Colm’s class had a surprise baby shower for their teacher. They played a lot of fun games, had cake, gave her some parenting advice and drew pictures of what they thought her baby would like.
It turned out that the baby had a surprise for us though. Colm’s teacher wasn’t at school the day of the shower because she was put on bedrest the night before the shower. She didn’t teach that day, but once she found out about the party she did sneak in for a while. 🙂
The pets are enjoying the view from our second story apartment. We live on a popular jogging path and across from a little park where people take their dogs to play frisbee or just stretch their legs; there is always something going on and Butch and Diarmaid have a first row seat.
We found Liam’s old scooter and Colm’s bike in storage, but we didn’t find their helmets. So, off to Target to get them helmets. Once we had all the appropriate safety gear, we gathered up their basketballs and while they rode their bike/scooter up to the school to shoot some hoops, Sean and I (mostly Sean) chased them all the way there and all the way back. (Two kids on wheels move a lot faster than two parents walking.)
Sunday-Tacos and Grapes
Monday-Spinach Ravioli with Tomato Sauce, Salad
Tuesday-Mijas with Chorizo and Avocado, Fruit
Wednesday-Kitchen Closed
Thursday-Crockpot Chicken, Corn, Bread and Butter, Melon
Friday-Tilapia with Green Beans, Baguette
Saturday-Kitchen Closed
Hard at work on his science project…
Any foresty park you go to here there WILL be ferns and lots of them.
Checking out the slug…there are lots of slugs in Oregon.
We have no idea where the boys’ basketballs are (somewhere in storage) so I went and got them each another one. They have been pestering me to go play basketball, but I kept putting them off hoping we would find their original basketballs, but no luck. (There are several things we now have duplicates of.) We went up to the school and several of Liam’s classmates were already there playing…
The boys’ school had a very neat cultural arts night. There was art for the kids to do. There were also artists from the community who came in to demonstrate their art. It was the first time that the school’s Dale Chihuly art piece was on display…each child in the school contributed a piece of “glass” they created to the piece. The fifth graders were auctioning off some paper quilts they had made as a fundraiser (Colm won one of them) and there was a fine arts program for the children/faculty/parents with their kids to showcase their musical talents.
We found the boys’ baseball stuff in storage and now I am Colm’s baseball slave in the mornings before school. At first I could talk him into just tossing the ball around in the little park across the street from our apartment, but it wasn’t long before he wanted to hit. I had to find another park for that. There is a house too close to the other park. I am sure they would appreciate it if we didn’t break any of their windows.
This is a super cute coming of age story set in a parochial school on the east coast in the 60’s. It is a very quick read and will leave you with a smile on your face.