First Day of School! (Monday, August 29, 2005)

It's back to school time!

I think the above sign says it all! Today is the kids first day of school! Here are some pictures of Yummers in her first grade class. This reminded me when we dropped her off for her first day at Academic Gardens, and she just took in everything and didn't look back. Same thing here as well. We kept looking at her outside of the classroom, but she was focused on kneading her Play-doh and interacting with the other students.

Today was Minnie's first day at Academic Gardens without big sister, Yummers. He was a little bit shy, but he seemed to remember as he saw many of his buddies there. When we picked Minnie up, Ms. Joyce and Ms. Nancy gave her a big hug. It was really sweet! :O)

All for now ... time for me to get on the PTO! Enjoy the pics!


Yummers in front of the school sign.


Here is Ms. Hagen's Room.


Minnie and Yummer enjoying Ms. Hagen's class before it starts.


Here is Anita's placemat. She is in the front row!


Minnie's first day at Academic Gardens.

What's the Story, Morning Glory?

I was fascinated with the blue morning glory that bloomed on our trellis recently. You don't really see many living blue animals or plants. Michael took this picture.


Blue morning glory climbing up our back porch trellis

My Intelligent Quotient ...

I've resisted taking one of these tests for a long time. This dreary kind of sleepy morning, I just decided to try taking a sample one from Tickle.com. You do have to register to take this 40 question "exam." Here are my results:


My IQ according to Tickle

According to this website, I have scored in the "High Average." Pretty interesting tidbit but it doesn't truly gauge one's knowledge and accomplishments. Of course, if I wanted to read the 15 page detailed report on my results, I would have had to pay $ 15.00. No thanks!

End of Summer 2005 Updates

Apologies to anyone who has been trying to keep up with our family adventures! :O/ It is almost the end of Summer as I type. A couple things:

1. Teenage Fanclub canceled their July show in Detroit. I was really bummed out that I couldn't go to the show, but I felt better that they weren't able to play. However, I did feel really bad for the folks who drove a while to get to Detroit to see the show (i.e. Toronto, Chicago). Here are some theories as to why they could not play the Detroit gig:

- http://www.teenagefanclub.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=20524&highlight=detroit
- http://www.teenagefanclub.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=20625&highlight=detroit
- http://www.teenagefanclub.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=20533&highlight=detroit
- http://www.teenagefanclub.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=20534&highlight=detroit
- http://www.teenagefanclub.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=20570&highlight=detroit

2. We went to Nashville last week to visit Michael's family. It was really fun even if Michael and I did work during the day. We were thrilled and happy that the cousins spent plenty of time with another. Also, we spent time with Michael's Uncle Karl and Annie. A nice time had by all. During our time down there, I visited the YMCA in Brentwood. I did the Powerlift class with eight pound weights and red Jazzercise tube and was sore for the next two days. Phew! It's good to change your daily workout routine so you can really make sure all muscle groups are affected. Don't get me wrong, I still love Jazzercise! But there weren't any classes in the evening unfortunately at the ones in Brentwood. Strangely enough, they were all in churches.

3. The kids start school on Monday, August 29, 2005. We're so excited 'cos of two things:
- Minnie will be by himself at Academic Gardens.
- Yummers will be in the multi-age program at Farrand Elementary School. The multi-age program is a blended class of first and second graders which should allow her to interact with kids her age and a year older.

We're looking SO forward to being active participants in the PTO organisations. :O) Who knew I'd ever be so excited about something like this...

All for now - Stay tuned for pics from the first day of school!

PS: BTW - As you all are now aware, Lance won his seventh Tour de France which we watched every night! :O)

Anita and Minnie Can Ride a Two Wheeler! (Saturday, August 13, 2005)

WOW --- Mark this date, Saturday, August 13, 2005. Yummer and Minnie decided that day that they were going to get on their bikes sans training wheels and ride ala Lance. Yummer said that she thought she could do this in her mind. She literally got up on her bike in front of me and started riding in the backyard.

Soon, she began going up and down on our driveway and then the sidewalks up to our neighbor's house down the block. AMAZING!

Ping or e-mail me if you want to see the video. Enjoy the stills from the video.


Anita on her bike in our backyard.


Anita on her bike in our backyard again!


Minnie on his bike riding towards the backyard.


Minnie on his bike riding in the backyard ... FAST!