Isaiah's Social Studies flag

Isaiah was supposed to make a flag representing the northwest territories in his Social Studies class. I guess it's Ohio Social Studies because that's all they've studied so far. They're at the end of the 1700's now in Ohio history and Ohio is one of the 5 states to come from the northwest territories. What's so funny is the paragraph Isaiah wrote along with the flag and the response from the teacher. Isaiah wrote....

The buckeye (which is not a meatball) stands for Ohio. The stars stands for the five states the green stand for the farm lands. The read stands for the blood they shed in battle.

(he's an excellent speller I can't believe he wrote "read" instead of red.)

His teacher wrote

90% A-

Isaiah

-nice job!

-Good paragraph but should be 5 sentences!

-That's funny about the meatball!

His teachers have to get a kick out of him. He always tries to write something to make them laugh. In the 3rd grade they had to write spelling sentences every week. After the first comment written by his teacher on his sentences page, he was hooked! He tried to make her laugh and write a comment every week after that! At one point I had to tell him "they can be funny but they HAVE to make sense also!".

Snot-knots

What's happening at my house? Snot-a lot! HA! I've been watching too much Al Roker and his bad puns.

Naomi woke AGAIN with a nose full of green boogers. So instead of fighting it I just put her hair up in snot knots for the umpteenth time.

When will spring be here?!!!!

I did find my digital camera charger. Well actually Bill found it. It was hiding behind a picture frame.

Don't ask why there's a potty in my kitchen! Just know it's clean and hasn't been used in forever!

Snugglie Pelosi?

I wish I could find a better picture of it....... But am I the ONLY one who thought it looked like Pelosi was wearing a snugglie last night? And the color! Not exactly the color of Hope! More like prison camp.

I thought Michele Obama looked fantastic. No snugglie for her.

The Papaw Poem

Isaiah brought this home from school yesterday. I can't remember what they call this type of poem, but he chose to write about his Papaw (who else!?) They are tight! Best Pal is what they call each other. Here's how his poem goes.
Papaw
Loving, peaceful
Fishing, joking, caring
I love my Papaw
Grandpa

He drew a picture of Papaw in his house, see the recliner off to the left. He even drew in the lever that puts your legs up!

Making Change

David's $2 bill give away made me think of something that happened the summer of 2007. That was the year we vacationed in Charlottesville, VA. We stopped at the visitor's center and bought passes for James Monroe's home Ash Lawn Highland, The Michie Tavern and Monticello. At Monticello you park in one spot and buy tickets then board a bus and are taken up to the house and grounds. We already had adult tickets but had to buy a child ticket for Isaiah. It cost $8. I paid with a $20 bill. The girl behind the counter had a heck of a time making change for me. They give everyone a crisp new $2 bill as part of their change since Thomas Jefferson is on the bill. I was standing there thinking how embarrassed Thomas Jefferson would be that this girl can't even make change! A $2 bill and a $10 bill ran through my head over and over. Trying to send my thoughts to the girl. But it didn't work. She had to get out a calculator!
Now... if you are ever lucky enough to visit that part of Virginia I would definitely recommend Ash-Lawn Highland. It doesn't seem to be as popular as Monticello but I actually liked it better. It's much more of a home. There are 3 slave cabin on the premises but it doesn't seem like such an estate, it's much more of a home.
The Michie Tavern was fun too. Isaiah and I took the tour while Bill sat in the car with a sleeping Naomi. Don't tell anyone but Isaiah danced the Virginia Rail as part of the tour. We had lunch at the tavern also. It's buffet style. I can't say I'd recommend that, especially if you have kids. It's over priced and I hope you like black eyed peas and greens. I don't. The gift shop below Michie Tavern was very nice. It's an old mill and the water wheel is still going.
At Monticello we took the tour that is tailored to families with young children. It was great! A woman who had been a school teacher in the area was our guide. Every child was given something, Isaiah had a small piece of hide from a buffalo. Then as we went through the house she'd ask if any of the kids saw something in the room that was like what they were holding. Isaiah's was right in the entry way. Jefferson had a lot of items brought back by Lewis and Clark.
In the garden they had some resurrection fern which Isaiah thought was so neat. When you touch the leaves of the plant it has a natural defense, it plays dead. It is funny. You touch it, then it starts to wither and curl up. You wait a while and it comes back to life.
The only thing that wasn't so good about that trip was the weather! Heat wave! It was over 100 every day we were in Virginia. Even after we left Charlottesville and went to Virginia Beach it was 106 at the beach! We stayed 1 night and headed back to Ohio!

The Holy Lands of Maryland

My son stayed with my parents this weekend. Sunday morning my mom called and told Bill they were watching television and something came on that mentioned Baltimore and Isaiah had a "light bulb" moment and said - "Baltimore? That's where Jesus was born"
Baltimore/Bethlehem, it is MARYland.
At least he's off his Adam and his wife Eve kick. He searched for them in the cemetery where my grandparents are buried. I thought he was just looking for other family tombstones. After we left he said "I don't understand. If they were the first humans who worked at the hospitals when they had kids?!"
It's funny the way he gets things turned around!

Not in charge!

One thing I hate about the modern world is chargers!
Cell phones, camcorder, digital camera.... or not. I can not find my digital camera charger!
I'm missing out! I wanted to take a photo of Naomi in her "snot knots". That's what I call the hair-do I give her when she's got a runny nose. Boys are much easier to deal with when sick!
Her hair swings around, gets plastered with snot and sticks to her face. Once she even got it in her bangs and they were sticking stright up like in the movie Something About Mary.
I wanted to also take photos of our Valentine's Day presents. Of course now they're empty candy wrappers and dead roses (which are still on top of the entertainer center! I'll get to it). The kids stuff is still fine. Isaiah and Naomi both got $50 from my parents. Isaiah added that to the money he already saved and bought a Legos set. Naomi banked her money, but she also got a bag of books, which she LOVES!
The worst thing is I do not feel good and I do not feel like hunting down the charger! So this week, or more, in our life will either go unchronicled or I will get out the old 35mm, which has NEVER let me down, and take photos old school style!
My husband's off for the whole week. Yet another plant shut down, scary. Maybe I'll grab a piece of paper and start a "Honey Do" list. Finding my charger can be #1. Well actually #2. His other wife already called this morning and her kitchen sink is plugged and he's promised to fix it today. My mom and I call our neighbor lady Bill's other wife. Mom always says it's good "the other woman" and I get along so well. Her kids refer to Bill as her surrogate husband. Her grand kids haven't starting calling him Papaw yet!