Everything I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten

Most of what I really need to know about how to live and what to do, and how to be, I learned in kindergarten. Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate school mountain, but there in the sandbox at nursery school. These are the things I learned: Share everything. Play fair. Don't hit people. Put things back where you found them. Clean up your own mess. Don't take things that aren't yours. Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody. Wash your hands before you eat. Flush. Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you. Live a balanced life. Learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some. Take a nap every afternoon. When you go out into the world, watch for traffic, hold hands and stick together. Be aware of wonder. Remember the little seed in the plastic cup? The roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody really knows how or why, but we are all like that. Goldfish and hamsters and white mice and even the little seed in the plastic cup -- they all die. So do we. And then remember the book about Dick and Jane and the first word you learned, the biggest word of all: look. Everything you need to know is in there somewhere. The Golden Rule and love and basic sanitation. Ecology and politics and sane living. Think what a better world it would be if we all -- the whole world -- had cookies and milk about 3 o'clock every afternoon and then lay down with our blankets for a nap. Or if we had a basic policy in our nation and other nations to always put things back where we found them and cleaned up our own messes. And it is still true, no matter how old you are, when you go out into the world, it is best to hold hands and stick together. ~ Robert Fulghum ~

Friday, July 25, 2008

Anna's Latest Stage Performance

Anna took a camp this week at Town Theater with her favorite teacher, Ms. Jamie. It was a fairy tale camp and they worked on Hansel and Gretel. Today we went to the theater to see all the kids perform the fairy tale skit. Anna played the part of the witch!!! Her main excitement from this part was the "costume." She said "Mom, wait until you see my dress and my hat. The dress has feathers on it!" I was really blown away by how well she had learned her lines in a week. Up until this point she has had only one or two lines in the plays but she had 7 or 8 lines this time. She didn't forget any!! I was so proud of her! She is really very funny about the whole acting thing. She told Patrick Monday when he dropped her off for her first day of camp, "Daddy, this is what I want to do for my job." She cried today when the play was over, just like she has after each one. She told me yesterday that a another girl in her class that had never been in a play before asked her what to do if she got "stage fright" ? Anna's reply to her was, "That can't happen." Patrick bought her flowers last night and she was so excited this morning when he gave them to her. After the play was over she got to come out in the audience in her costume to see her guests... Jack and Alec were both so funny looking at her. Jack was touching her as if she was some kind of Movie star. He couldn't take his eyes off of her! We had a very nice time today.
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Monday, July 21, 2008

The new member of our family... Coley!!!

Patrick and I went away for the night in June for 24 hours of rest and relaxation. We however found a way to make our lives a little more exciting and busy. We got a puppy for the children!!! It wasn't the kind of dog we were originally looking for but it turned out to be much better choice. Coley is a cutie patootie cockapoo who can be an inside dog, only gets about 20 pounds, and does not shed!! Patrick and I never saw ourselves as small dog people but I now can surely see some advantages. The kids had no idea we were getting a puppy. Anna has been asking a lottttttttt lately about when are we going to get a dog, "the cats aren't fun!" I knew it was time to get a dog when one day I found her setting up an obstacle course for Missy and she was going to try to train her. For those of you who know Missy, you get how that is going to turn out. Missy has not wanted to be an inside cat since the day we got her and her mind was made up when babies started toddling around. Needless to say when we brought the puppy in the house the kids went crazy with excitement, except Alec. Alec was not sure of the puppy and was a bit afraid of him, but after a couple days he started coming around. Coley has been a really good dog so far. We are in the midst of trying to house train because we are determined to have a house dog! He seems very smart and very loving!
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Litchfield 2008

The weekend before July 4th Patrick and I took the babies to Litchfield like last year. We had such a great time again! We stayed in the building that is directly next to the waterpark so it was very convenient. They were all old enough this year to really enjoy the splash pool, lazy river, beach, etc. At night I don't know who was more tired, us or the kids!! Anna found a live Conch under the sand that people came down the beach to see, so it made her feel very special! Anna had no fear of the ocean which I am not sure is a good thing but at least my ocean fears have not been passed on to her. Jack took his fishing pole and spent a lot of time just casting into the ocean. He was sure he would catch a shark or something exciting!! He also enjoyed his Spiderman kite and flying it all over the beach. Alec spent most of his time digging in the dirt and snacking!! He had a great time covering Patrick with sand! He actually was a little bit scared to go in to the ocean too far, but has no fear of pools! We took a visit to the Shark mouth beach store again, went a few times for ice cream, went once to the marina but mostly we just stayed at the resort and relaxed. Looking forward to doing it again next year!
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