My Study Buddy

So Katie is very facinated that I am going to school. When I read my A and P book at nite she often climbs up in my lap and asks me what I am studying. I do my best to put it on a level she can understand and sometimes she is really into it and other times she says thats Interesting, I am gonna watch Backyardigans now....

So today I was talking to her and I was explaining what her wrist is how there are 8 little bones in that area. She looked at her wrist and said WOW thats alot. She then told me her beloved JOEPA told her alot about how your body works and how that there are 68 bones in your pinky finger. Each the size of a dipping dot..... It was all I could do not to laugh since she was being so serious......

Back to the Grind.

So classes started this week for Penn College and Jim is teaching 2 nites and I am taking class the other 2 nites. Add in 1 nite of soccer for Katie and we have a pretty full schedule this fall.... I was so nervous going back to class this week but actually met another non traditional student in our class and after class this week -I think I am really going to enjoy it. I have a really good professor and the class is very interesting....

The girls are doing well- but have been fighting alot lately. Katie is just very into trying to dictate to Sarah everything . She gets to be very bossy and then Sarah gets mad and the fights ensue. I think it will be good when Katie starts back to school here in the fall and they will get some seperation as well. I think Sarah and I will do a class with the library as well.....

I had to laugh at Katie this morning. I came into the playroom to see her dressed in her bathrobe and she told me she was playing church. then she informed me that the butterfly nets were the offerings.... That girl seriously kills me! I can't believe how much she takes in and then relates it back to her play.....

Have a great weekend....

My very own fan club....

I walk at 630 am most mornings with my next door neighbor and alot of mornings I have my fan club waiting at the window to wave and yell hello to me... Some mornings its Katies mom, other mornings it Sarahs mom and this morning it was HI MRS FOLMAR!!!!! Lol. Katie and Sarah.s little friends from daycare live in our neighborhood and are early risers so they usually sit in the window and wait for us to go by to yell hello.... It puts a smile on our faces every time!

School is back...

or will be shortly! Katie starts in just over 2 weeks. She will be going 3 days a week- m,w,f and we found out today she will be in Miss Jess' room. Katie has always had a good repore with her so I am pleased that she will be in her room. Now Jim and I are working with her to get her ready . She does not deal well with change so we are starting to talk about it now so she will be ready in 2 weeks....

And she is not the only one going back to school. I have decided to go back to school and am starting back this fall. I am easing into it very slowly and am taking 1 class this fall -anatomy and physiology. I am going back for surgical tech. I have class thisfall on tue and thu nites....

Wish us both luck!

Dog Days of Summer

Well as many of you know- its more like the Rainy Days of summer..... On friday we had really heavy downpours. I told the girls that we needed to go grocery shopping. They were so excited to go. why you might ask? Because it was pouring rain- that meant rain jackets, froggy rain boots and duckie umbrellas. At first I thought it was overkill. But as we got in line to pay for our stuff and I saw how dark it had gotten outside and how hard it was raining, I was super glad they had it. It rained so hard - the stores debit and credit card system went down....

We went on Saturday to Bald Eagle State park outside of Mill Hall and had a wonderful afternoon. We bought a small charcoal grill and roasted hot dogs and then made smores. yummy! I had to laugh at Sarah. She pulled all the marshmellow out and ate it, then took the chocolate out and ate that. then ate the graham cracker.... The park is really nice and has a nice lake with a beach. the girls had a blast playing in the sand and in the lake.... It was a perfect day for it.

On Tuesday the girls and I met up with our friends Miss Kim and Katie and went swimming at the loyalsock pool. Again the girls had a blast swimming! It was such a fun afternoon!

New Hair cuts!

We went today for long overdue haircuts. Katie got a trim but I was more radical with Sarah. I got fed up with her putting her food in her hair and not letting me comb it and all the knots. Plus its so thick and heavy. So we went for a bob. I think they both look adorable!!!

What A Week!!

We have had a crazy and busy week this past week. First and foremost the girls started swim lessons and its been rough to say the least. Sarah has done ok with it but Jim or I have been in the water with her. But she loves the water to begin with. Katie has a love/hate relationship with water and HATES to get her face wet. So there were many tears this week when it was time to go under water and blow bubbles... She gets in the water on her own with her class and instructers (no parents in the water) so its been rough for her..... We did have a decent lesson on Friday and she did pretty good... Now we are off for 2 days so I am not sure what Monday will bring.

On Tuesday I went with my next door neighbor to a garden party and a progressive dinner. We got to see some amazing gardens and enjoy some yummy food. The one garden we went to seriously reminded me of the secret garden...

Wednesday I ran to Dushore to meet Lisa and pick up Courtney and then we came back, had dinner and then went to see the new Harry potter movie. It was sooo good. We both loved it. I thought the director did a great job and brought a lot of humor to the movie which it needed as there are some really dark points to the movie.

Thursday we ran back to Dushore to hand Courtney back off to Lisa and then came home and after swim lessons came home and had Jims friends and their 5 kids over for dinner. All the kids had a blast playing together. And it was so nice to meet Jims friends and hang out with them.

Friday the girls and I just kinda hung out at home since we were all kind of tired from our week and the late nite we had on Thursday. After swim lessons we went to our good friends the Speichers for dinner. We had a wonderful meal and the girls had a great time playing together....

The girls were thrilled this week when Bear returned from conneticut and brought them their favorite character bubble bath. However Sarah I dont think understood what it was, because after spilling it on my carpet we heard her in the bathroom crying and saying This dont taste good. Here is princess bubble bath and its pink. The same color as her princess toothpaste! Yup she tried to brush her teeth with it! After rinsing her toothbrush for awhile and making her repeatedly rinser her mouth, we hid the bubble bath....

Tonite I went to get a cannolli out of the fridge and ended up dropping a plate on my foot. It landed vertically on my foot- down below my big toe. Its bruised really badly and swollen....

Well, all those who made fun of me with the van and the kid playing soccer- its gets worse! This week we got a e-mail from the guy who runs the league- they needed more coaches - wanna guess who volunteered??? NOT ME! Jim did!!! Guess its a good thing we have that van now huh???

On a very sad note,. I am sorry to say that we got a phone call from Jim's aunt in Conneticut letting us know that his grandmother had passed away. Funeral services will be later this week. Jim and I are so thankful that we took the girls up to see her about a month ago!