Holy cow, its been a long week! Work was hectic, but not busy. Well, not busy with sales- but I was a busy little bee all week long. Splitting my time between CS and Training. Craziness. So glad its finally Friday.
Ali finished up at the fair on Sunday and has spent most of the week recouperating. She's leaving tomorrow to go back "home" and I sincerely wish she werent. I'll miss her. Its been nice to have my family here and not going anywhere for once. :( She took us to dinner tonight at the Muck. Brat won a bunch of $$ on the penny machine. UNBELIEVABLE!! But, awesome! :) I told her, its a sign that she should stay here...
Issac told me that he had twelve tests on Tuesday but that he thought he did well on all of them. He's having a bit of a rough time in math, though, so I'm wondering if TWELVE was an accurate estimate? haha. I'm sure that could have been a math joke at some point, but hey, like I said- its been a long week! :) He's asked if he can go to his friends house on Sunday to be the camera man for a stunt video the other kids are doing. Apparently someones parents are way cooler than me and let their kid put a half pipe in their back yard. Somehow, I'm thinking that four 5th graders, 2 quads, who knows how many skateboards, a half pipe and a camera do NOT add up to a good idea...
Jake had to present his "me bag" this week at school. It was a paper lunch bag filled with items that represented him. He had to pick all of the items himself... here are his choices:
Ali finished up at the fair on Sunday and has spent most of the week recouperating. She's leaving tomorrow to go back "home" and I sincerely wish she werent. I'll miss her. Its been nice to have my family here and not going anywhere for once. :( She took us to dinner tonight at the Muck. Brat won a bunch of $$ on the penny machine. UNBELIEVABLE!! But, awesome! :) I told her, its a sign that she should stay here...
Issac told me that he had twelve tests on Tuesday but that he thought he did well on all of them. He's having a bit of a rough time in math, though, so I'm wondering if TWELVE was an accurate estimate? haha. I'm sure that could have been a math joke at some point, but hey, like I said- its been a long week! :) He's asked if he can go to his friends house on Sunday to be the camera man for a stunt video the other kids are doing. Apparently someones parents are way cooler than me and let their kid put a half pipe in their back yard. Somehow, I'm thinking that four 5th graders, 2 quads, who knows how many skateboards, a half pipe and a camera do NOT add up to a good idea...
Jake had to present his "me bag" this week at school. It was a paper lunch bag filled with items that represented him. He had to pick all of the items himself... here are his choices:- Something I enjoy doing- legos.
- Something that I want to be in the future- an artist, so he brought a colored pencil.
- Something I want to do better- drumstick (he got drums for his birthday!).
- Something special about my family- he brought our American Idol Wii game because we like to play together and ALWAYS watch American Idol.
- Something I did this summer- Went to Kellogg... I gave him a turtle shell that my dad gave to us after a trip to summer camp one year, so he used the shell to represent his trip.
- Something I'm scared of- he said scary movies, but didnt want to seem like a wimp. He couldnt spell scorpion, so he went with "dead things" and found a little plastic skull.
- Something that reminds me of a memorable event of my life: he picked the Nickelback concert and brought a back stage pass replica we found on the ground.
Kayla is doing really well in school. She's really working hard as ASB VP and in her leadership class to try and encourage "empathy" in her classmates. She feels its something her school is missing has sort of championed this as her cause. One of her classes right now is working on Greek mythology and such. She had to design a t-shirt that referenced a phrase by one of the philosophers and it had to be unique. She was especially pleased with the result: She colored the tshirt red and grey, then in black and in Greek letters she wrote: Only the blind will see the end of war. 
We always think we know our kids so well, but they never lose the power to amaze us.
Happy weekend friends!
Jen
