Angel trumpet, book report

Check out the blooms on my angel trumpet. By looking at the plant, you can tell it's been totally neglected all summer, but it' still loaded down with flowers. Maybe it knew I was wondering if it was worth lugging into the garage for the winter or not. Yes Mother, I'll save you some seeds.

Not a ton to report from Parker. We have escaped the N1H1 so far...even though 3 more classmates have gotten it.
I scanned in some of her school work. This was done at one of their centers...they listen to a recorded book, and then do a 'book report'.

(the book was The Roly Poly Spider and she like the story because "he got stuk in the pip" (stuck in the pipe).

Now that my work project is over, I'm going up to school about once a week to run copies or help monitor science lab or whatever little task the teacher needs. I was there yesterday, and as I was dropping off my copies to the teacher and saying goodbye to Parker, I noticed that her face seemed really warm...and flushed. Assuming the worst (flu!) I took her down to the nurse to take her temperature. Normal. It wasn't until I got home that I realized that she probably wasn't feverish....she was blushing because her mom was interrupting her class!

Long overdue update

We've had a jam packed schedule the past few weeks, which is why the blog had been so quiet. I did a project for Bob's company that turned out to be WAY more time consuming an involved that I realized it would be. Apparently when you tell a construction company that you'll have something to them at a certain time....they hold you to it. I've basically worked full time for the last month. But happily..hopefully...I'm DONE (knock on wood that they don't call me tomorrow for changes).

The trouble with working is that I don't really have child care in the afternoons. They have a after school program at Parker's school, but she's already so fried just from normal school, I'd rather have her at home. I had a 6th grader from down the street come over a couple days a week to amuse Parker while I worked, and the rest of the time she had to amuse herself.....not usually her strong suit. She did pretty well though...lots of coloring and dreaming up crafts. Lots of time on the computer and probably more tv than I'd like. Here's how we spent our time this past Monday, a holiday:

And making Shrinkey Dinks....

When she's not coloring, cutting or complaining, Parker is reading. All her sentences start with "how do you spell....." or "I can spell...." . She continues to pick out words on signs and packages and I expect her to be a very independent reader very soon. She even wrote a book a couple weekends ago. I need to remember to scan it and post it. Stay tuned.