School is out

Yesterday was the last day of school and I’m so excited the year is over. I finally carried my Birkenstocks into the house and left them in the closet. Remember when Mister Rogers would come into the house and change his sweater and shoes for the show and then change again upon leaving? Well, that’s what I do with my Birkenstocks. I wear flip-flops to the car and put my shoes on at school and when school is over I take off the Birkenstocks and put on flip-flops so my feet can breathe. Now they are in the house and will be put on when I want to wear them.

I got to babysit today for the first time in 6 months. It was so much fun to see the kids. Jackson didn't even blink when I got him out of bed. He just looked at me and said, "Hi, Katie." We had a great time reading books, playing with the train set, and watching a movie. While we watched the movie Jackson sat on my right and Elyse sat on the left. Both of them were plastered to my side with their heads leaning against me. It was so much fun. I go back again tomorrow night.

I went and visited Grammie and Pa today. We worked on yesterday's puzzle because today's was too hard. Grammie, AJ, and I all had a wonderful time laughing at my jokes. Grammie ate an Oreo which was exciting. There are flowers on the table that have been there for a long time. When I leaned down to smell them AJ told me that they had made it 3 weeks and it was because she hadn't put the "stuff" in the water. I asked what kind of flower they were and she said Mums. I answered that maybe they had been mummified. AJ laughed, but Grammie just gave me "the look." I told her I got my sense of humor from her, but "the look" continued. It was then I decided to leave. I think she had had enough of me for one day. :-)

Rachel and I took an adventurous trip to Joann's tonight. I'm going to make curtains for our bedroom windows to block the sun. Since our windows are west facing our windows are like heat boxes in the summer. So we bought blackout fabric and then to be colorful, we got fabric to cover the blackout material. I'll just "whip those right up." Good thing I'm on summer break; oh wait, summer school

I've been telling Rachel about this cool channel on digital TV that broadcast by PBS. I have a digital box in my room and have been watching this channel for a couple months. On Wednesday, Rachel got a new TV for her birthday so we are ready for the digital conversion. So that night we turned to this cool channel to see what was on. Unfortunately it was this guy that was giving a demonstration on how to crochet a sweater vest. [Reminded me of the guy I went out with who told me how many rows he could crochet during a 2 hour movie. Not a good match. I think he had been coached. :-)] So last night I asked her to give the channel another look. We turned it on and some woman was giving a decorating demonstration. Not too bad, you say. Well, she was hold a pillar candle upside down and carving our circles in the bottom. Then she proceeded to hot glue twigs into the holes. When turned right side up the twigs were suppose to be this "cute little stand." If that's not bad enough, the woman then took a smaller pillar candle and made one big hole in the bottom. She then cut three pieces of 8" grape vine and hot glued them to the bottom to become the stand. When put right side up, not only did the candles look rustic and odd; they were crooked and would drip wax everywhere. I immediately told Rachel that this was the kind of centerpiece I wanted for my wedding tables, so she could get started now and maybe when I was married they'd be ready. :-} Just kidding.