Communion Bread

Overheard at church:

1st Teen: Why does the communion bread taste so stale?!

2nd Teen: Jesus is really old. ..... Dori: Mom, can you buy me some new body wash?

The Band Shirt

Pete does not need to wear his official band shirt very often. For football games and for parades mostly. For all the other events... Holiday concerts, competitions etc, they wear dress shirts. So when Pete had his band shirt on the other day for a school event, it was the first we'd seen it in a long time.

Pepper noticed a stain across his shoulder about 6 inches long and asked what it was.

Pete: "Oh, Tom (name changed to protect the trombone player) emptied his spit valve on me."

Pepper: "When? You haven't even worn that shirt in months!"

Pete: "Ummm... the last football game."

Pepper: "That was months ago!! Haven't you washed the shirt since then?!!"

Pete: "No, but I sprayed it with cologne... it smells fine." :)

Weight For it!

In school the other day, Dill’s class was talking about the average weight of an American 4^th grader. It turns out that he weighs more than anyone else in his class. He is by no means heavy looking. Since he swims and plays football he is quite thin and muscular. He is also tall for his age and does not like sweets. He is very proportional. Apparently the average 4^th grader weighs between 61 and 70 pounds. Dill weighs just over 80. He was stressed out about it when his brother and sister told him that muscle weighs more than fat… so he felt a little better.

He was distraught however when he went to the doctor’s office later that same day and he stepped on the scale. Their scale read 40. Dill’s eyes about bulged out when he thought he had lost 40 pounds on his bus ride home! We made him feel a little better when we explained that the doctor’s scale was in kilograms! The doctor made him feel lots better when she said his weight was perfect. :)

4th Grade Presentations

Pepper and I took a day off work a while back to head to Dill’s school. He was doing his big 4^th grade presentation and we did not want to miss it. He worked for weeks on his report about Walt Disney. He dressed up in a Mickey Mouse costume and looked adorable. He almost had his entire speech memorized (he gets that skill from Pepper!) but kept his notes near by just in case! I am always amazed at the parent and family support at my children’s school because we just do not get that amount of parent participation at the school that I work in.

At the end of the presentations the teacher told the students to go over and thank their families for coming. A little boy I didn’t know came right over to me and hugged me and said, “Thanks for coming!” then he whispered, “My Mom couldn’t come.” I immediately told him what a great job he did and how proud I was of him. He beamed. 

Kahlua

This is my chair…. It is not my cat. It is Pepper’s cat. For some reason it does not like Pepper’s chair. Kahlua (the cat) and I often argue about the ownership of this chair. I am usually pretty good about sharing but sometimes he will start putting a paw…. OR TWO on the top of my head while I am sitting here (I think it is trying to make me move!) he also bats me in the face with his tail. Pepper finds these things very funny. It just reminds me that I am a dog person! 

What do you think of me NOW? Part 2.

Ok, a follow up to the post 2 days ago about the little girl who remembered that I told her she was acting mature…..

I was doing kindergarten registration and noticed a woman that looked familiar with a young boy. Since I’ve been in the same district close to 20 years it is not surprising that I see familiar faces. But this woman sort of smiled at me and kept watching me as I was doing things in the room so I said to her, “You sure look familiar to me. Do you have an older child that came to this school?”

She said,  “No, actually you were MY teacher.”

Still unsurprised I said, “Did I work with you in the middle school or high school?” (I have run into kids I’ve worked with before at these levels)

“No, you worked with me when I was in kindergarten.”

I suddenly felt very, VERY mature. My kindergarteners are now coming back with kindergarteners!! Oy!

Mother's Day Part 2

Anyone who knows me would find this picture very funny. My hair took hours to do.... there are flowers woven all through it. Plus there is a huge bow on the left side of my head. My nails are done too... with acrylic! I am wearing as much make up as Tammy Faye Baker and enough hair spray to kill low flying birds! That is also a dress I am wearing. See the shoulder pads! Those are the definition of puffy sleeves! It is an actual dress too.... and I survived in it the whole day! (OK, the heels I kept taking off!)

I am pretty sure this is the last dress I've worn. This picture was for my sister's wedding.

That is my Mom's real hair too! No air brushing.... just lots of hair spray! What this picture tells me is Mom has been gone a long time. She is still missed.

Happy Mother's Day to all the Mom's out there. :)

Mother's Day

Happy Mother’s Day to all the Mom’s out there! Mom’s Day has to be my favorite “Hallmark” holiday!  :)

What do you think NOW?

A first grader I do not really know stopped me in the hall today. With her little hands on her hips she said, “I know you! When I was in preschool you told me I was acting like a first grader cuz I was being so good. Now I AM a first grader- what do you think now?!”

I told her she had grown up beautifully and was very smart because she remembered who I was. As I walked away I thought it was amazing how sometimes we never really know the impact we can have on others. :) 

Sunset Walks

Pepper and I have been walking quite a bit in the evenings. Since I am a sucker for a beautiful sunset or pretty scene I take pictures while we are out. Here are a few.... they were taken with my iPhone. I think that fact alone is amazing! (Remember when phones were attached to walls and were only used for talking to people?!!) :)

“It is not happy people who are thankful; it is thankful people that are happy.” I am very thankful for the blessings in my life. The other stuff, the things that are stressful and frustrating and overwhelming still loom… but I am looking out the window and am happy knowing that I get to take another walk with my girl. ☺