Chef Melissa

Melissa's reading has improved greatly! So much so that we purchased her a cookbook. And boy is she cooking! She has made both garlic and cinnamon bagel chips, purple cows (yummy) and Sunday morning she got up and made us some crepes. Yes. That's right crepes. Strawberry to be exact. They sure were good. Somebody needs to come for a visit so she can show off her new found talent!

How DID those kids get so smart?

That is the question.
Austin's guitar teacher came out of his lesson a few weeks ago and says, "Wow. His math skills are phenomenal. In fifteen years of teaching I've never had anyone pick up on the math/theory aspect as quick as he has. Before I can even finish my explanation, he has the answer and is moving along to the next part. You've got one smart kid." Well, duh....
Thursday, I was talking to one of Melissa's teachers and she asks, "So did Melissa inherit her smarts?" They had been working on reading schema and apparently Melissa is the only student in her 8 years of teaching that managed to get text to world concepts within a story. She was floored! Again... well, duh.....

School Started

Well, we made it. School started. Whine.... Austin is now in Middle School. Doesn't seem possible. Honestly. He's only 10. Whine.... And then there's Melissa in 2nd grade this year. Yikes! Doesn't seem like that long ago that Austin was in Miss Milliken's class in 2nd grade. I know it wasn't that long ago. Cause I'm not getting any older!
Anyway, we'll just have to see how this big bad world of Middle School goes.

Sea World Trip

Greg was off to Vegas this morning and the kids and I were wanting something to do; so we dropped him off and headed over to Sea World. (You just have to love the season tickets) Austin hadn't seen any of the evening shows so we knew it would be a looooong day. We arrived at 8:30 a.m. and planned to stay until the fireworks show at 9:55. Glutton for punishment I know, but with school starting in a few short days we might as well make the most of our summer.

Needless to say we had a great time. We rode all the water rides in the morning so we'd be dry when the sun went down. I certainly didn't want to have to head out to the car to change clothes or buy anything new. We managed to catch every show they had. I don't believe there was one we missed.

The highlight of the day for Melissa anyway was meeting Clyde. We were walking by the stadium prior to the Clyde and Semore Show and Austin was asked if he wanted to be part of the show. Of course he does, but you know how little sisters can be... she piped up with, "but I want to too." So the gal says, "You can do rock, paper scissors for it." Guess who won the best 3 out of 5?

One of those days....

Or years? I don't know. So the whole Perpetual thing threw me for a while, but I thought I was adjusting well. Moving to San Diego; fine. One more place to say that we have lived. And while I am enjoying it here... I'm thinking we need to give away our cars. Greg's Jeep stolen in June and then my 4 Runner was hit today. Left rear bumper completely torn off. Maybe I should consider walking everywhere.

UGH! That is all I can say. Greg walked in while I was talking to my brother and says "you know, someone hit your car and your bumper is hanging off." I thought he was joking. But no. He was not. Just kill me now. What a pain in the arse. Luckily that woman that hit me did leave a note and called her insurance company when it happened. So at least she was cool about it. But come on!!! Give me a break. What a huge inconvience. Maybe her insurance will be quick about it and we can have it fixed while we are going to Pagosa Springs next week. Just what I want is another rental car.

Can we say road bike?

I'm Behind!

As you can tell, I'm a little behind in the blogging department. We have been busy! I need to see if I can get some pictures organized and then I'll post. I'll probably back date them too. Just so it would appear that I am with it. HAHA.

So I Was Shocked into Reality

Is what my friend Shawn called to tell me. She had been shopping at the Disney Store and found boys sweat pants on sale for next to nothing. However she realized that Austin going to MIDDLE SCHOOL with Grumpy on his sweats might not be the coolest thing.
Yep. Middle school. What is up with that?!