Happy "Berthaday" (as Ginni calls it) to Rachel!

Happy Birthday Rachel!!!!

Here is a poem I wrote especially for you:

Ahem, ahem.

Happy Birthday to you

I know you'll say, "Phew!"

Please don't be blue

(Yellow is better)

I'd send you a letter

But I can't afford the stamp

Unless I sell my favorite lamp

I'll just buy you a new...

Never mind. Happy Birthday to you!

I love you. Hope it's a great day. See you soon.

Tricky Tricky

So while I was teaching today in my 4th grade classroom, I saw this riddle in a kid's math book:

"A $1 bill weighs about 1 gram. How many grams does a $5 bill weigh?"

I almost said, "5 grams", but luckily, I caught myself. Tricky, eh?

Ninja Kimm II

Here I am practicing my ninja moves again. I made sure to shout, "Allah Akbar!"

My hobo party this weekend for my birthday was awesome! We had tons of people come to warm themselves by the trash can fire and roast marshmallows, and eat peanut butter and jelly hors devours and cake/ice cream in a can (we made 5 cakes and had 3 gallons of ice cream!). We also had a can walk (like a cake walk), pin the mustache on the astronaut (like pin the tail on the donkey), more mattress jumping, sumo wrestling (on the mattresses), fireworks, and night games. It was fantastic!!!

Thanks all of you for calling me on my birthday. It meant a lot to me. You are the best fam ever!

Trains, Planes, and Automobiles

Copied from Shannon's family blog:
"Garrett has been begging for a train set. Enola and Liam have cool train sets and Garrett realizes he needs one also. He asks everyday all day long. His hand me down train set from the neighbor boy is well used. He has been playing with that for over a year most everyday.Today we went to the Red Ballon. They have two train tables. One with a Brio train set. The other has a Thomas Train set on it. After playing for half an hour it was time to go. The tantrums thrown were incredible. Garrett's legs were broken (they always break when he wants them to) and he howled in the isle. Preston was a screaming "NO"-saying lunatic. It is hard to manhandle two boys throwing tantrums to the car. Especially when one has broken legs. I felt true pain over Garrett's sadness. He wants a train set so badly. I would love to buy him the cool Thomas or Brio sets. We have been looking on Ebay to find him one for his birthday. He is going to have a train cake for his birthday. He told me in the car today that he wants a train set that isn't a cake.

I was just called as a nursey leader. I am very excited about it. Preston will be in nursery in one week, with Garrett."