Happy Birthday, Tollie!

With a Capital P

 

Vanessa is having a great school year. I've been blessed to go into the classroom a couple of times. This class is awesome. There are so many kind and considerate personalities. Vanessa's closest girlfriends are very opposite of her -- they love the girly stuff a lot, which makes it fun to see how they balance each other. And I'm not sure how Mrs. Stolly juggles 54 kids a day, without a teacher's aid, but she does and she does it well. With all of these cute faces, I'm amazed that there is any progress made!

Reading Grandma

"Butterfly in the sky. I can go twice as high. Take a look. It's in a book." It's reading Grandma.

Each time is as colorful as a rainbow . . .

Football Pointers

 

The football parties have been fun this season, but since tomorrow is about THE football game, we'll hang low.  We'll distract ourselves with decorating for the next season. And whatever the outcome, we'll think about how thankful we are for others who wear scarlet and gray well.

Shh!

We're thankful for quiet moments. Zane reminds himself to be quiet when Vanessa needs rest before school. Vanessa reminds us when we're being too loud for her stuffed toys to sleep.

We'll take quiet moments any way we can get 'em, even if it means a late night on the couch for Zane.