Fall Into Reading

         It's the most simple display I've done yet, but love it.  And I loved the chill of the afternoon as I walked to my car and drove down the highway with my windows down.  We may not have leaves that change colors down here in south Texas, but I think we appreciate an autumn breeze more than anyone else. It makes me downright giddy.

          Thank you Lord for taking the high of 90 degrees and changing it to a high of 75.
We won't take it for granted.

Goodbye Perfect Attendance

             Last week was the kind of week not unusual to your basic family who has children who attend schools full of kids with germs and viruses and runny noses.  They got sick - but not just one, but two days later, another kid fell prey to the sickness and then two days later Kenny and I suffered a bit and then finally, the last of the family of five, and the messiest, got sick all over the van floor and carseat and herself.  This may not be strange to most, I mean people get sick.  But not us.  Not ALL of us.  It has never happened this way.  We're a healthy crew. That's why I say with great sadness that already, just two months into school all three kids have lost any chance at Perfect Attendance.  I know you're thinking, "Really?" But yeah, for a long time the chance at that coveted award sent Elijah in a tailspin on mornings when he thought we'd be late to school.  But times have changed, and school awards have lost their lustre, and my kids don't seem too worried about that fact.  Actually, they all loved getting to stay home from school since their "being sick" only lasted an hour and then it was TV and video games.   Thanks to the school's 24-hour rule Kenny had the pleasure of keeping each kid, each on a different day.  Such a champ he is - taking the heat - all so I can keep up the Ward tradition, go to work and attempt that perfect attendance.

Too Tired Friday

A long, long day after two hours of sleep - - check

Book Fair frenzy come to an end + clean up = home at 6pm - - check

A crying Jackson Intermediate student who yells at me when I call his mom - - check

Two sick kids home from school, one on Wednesday (Elijah), one on Friday (Lydia) - - check

One kid with a lacerated gum/lip (Lanie) after running into a boy during gym class - - check

A guilty heart that I didn't hear the phone ring when the school called about earlier lacerated lip and inconsolable crying child - - check

A Friday family movie at the cheap theatre, "Cloud with a Chance of Meatballs, 2" while previously sick kids and lacerated lip girl eat Luncheables, always a healthy dinner choice - - check

A rock in the van tire, flattened, after coming out of the movie - - check

Three kids who fall asleep quickly  - - check

A good book waiting for me - - check

Thank you Friday, you're lovely, but it's time to put you to bed.