What it takes to be a 1st grader.........

I remember first grade!

• My teacher was Mrs. Waack
• We had about 21 kids in my class
• We learned about the alphabet in depth
• I remember doing the donut dance with the letter D
• I remember growing grass for Harry Hair letter H
• We made pizza as a demonstration project
• I remember splitting up in groups and reading and doing activities in our books
• I don't know WHY I still remember learning about the word Helicopter but I do, strangely enough!
• We did the butterfly project where we watch the caterpillars make a chrysalis, then morph into a butterfly
• I loved getting my ears checked with area 7! You get to where huge ear phones and raise your hand to the tone in your ear!
• I also loved getting my hair checked for lice.....I never had it, but it was a great feeling when the nurse was using her plastic gloves and a tongue depressor; tickling my scalp!
• My most memorable moment was the Valentine's party when Jason M. was sitting on a desk above Nicole and he threw up on her head. I was sitting next to Nicole and got a bit of vomit on my knee.....well, I'm sure you know what happened next.....the domino effect. Nicole got sick, I was gagging with other kids......what a mess!

Strange how I remember those moments....makes me wonder what C-man will learn and take with him from his 1st grade. I can't believe my little guy is BIG enough to start first grade.....I could still consider him my babe when he was in Kindergarten. This is ALL together different and I'm excited for him and will be praying for him for a successful, healthy, and memorable school year.

Summer Delights

Just harvested some tomatoes, eggplants, and a huge zucchini from the garden.

Hello Eggplant parmiagiano! Maybe a zucchini bread or maybe it might be too woody to eat. Lots of BLT's for future lunches!

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MONDAY: Mommy made gak and we played with the icky, ooey, gooey stuff.

Pink for O.

Blue for C-man.

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TUESDAY: leave for G&G Mehmen's Farm. Hung out with cousins; Jake & Emma. Uncle Brent finally got Miss-O to let him hold her (that made his day!) Roasted JUMBO marshmallows at the camp-fire.

WEDNESDAY: went into town....(something I still say when I go shopping, even though I live in town! It's a farm thing!) went school shopping for our First Grader! My car over-heated and Dad topped it off with coolant. Then my little guy started to over-heat and had a fever through-out the night with a bad looking throat:(

THURSDAY: Harvested some sweet corn, helped Mom with the process of cooling it, cutting it, and freezing it....we did 72 bags.
Took my little guy to the nearest clinic to see if he had Strep throat......nope but it was either a virus or Hand/Foot/Mouth.....and I'm thinking it's that latter without symptoms of rash on the hands and feet........that means 7-10 days of being very contagious.
Meanwhile Daddy made it to the farm with Indy. He took him out to the CRP and did some hunting training.....sounds like he may make a good hunting dog!


FRIDAY: Getting in some last playing time before leaving to go back home. We cut the visit short because we didn't want to get the cousins sick.
"Hello, Marin? Ummm...yep......nope.....love you bye!"

Taking it easy is what C-man did....you know he wasn't feeling well when he was just lying around on the couch....he normally is on the go.

We did get to visit with Uncle Bryan in the morning and have a nice lunch before we left to go home. By the way, my car made it and now Paul is going to service it (when it stops raining!)

On the Farm with G&G Mehmen; we got dirty and had fun...."that's what you're supposed to do on the farm." quote from C-man.

Thanks Mom & Dad for a nice visit. We enjoyed our time with you.

Love, The Roberts.

I'm Bringing Home a Baby Bumblebee.......

OUCH! IT STUNG ME!

right underneath my eye.....owie!

See how puffy my eye is, it's a little puffy and red today too.

Mommy keeps giving me Benadryl and wants me to put a cold

compress on it, but I don't have time for that.....I need

to play with my pretties.

Look up to the Sky!

Hot Air Balloon Festival 09'

A really cool pink/black/white "hot balloon" (according to Miss-O) straight up above us!
Look at them all! There was nearly 100 balloons tonight that took flight. Just when you thought you saw all the balloons, more would blow up and set sail.

Miss-O and C-man posing with G&G Roberts. Thanks guys for taking us to the festival! I especially feel honored that you took me on my first time watching the balloons!

1.2.3......GLOW!

Glow-night close-up.

We could actually feel the warmth of the fire they blew into their balloons.

I Spy....

I spy two eggplants growing in the garden!
one zucchini growing and two more blooms!
one tomato turning red and I'm biting at the
bit to pick it!

I can't wait to harvest and eat fresh veggies!

What I've learned in 15 years......

I celebrated my 15 year class reunion this past Saturday. 12 classmates out of 55 attended. I think the furthest was 5 hours away. I didn't mind the turn out because it was intimate and not over-whelming. So this is what I learned in 15 years..........

• No one changes, everyone acts the same, they even look the same, I recognized everyone; except they may be a bit thicker, some thinner, less hair, some gray hairs, and a tiny bit of wrinkles.....but it was like we started where we left off.
• Our class was a cool class, I forgot how everyone got along well with each other and it was the same way the other night.....no cliques, just a lot of mingling and catching up. This is really good considering we were the second year of consolidation of two schools.
• 15 year reunions hurt my jaw and sides from smiling and laughing so much!
• Late 80's and early 90's was a funny time to go to school; just check out our BIG hair, pegged pants, silk shirts, and many more to laugh at........
• I think we were pretty fortunate growing up with no cell-phones and driving clunkers for cars during our high-school years.....it made us humble AND it gave us something to look forward to in the future......if you would pass by a high school parking lot nowadays you probably wouldn't see a whole parking lot of clunkers......if I had a brand new car in High School, I probably would have been shunned.
• By the sounds of it, I think we average 2 children per each classmate and their family. No one has passed away, some are single and a few divorced.
• I'm so glad that I chose the path that I did and ended up where I am today.....there are no regrets...
• It's weird to me to see other school-mates that live in my hometown and actually think that they are adults in our hometown.......it's quite the phenomenon to me....just sayin'.
• If I had to re-do anything in High School, (I agree with my Dad on this one) I would have done anything to prevent getting "Mono" my senior year, so I could have played Volleyball and really kicked some butt. (Not to toot my own horn, but darn it I was pretty good!)
• Even though I didn't get skittles from Mr. Burkle, I think I was his favorite student (we had a consensus of this the other night)....I think he probably enjoyed that I cried each day in Trigonometry, because I was so stinkin' frustrated that I couldn't GET it.........I also think I was his favorite since I singled him out at a talent show and sang "Big Spender" to him with a red dress on....I thought for sure that would get me some extra points in Trig. (no success but really funny!).
• I'm going to go to our 20th class reunion, because that was a good time the other night, even though I felt like I was going on my first date, a little nervous and excited.....but it all worked out.