Area Moms Prove Their Insanity By Throwing Double 5-Year Old Birthday Party On Last Day of School
Today two local moms held a joint birthday party for their sons who are both turning five this month. The last day of school seemed like the best day, but as the weeks became more and more busy and the South American winter cold and flu season set in, the party seemed doomed! Both boys had ear infections in the week preceding the party and the weather turned cold, grey, and rainy. Luckily the moms were able to hold it all together and pulled off a super fun Olympic Games themed party. Great fun was had by all and everyone won a gold medal, including the moms.
Science Teacher once again convinces students that spending hours in the classroom after exams is fun
In an amazing feat of deception, a local science teacher convinced his students that hanging out in the classroom after the completion of the AP/IB exams is more fun than a barrel of monkeys. By challenging them to create a Rube Goldberg machine that can turn on a computer with a candle, the students and two science teachers spent hours in the classroom playing with ramps, catapults, toys, and dominoes. The cheering at the end of the video speaks for itself.
Preschooler relived that "we are coming back to this house" and we are going to "live here forever"
With all of the talk of a trip to the US Milan started feeling very anxious in the past month and was ready to pack up everything that is not nailed down in the house. When I finally convinced him that we do not need to bring everything with us because we are coming back to this house, to this school, to this same bedroom, he was so relieved. He keeps trying to make me promise that we will live here forever, but if we don't, I have promised to bring all of his drawings, toys, old out-grown clothes and pocket lint with us where ever we move. Fair enough.
Area boy unable to eat a bite of food before taking a picture
Milan has been practicing photography for awhile now, but his photographic tendencies have recently taken an obsessive turn. He wants to preserve everything by taking a picture. The castle that he built out of blocks, the lego creation, no matter how small, and the interesting shapes and forms of his half-eaten food. He took a picture of every birthday present that he received at his party today - both before and after opening them. Thank goodness for digital. We have decided to let him take the pictures that he needs to feel secure and try to move on, because arguing with him about it has led nowhere. So I present to you a small sample of his collection of food photographs.
Sarah shaves one minute off her half marathon time
I ran the BA Half at the end of May and finished one minute faster than the last time - woohoo!
There has been much more going on here lately but I will have to leave you with that for now. We fly out tomorrow to the US for four weeks and then we are coming back to this same house where there is stew and chicken soup in the freezer waiting for us (that is what I am excited about - it is good to not be moving this year). I leave you with one last question: what is wrong with this picture?
The seasons are still confusing me. Thankful that we'll be back to summer tomorrow!
