Art Projects

The girls and I have been working on art projects. Each of them made a picture for their room. Samantha and I were doing hers in her room while Emily napped. We locked the door so she wouldn't come in and get into everything. When she woke up she started knocking - we ignored her for awhile until she really banged on the door and said "Open the door, I can not be out here all by myself!"

Emily received a beautiful ballerina doll as a birthday gift from one of her friends. Samantha covets it (apparently she had seen it earlier in the toy store.) I told Heather it is just a matter of time before the bargaining begins to "trade!"

We were eating dinner last night - 6 chairs at the table and 5 of us - Emily says "One missing - Tima gots to bring Grandpa next time - he sad at the carhouse all by he self!" I got tears in my eyes!

Emily can spell her name and Samantha read me a story - sounding out the words she didn't know. They are growing up too fast!!

Heather volunteered to help with Samantha's swimming class during PE at school (she had to get in the water!) so I went along to observe. What an ordeal to get all the kids changed into their swim suits and then dried off and back into their clothes! Samantha was very upset because her friend Hali called me Tima - she told Hali that I was not her Tima and she should call me Kathy!!! It was interesting to see what all the kids brought in their lunch boxes - foods from all over the world - and there is our little American eating seaweed!