You haven't lived...

...until you've heard Griffin sing the theme song from Sanford & Son. "Buh-buh-buh-Bun-nuh..."

More "Mermaid Lagoon"

This is a continuation of Avery's story I posted a couple of weeks ago.

i now swam forward,and swam in.i walkd (i
mean swam in)and boghut seaweed sea cream
soda,and sat with my new tail to the side
of my chair,waiting.hello,i said in a very
casuele way.i`m kate,she said."i`m riligh!"
i told her,smiling.after this,"kate said,i
will take you too mergirl park,"oh kate,i
said,"i'm sorry,i have to go home,but hmmm.
...tomarow,8:02?oh,.....well,see you,'bye'"
she answerd.
<>*^+<>*+<>*+<>*+<>*+<>*+<>*+
Honey,mom said,eat that apple salad,""oh...
fine..."i finishd,and ran upstairs,and the
smimming-bag in my hands,jumpd in,and met
kate below the serfice.kate was greatly
pleasd. (great!)she said.lillyyyyy!!!!!!
i shouted,lilly swam closer.To my great big
suprise,lilly had a tail!"lil,please go,i`m
pleading,"i said,unhappilly.lilly did`nt
move.i moved tourd kate,hoping to get away
from lil.kate and i had disipeard in a big
zoom."look,kate,sorry,no time,i have to go,
tomarow,"i said i`ll go to mergirl school,
with you!""i`ll meet you at 'the mermaid
lAGOON',she said,and i disipeard.
<><>//++<><>//++
"sure your ready,?"askd kate."i coudent be
more ready!"i said happily.i swishd my tail
and disipeard.the school turned out too be
A large cave,with stools tied to the ground
with rope. little mergirls'and merboys were
all around the room,all with soft,shiney
scales."oooh," i said,"its a dream," kate,
smiled.she was looking at a plump girl,
nametagd,"sally." "ah,"said the teacher,
"A visoter!"she was delighted.the plump
girl raisd her hand."yes,mrs.delquew?"the
teachcher said."miss,you said we woud learn
merish,mam,"she piped up."indeed i did!"she
said,"here you are."
THE LEARNING BOOK OF MERISH.by jean delq
ALPHABET ORDER:
a,b,bg,cc,d,e,fff, gt, hh,iee,jj,kkk,ll,mo,
nn,oas, pp,qq,rrt,swe,trewq,uuu,vvl,wwwwww,
xxxx,yitrweq,zzioomjrq.
"its' very complicatated,"i whisperd.next:
NAMES:
hhannahh(hannah)moayiitrweqa(maya)sweally-
iterweq (sally)
i tore my eyes from the book,this is so,so,
imposible!poor kate! she lookd even more
bewilderd then i do. finally, school was
over.i past my test.it was time to go."ill'
see you tomarow......" and i swam away.

Garage sale

This week, on a whim, I decided that we should have a garage sale. I needed to get the garage cleaned out so that I could park my car in it again, but I don't think I quite realized the work involved in having a garage sale. I spent all week organizing, pricing, and advertising. It was worth the hard work in the end, because we ended up making almost $300!

The kids really wanted to get involved, so a good friend of mine came up with the great idea to have the kids sell cupcakes and lemonade. So they set up a stand, and charged 25 cents for a cupcake and 10 cents for lemonade. They ended up making $8 to split!

Avery's first meet

Avery had her first meet last Saturday in Georgetown. She was very nervous at first, but after a couple of rotations, she felt great! It's really neat how they run the meets; there's really no pressure on the girls at all. They do score them, but the judges don't flash the scores so the girls never know what they get. They just wave a flag based on their score (blue for scores from 8-9, red for 7-8, white for 6-7, and yellow for below 6). Then everyone gets to take home ribbons and a medal. Avery did great, and her only flaw was that she sped through her routines. In fact, on the floor, she ended up holding her ending pose for about 10 seconds while her music finished up. She handled it like a pro, though, and didn't get upset at all! Yay! She's already looking forward to the next meet, which will be in about two weeks in San Antonio.

Sir Rhys

Rhys's 4th birthday party

We had Rhys's party at the Inflatable Wonderland at the mall. We only had a few families come, and it was very nice. The kids jumped and played, then we headed up to the food court for pizza and Star Wars cupcakes. Rhys was very excited that there was one particular bouncer that was labeled for kids 3 and under. He pointed out to everyone he saw that he couldn't go in that one, because he's FOUR!!!! now.

The curse continues

So after my van was repaired and Dad's car had a new battery, I hoped we were in the clear. Well, apparently the curse moved from vehicles to appliances. This week both the lawnmower AND the dryer broke. The lawnmower...we can live without for a bit. The dryer...boy, that's a vital appliance! I went out and bought a clothes line so I could do a little laundry while I'm waiting for the dryer to be fixed, and wouldn't you know it, the clothes line broke too! UGH! Laundromat, here I come!

NBTS Party

Here's a picture from the Area Homeschooler's Not Back to School Party. It's held every year on the first day of public school. This is our third year going, and it's always a blast!

Gender roles

Rhys said to me today: Hey, maybe when Avery gets short hair and turns into a boy, we'll name her Rhys and she'll like to lightsaber fight and sword fight too!

Poor guy, he might just have to wait for Griffin to grow up. ;-)