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Analyze This

So, Garrett drew this wonderful picture of our family holding hands and smiling. Nothing wrong with that, right? Well, that's what I thought until he told me the big one was me! Dad is 6'4", I'm 4'11" and he draws me as the big one?! I'm not sure how I feel about that. To make matters worse, he really struggled to make my mouth smile. He just couldn't quite get the sides to turn up the right way. What's up with that? Anyone want to take a stab? Michael, I'm waiting for your professional analysis!

Needless to say, I've been walking around here smiling like an idiot for the last 2 days!!

Child's Play

We discovered a new game to play as a family. It's a game of chance, so anyone can win, perfect for playing with a 3 year old. It's called LRC (left, right, center) and is perfect for teaching kids right from left. We have been playing it a lot the past few days and Garrett has won, fair and square, almost every time! Each player starts with 5 chips and take turns rolling 3 special dice marked with L, R, C and a black dot. If you roll an L you pass one chip to the person on the left, same for the right and center. What you really hope for is 3 black dots, that way you don't have to pass any chips! I've never seen Garrett as excited as he was when he rolled 3 black dots!! I hope I'm not setting this kid up for a future at the Craps table.

Six Years Later

Where were you when you saw this image for the first time? It has been six years, but I remember it like it was yesterday. I also remember how instantly united our country became, you couldn't go anywhere without seeing the American flag proudly displayed. I remember going to a baseball game shortly after the attacks, wondering if it was okay to have fun, wondering if it was safe to be in such a crowded, public place. When they sang the National Anthem there wasn't a dry eye in the stadium, it was amazing! I heard a report on the news last week that 20 percent of high school students couldn't remember the year that 9/11 occured. 20 percent? WOW! I hope that we all remember the significance of today and remember to fly our flags to honor those who have lost their loved ones.

First day of school!

Is the first day of preschool supposed to be harder for the parent than it is for the kid? We got to school early so that we could take pictures and I could walk Garrett to class. He wanted nothing to do with that!! The school has a "carpool" lane where the parents pull up and drop their kids at the curb with the teacher's aide. Garrett insisted that I follow proper "big kid" protocol, I was not prepared for that.

He had a great time, of course, and hasn't stopped talking about it all day. He was the big helper in class and followed all of Ms. Lynn's instructions (if only she lived here!). There is a boy in his class with a severe peanut allergy so none of the students can bring anything with peanuts or peanut oil in them. Garrett is now obsessed with peanuts! He asks about everything. "Do bananas have peanuts? What about fruit snacks?" It is quite disturbing that "fruit"snacks contain no fruit, but they do contain Carnuba Wax! Mmmm, tasty!

We took some pictures, but apparently, the sun is Garrett's Kryptonite! He is squinting so tight that you'd think I was shining a spotlight directly in his eyes. I thought about re-taking them, but decided against it. I want to show him exactly the way he is...and now I have something to show his future girlfriends!

P.S. Neither bananas or fruit snacks contain peanuts!

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