at Mrs. Talley's party. Tanner wore just his cape of his knight costume to school (and I took the cape home after the PE performance). Connor wore his baseball uniform. Allison was a Corey Cub Cheerleader at Connor's PE performance. She changed again for the evening trick-or-treating.

That night, Eldon and Stephanie had Sophie dressed up as Dorothy (sorry I didn't photograph her darling red felt shoes). Lyle, Zaret and Teancum came all decked out. A few of Connor's friends from school came with us, too! We had a good time trick-or-treating in the neighborhood. And Quinn? Well, he's too cool, I mean -- too old, to trick-or-treat. He handed out the candy so Scott and I got to go trick-or-treating with the group.

Zoo Field Trip

I was able to go with Tanner on his Zoo Field Trip the day before Halloween. I had my little group of 4 second graders. We had such a good time....we got to choose when and where we'd eat and what to go see. The first picture is of one of the little girls in my group. I betcha can't guess what her name is! They are so sweet in second grade. That age is SO my preference for teaching. They are old enough to read and write, but sweet enough to love their teacher still!

I am grateful for my friend, Janae, who watched Allison with me. It was too weird, she had a zoo field trip for one of her boys, so a couple Thursdays ago, Jeffrey played with Allison for the day, and last Thursday she got to have a field trip to Jeffrey's! Thank heaven for friends.

Allison the Arranger

Allison loves to arrange things. Awhile back, she arranged her "Humming Family" (aka "Loving Family" by Fisher Price) into backbends. I think Allison may call them "bridges." Either way, she has them bending over backwards!

Then, just the other day, she arranged her "Little People" all circling around Baby Jesus. Too sweet. (I almost can't post the first picture because of her w-i-l-d hair! But, she was so proud of what she did. Now, there's the proof that her hair isn't always done - just most always!)