867-5309

Charlie's preschool Open House was last night. My mom came with us and the four of us breezed through it pretty fast. (Robert was still at work.) His artwork was adorable. He was proud and shy all at the same time.

Harrison and I are winding things up. Our last official day is May 29th. It went by so fast, we survived! I am already looking for curriculum for next year. We are going to be adding in a formal history program. That will be the biggest change. There is so much to choose from, I am always nervous I am not going to make the right choice.

About that title. ;) We were in the car coming home from my parent's yesterday and this song came on. Remember Jenny, Jenny 867-5309 by Tommy Tutone? As soon as it came on, Charlie immediately recognized my name and said, "Mom! Is that you?" And then Harrison says, "Is that about you?" Um no. Thank goodness they didn't catch the whole, "number on the wall, for a good time call" lyrics. The innocence of children, it's priceless.

little artists

Thank you, Crayola for your magic Color Wonder ink pens. They kept two little boys occupied tonight while mommy made dinner. :)

a happy mom

I am indeed a happy mom! My boys took good care of me yesterday, I even got to sleep in. The day started when I heard Harrison come into our room. I was all set to get up, then I realized that he was whispering something to Robert. They both left, and the door shut, so back to sleep I went. About 20 minutes later, I heard the front door open and I heard Harrison telling Robert to, "Cut six." Ah ha! They were cutting some calla lilies for me. A few minutes later, they came in with breakfast in bed for me. Robert told me that Harrison orchestrated the whole thing. It all started Saturday night at church, the priest called all of the moms up to the alter for a special blessing and Harrison panicked and told Robert that he didn't have anything for me. He is such a tender hearted boy, he can be very thoughtful at times. So this was his idea, dad just helped. :) I love the picture he drew of us, walking on a, "golden path". Charlie made his gift at preschool, and I love it! He gets so shy when giving a gift, I was moved to tears by both of them. I'll spare you the picture of the boys in bed with me. ;) (you are thanking me now).

We spent Saturday night with my mil, Yvonne. We went to church and dinner and exchanged gifts. She got me a beautiful Mother's daily prayer book.
Sunday afternoon the four of us went over to my mom and dad's house. My mom is a wonderful woman, and the best mom. I would never have attempted to sew if it wasn't for her. She also taught me a very important lesson about cooking that has served me well. It is, if you can read you can cook. Simple and true. She makes me laugh, and she gives the best advice. I know where to go for good, level headed advice, she doesn't let me down. She never has. I also think that she was born to be a Grammie. She is positively nuts about her grandkids, and they are about her too. Love you mom!

star of the week :)

This picture is from about a month ago, but I love it. I thought it would be a good one for this post. Harrison was "Star of the Week" at school yesterday. When I picked him up, his little friend Haley told me. Harrison was so proud, and excited. On the way to the park I asked him how he earned it and he told me that: 1.) he obeyed the teacher 2.) he asked how a friend was that had fallen, and 3.) he remembered the bathroom rules. :D He was most excited about receiving a certificate for a free meal at Mimi's Cafe. We called Daddy and told him so Robert insisted that we go that night. It was a late dinner for us, but we had so much fun. After dinner the manager came over and gave Harrison an achievement pin that is a star with the word Mimis written across the top. The manager then preceded to give us all one. Charlie was pretty tickled about that.
Robert also had a good day. While we were waiting to be seated he told me that Disney finally made him an official part of the staff. We're going to Disneyland, baby!

Wednesday afternoon

Elisabeth, James, Ollie, Harrison and Charlie (It's the best photo of the bunch, even with Harrison's brownie mouth)

Harrison took this photo of Christine and I

What a great day! I got to meet Christine and her beautiful children today. They drove a ways to meet the boys and I at one of our favorite local parks. Christine and I met through our friend Suzanne and participated in a circle journal together last year. We finally decided it was time to get together because they will be moving soon! Better late then never, right? We all had fun, the kids got along great, and Christine and I did too. :) We talked about our families, parenting, homeschooling, and a teensy bit of scrapbooking. Although the weather was pretty hot, I think that may have worked in our favor, as the park was pretty empty. We had a nice shady spot to sit and eat picnic lunches. We also had a couple of big yellow butterflies that seemed to like us too, they fluttered by every so often. The kids even tried to catch them. ;) After the park, they came over to our house and played for a little. All in all, a very good day. Thank you, Christine!

behind the scenes with the Angels

Harrison and I took a little drive out to Anaheim this morning to go behind the scenes at Angel Stadium. What a neat field trip for a child, or any baseball fan. Our homeschool group met at the stadium and we had our own personal tour guide named Frank who was a real character. We got to go all over the place, the dugout was my particular favorite. The pressroom was pretty neat too, and the opposing team locker room was fun. We weren't allowed to go into the Angels locker room because of all of the player's personal items. We just heard that their locker room was much nicer. We heard all kinds of great stories from our guide, things that don't make the newspaper, but probably should. I felt like we were part of the family while we were there, they really have a family bond.

This is right in between the locker rooms, very posh inside.

My favorite part, sitting where the team sits. Here is the view from the dugout.

The press area, Harrison reports for the Daily Sports Seoul, Korea.

I couldn't resist. We were all instructed NOT to run on the field. ;)

progress

Here is what I have done so far with Harrison's quilt. I am pretty proud, despite the fact that I am holding it upside down. I love how it looks. Harrison took my picture this morning. :) He loves it too.