Where The Wild Things Are

I’ve been doing well taking my pictures, now I just have to pick 1 (soooo hard!) and post them so I don’t forget about it!

January 1. It’s been a tradition since before I married Joe that the Neals gather with family friends the Meyers to have lunch or brunch on New Years Day. Vicky always makes egg rolls in addition to all sorts of other goodies. It’s always a fun time and yummy food!

January 2
We had the chance to get together with the Bradys for an early dinner. They were visiting family in Ohio and were flying back to Arizona through the Indy airport. We had a great visit and the kids loved seeing each other again!

January 3
Lauren, Tara, and I worked on the 4H display at the Lawrence library. The girls spent most of their time playing cards with Caroline (another 4Her) but we got it all done and it looked really good!

January 4
Today was all about Freddy. Lauren went to feed him right before she left for school and found him floating at the top of the bowl. She of course burst into tears and was thoroughly devastated. After she left for school, I decided to take care of the “funeral” before Tara got up, but when I went to scoop him out, he was still breathing! I decided to take a chance and change his water. After about 30 minutes in the clean water, he was fine! According to a friend who knows fish, he had ammonia poisoning. He’s still fine at this point!

January 5
Today was my day in Lauren’s classroom. I’m always reminded of how much I love kindergarteners when I’m in there! The kids had such a great day and are really coming so far in their reading and writing. Watching them play is still my favorite part, though. This week they’ve been talking a lot about snow. Mrs. Roberts had them unroll a whole roll of toilet paper, shred bars of Ivory soap and then add some water…snow! They were having a great time making indoor snowmen, etc. Yay for developmentally appropriate kindergarten!!!