I knew it.
A Garden Hose and a Trampoline = Fun!
Our summer is winding down. Our tried-and-true "squirting the kids with a garden hose while they jump on a trampoline" is always a hit.
Ian! Lord of Water Droplets!
Water tastes good!
Oh, my toe
Arg! I have an ingrown toenail that I have been dealing with since a teenager. Every now and then it really flares up and hurts like the devil. I've had my toenail cut off before, I should probably do it again. Very painful!
New Garbage Cans
I know that is a strange title, but we arrived home today to find the city has given us our new garbage cans! We have seen them elsewhere in the city. Hattiesburg is moving to a garbage truck with a robot arm on it, in hopes of making the pickup more automated and save money. Green cans are picked up Thursday and are for household garbage, brown cans are picked up Friday and are for yard debri and anything else.
PCS Registration 2010
This is a big year for us. FINALLY Emily gets to go to school! She has been so excited! Plus, "Incredi-Mom" Janet is going back to work after many years at home raising our children. She is ALSO excited!
Since Incredi-Mom is a teacher's assistant now, we can park at the church and enter through the side. It's kind of like sneaking up on the school and not the grand front entrance.
First, Janet shows us her classroom. I always knew Mrs Beall was a star, now I have proof!
Janet's official 'desk'. Emily approves.
Outside, lines form quickly for registration. The PCS Cheerleaders help with directing families where to go.
Next we went to Emily's classroom. Exciting!
This is Emily's teacher Mrs Tedford. She was Ian's teacher's assistant back in first grade.
Back in the big room, we get our folder that tells what teacher(s) and classmates Ian and Keighly will get.
From there you circle around the lemming line signing up and/or purchasing things the you may need for school.
Once we complete the big room roundabout, we went to Ian's classroom to visit his teacher.
Ian has Mrs Braswell, who was also Keighly's third grade teacher. He also got his best buddy in the same class, Jacob. I hope Mrs Braswell is ready for them!
Ian's desk, right up front by the teacher. Good move, Mrs Braswell.
Ahh yes, the dreaded 'Traffic Light' system of behavioral control. Any wrongdoing and your number gets moved up to the next color. Keighly went ahead and moved Ian's up to RED.
Back upstairs in the main building, the main hallway is filled with people looking for their lockers and homerooms.
Keighly finds her locker and stuffs it with her materials.
In Keighly's 6th Grade homeroom, she notices a dragon on the bulletin board right by her desk.
Back outside, we run into Keighly's friend Lindsi.
One of Keighly's favorite teachers is her math teacher Mrs Rowe. Here Keighly and Ian are goofing off with a frog puppet in her classroom.
We welcome our next phase of life: all children in school and mom back to work.
A quick dip in the pool
There's not much you can do with a small inflatable pool, but our kids have done their best to make the most of it.
Yay! Ian, Keighly, Emily, and their friend Michael.
When the slide didn't really work as well as they thought, the trampoline quickly became popular.
Attack!
Splashdown!
What adventures you can have with just 10" of water!
