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First day of School 2013

Walking to School... Second and Third Grades

Our Last Day of Summer Vacation

Today was our last "free day". 

School starts tomorrow.... third grade for You, William and second grade for you, Miss Claudia. 

We spent our last day of summer vacation at the Dunes State Park... at the beach.  It was the perfect beach day.  Not too hot or windy.  The water was cool.  We laughed a lot.  Claudia invented a new word.  William put wet sand on my head. We wrapped in towels and cuddled until it was time to leave. It was perfect.

I'm sorry I can't walk you to school tomorrow.  I have to be there early. And, it's breaking my heart.  I want to walk with you as I have always done. Daddy said he would take a lot of pictures. I'll try and meet you on the school porch.

Love you and may the force be with you tomorrow.
Happy First Day back to school!

Love,
Mommy
xoxo

William and Daddy

Claudia feeding a budgie bird

William and Claudia,

We had a busy weekend...

Girl Scout outing to the splash pad and zoo in Michigan City.

Church... finally registered for religious education classes.  Guess we're a little behind (sorry William).

Lunch at Aunt Barbra's and Uncle Paul's house where you played Monopoly with your cousin from Vienna, Melissa.

Boy Scout hike (which you missed because we were at lunch), dinner and swimming at the beach with Daddy.

William's 9th Birthday Interview

Your birthday lunch at the only restaurant near Daddy's office

 

Celebrating early with Mimi, Papa and the Novak Family

1. Who is your favorite person in the whole world?
William (said with a smirk)

2. What is your favorite color?
Silver.  I like shiny stuff.

3.  What is your favorite television show?
Swamp People, Phineas and Ferb and Wipe Out.

4.  What is your favorite outfit?
The Mine craft shirt I'm wearing now.

5.  What sport do you like best?
Football and baseball.. it's a tie.

6.  What song do you like best?
Land of the Silver Birch... a Canadian folk song I learned from Mr. Meyer in music class.

7.  What's your favorite cereal?
Fruit Loops that I can only eat at hotels because you won't buy them.

8.  Who is your best friend?
Devin and Michael and Claudia.

9.  What do you want to be when you grow up?
A baseball player.

10.  What's your favorite book?
The Hobbit

11.  What are you really good at?
Baseball and building Legos.

12.  Where do you wish you could go on vacation?
The Bahamas

13.  What is your best memory?
Going to Oxford, Ohio because I liked the campus and the ice cream at UDF.

14.  What would you buy is you had $1000?
$200 goes to the animal shelter, $500 goes for college, $300 I'll spend.

15.  What vegetable do you hate the most?
Brussel sprouts

16.  If you could have a wish, what would it be?
To see what's it's like in heaven before actually going there.

17.  What is your favorite flavor of ice cream?
Blue Moon and Superman and Sea Salt Caramel (at UDF)

18.  Who is your biggest hero?
God

19.  What do you like to do with your friends?
Talk and play football.

20.  What do you hope to do before your next birthday?
Go to the Bahamas.

Claudia's Poems

Claudia,
You have been writing lots of poems this summer.  Here are a few of your creations...

Flowers, Oh, Flowers

Flowers are sweet

Flowers are nice

Pick one

Smell it

And say...

Flowers are so, so nice

 

Roses are Red

Roses are red

Violets are blue

You love me

And I love you

 

Glitter

Glitter and gleam

Shimmer and shine

No matter what you are

You will always be mine

 

The White

The White Sox are white

The Red Sox are red

And I guess you are the Blue Sox

Or whatever you said

Crafts
Markers, crayons, pens and glue
Oh, and paper too
All make a craft
Did you know that?
Well, I do
And now you know too

You Have Mail

Claudia,

You have been writing us love letters, sealing them in envelopes, addressing and stamping them. 

You open the front door and pretend you are pulling them from our mailbox.

"Look, Mom.  You have mail.  And there's one for Dad and William too!"

You write about how much you love us.

You make us smile... even William (sometimes).

We love you too!

Love,
Mommy