Lily's Field Trip in her own words

Skyler

Oh he is so clever!  Please do not come in!  Really, if I want to come in, I will!

St. Patrick's Day

We had so much excitement over here for this holiday.  It all started Tuesday morning when I made oatmeal.  After it was cooking, I went to check it and it had turned green!  Those crazy leprechaun's turned our oatmeal green!  It meant war!  That afternoon we made leprechaun traps and were feeling pretty good about them.  Overnight, however, they only caused more problems.  Our pancake mix and milk were turned green and so was the water in our toilet!!!!  Our traps had been messed with and there was a bit of leprechaun fabric and a note from those sneaky guys as well!  We ended the day with reubens and rainbow cupcakes and a vow to catch those stinkers next year with better traps!

On My Mind

So, there aren't often times I write much about my thoughts out here, mostly what we've been up to.  But, this is what is on my mind, so I thought that I would share.  We had Skyler's conference at school the other night and I was a little upset by it.  I am not surprised by it, just a bit upset by it, because it was the first time  we've been informed about his little problem.  First of all, Skyler is an excellent student,well I think I should say excellent LEARNER, for that I am thankful.  He loves to learn and is always excited about it and has the best memory of anyone that I have ever met, which in turn makes learning easier for him.  However, he has ADD tendencies and so far they this school year they haven't been a problem.  He has made excellent marks all year and has been improving every quarter, except this time.  He went down in two areas and it really concerns me because none of the papers coming home gave any indication.  But, what really blew me away was that he got S- for behavior and I had no idea he was being naughty at school.  No phone calls, no notes.  I of course didn't get upset in the conference, but the more I think about it, the more upset I get.  I know there are probably a few reasons for Skyler's problem and one is that he is bored.  Not an excuse.  Up until this time, the teacher has done a great job keeping him focused.  But, now I am worried this trend will continue and get worse as he gets older.  Having an education background does not help in this case, because I've seen the worst case scenarios and don't want it to happen to us!  I will be praying for my little munchkin, that he can behave and be neat while he is at school and hopefully it will happen!

Lily's Field Trip

Lily got to go on a field trip to Fontenelle Forest.  She really thought it was the greatest thing ever!  She got to learn about and touch four animals:  a turtle, a salamander, a snake, and a rabbit.  They got to pretend to be rabbits and pretend to be snakes too.

Vacation

We stopped in Wall Drug, South Dakota on the way to Montana. We were so relieved to be out of the fog that we wanted to celebrate by walking around, and plus, Chuck had never been there. I think that is crazy! The first picture is the ice that formed on the car from driving through the fog. We thought that part was horrible. Little did we know that driving home would be much worse! Probably the worst drive we have ever been on thanks to the fog, black ice, snow, slush and rain! YUCK!

Montana Pictures Part 3

Ok, the first picture is such an adorable, GREEN house. I took the picture because I sooooo want to live in that house, or one like it. The next is a picture of College M" is you look kind of right in the middle of the picture you can see the M on the mountain; that is where we hiked the first day we were there. And, then our coffee cups from a great coffee shop, yummy!