Silly Bandz

The big thing around here right now is Silly Bandz.

We buy them.

We count them.

We sort them.

We carry them around with us in plastic boxes.

We trade them.

And by "we", I mean C1 and C2...especially C1.

She took a picture of how many she had two weeks ago; she now has more.


And of course, we wear them...


Wonder how long this craze will last?

Children's Fountain

Last week, for something different, my cousin and I took the kids to the Children"s Fountain in Faurot Park.

At first, they didn't know quite know what to do.

"Just go play!" we said...

We were tired of hearing how boring the pool is getting, so we thought they would enjoy this.

Eventually, they did...



for about twenty minutes.

Then, they were ready to go.

So much for different; the next day, we were back at the pool!

Memories

When the school year finished, this was the last message that was put on the sign out front.


C1 said, "Why do they have to make it so sad? Who put that up?"

I told her it was Mr. G. that puts the messages up. She said she was mad at him. I then told her that Mr. T. tells him what to put up. She said she was really mad at him!

When I told Mr. T. what she said his reply was, "That was my goal. To make everyone sad."

I'm glad I got this picture when I did.

This sign too, is now gone...

Sold! To Bidder Number...

Saturday was the auction at our old school building.

It was weird to be there and look around the auction before everything started.

When I walked into the classroom that I had worked in for the last five years, it smelled like home. But, everything was gone. All that was left, was what was to be auctioned.


They had two rings going. One in the gym and one that moved from classroom to classroom. In the gym they were auctioning things that had come from the other two schools that had already had their auctions and anything else that the district had found in storage to get rid of. What was being auctioned in the classrooms were the things that were actually from our school.

We hung around in the gym for awhile and then went upstairs to see what was happening there.

That is where it really hit me that this was for real. We were really done in this building.

Why?

After the auctioneer finished in a classroom, everything was ready to be removed.

And people did not mess around...

In the office, our old kitchen supervisor bought the teacher mailboxes. She had retired from this school and wanted a memento. They were one of the first things that I saw being removed and it was hard to see.


I guess I just didn't realize that EVERYTHING would be sold. They sold ceiling fans, drinking fountains, restroom dividers, stage curtains, the gym floor. Everything went.

We went back in the evening to get the things we had purchased and the hand railings on the stairs were gone. Lockers had been taken out of the walls and blackboards removed.

C1 jumped in the hole that was left in a classroom where the lockers used to be...


C2 wanted one last picture in the classroom that he had spent the last two years in...


There was one very neat thing that we discovered.

We were walking by a classroom where the whiteboard had been removed. I noticed that there was writing on the blackboard that was underneath and went in to see what it was and got a nice surprise!


Hidden under that whiteboard for the last eight years was the signatures of all the students that were in that classroom when they had put the whiteboard up. One of them was B. Hidden all that time was his little nine year old signature.

Made a happy ending to a sad day...

5K

This morning was the 1st Annual 5K Fire Run for the jamboree.

Being the runner that she is, C1 decided to run!

She and her friend L, got there early to get signed in and stretch out.


An hour and fifteen minutes later...

they were off!


C1 says she can run a mile in nine minutes, so we expected her back around the twenty seven minute mark.



People started coming and we were watching for her. Sure enough, she came in at 26:44!!!


She came in thirty third overall and first for her age group!


This girl can run!!!

Day At The Zoo

Every year the Third Graders go to the Columbus Zoo for their field trip.

This year, it was C2's turn to go.

A couple of friends and I drove on our own and met them there.

In no way were any of us riding that bus. We had all done it before, and it is an experience to be had only once!

In our group were three boys and two girls.


We saw half the zoo and stopped for lunch.

Being boys, this is what they did.

The.whole.time.




Being girls, this is what they did.

The.whole.time.


This one?

I have no idea what she was doing!?!

Dragons on TV?

Thanks to my uncle we took the kids to the Dayton Dragons game last night. He gets season tickets and never uses them all, so he always passes some to us.

The seats are right behind home plate.

We watched four innings and then went to get something to eat. Shortly after we got back to our seats, I got a text message. It was from my uncle. He said they could see us on TV when the batter was up.

"Good grief!" I said. "Can you see us sitting here eating!?!"

After that, I was very self conscience about I did.

Who wouldn't be?

Here are the annual baseball pics...




Oh well, we had to eat, right?

All Grown Up

C1 has been on the DARE council at school for the last two years. Last year she was the treasurer (takes after her mama, I guess).

Because she held this position, she had to be present for the fifth grade DARE graduation ceremonies.

And, she had to dress up...


How did this happen?

Where did this young lady come from?

She really is growing up!