First day of school

August 21st was the first day back to school! Emily started kindergarten this year at First Assembly Christian School. Neither of us got teary eyed. She was eager to go to class. Her teacher is Mrs. Kelley and Mrs. Scott will be the reading teacher. She already knew Mrs. Scott since her daughter has been in Curtis's classes in the past.

Curtis likes middle school here as well. He has been in school here since 4th grade. He is gradually getting the hang of changing classes 8 times a day. He likes changing classes but it's a bit challenging to grab the correct books and doing everything else he needs to do within 2-3 minutes.

I took a couple of pictures of Emily the first day but Curtis didn't want any taken. ;)

Emily the first day, starting her first assignment.

Snakes Alive!

I recently took Curtis and Emily to a Snakes Alive presentation at the King Public Library. The owner, Ron Comer, had 2 dozen snakes that we were able to hold and carry around and we also had the chance to hold on to a 200 lb Burmese Python and we saw an Iguana Lizard. We had a great time and all three of us want a pet snake (well a little bitty snake might be nice to have). I did get a little attached to the little hognose snake (Miss Piggy) that I was allowed to carry around.

West Virginia and Ohio

We drove up to Charleston, West Va and Cleveland, Ohio this past weekend. We stayed in Westlake, Ohio - a few miles from Lake Erie. We visited the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame museum, The Great Lakes Science Museum and visited Lake Erie. It was a bit chilly up that way, only in the 60's both days. I was on the other end of the camera but I did get a lot of good pictures of Neal, Emily and Curtis.

Picture # 1 above is at the Ohio River on the West Virginia side. Ohio was on the other side of the river. Picture #2 is at Lake Erie. Picture #3 is at the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame, standing beside Johnny Cash's tour bus. Picture #4 is Emmy at Lake Erie.

Fathers Day

Jim and Sandra visited for fathers day and brought Savannah. We had Mexican food, cheesecake and ice cream. The kids had a great time playing in the pool together.

Turtles & Ice Cream!

This morning we saved two box turtles we saw while driving down the road. We got out and drove them to safety at a nearby creek.

In the afternoon I took Curtis and Emily to Toria Gales Bakery for the ice cream & cake making class. They made a cold cake made from chocolate biscotti and pudding. They also made their own ice cream using baggies. Emily's ice cream must have been lacking on the sugar because it tasted just like frozen milk. She didn't seem to mind. They had a great time.