the Punch Line

OK, there is no punch line to the "joke" I thought was going on last week. It's just business as usual here and that business is the business of LIFE.

Just to tie up some loose ends for you, Amelia is not allergic to bee stings. She weathered it like a champ. I held an icepack on her cheek on and off for about an hour, and that was the end of it. You could barely see where the stinger went in by the next morning.

We never had an infestation of head lice here. We are still kind of freaked out and occasionally Greg will get kind of crazy-itchy and think the worst, but a thorough check reveals nothing. We are stocked up on all sorts of products though, just in case.

Gwen seems to really like school. She got to do the "calendar job" all last week which consists of arranging the one whole wall of her classroom into the correct date, day of the week, number of days they've been in school, the month, the weather, etc. She LOVES that job and wasn't quite thrilled to hear that each week the job assignments change. She feels since she is the best at that job she should just get to keep doing it.

Anyway, we like the school a lot. The teacher Gwen has, Ms. McLaughlin, is great. I went in several days to help with lunches just be another adult in the room, but since there are only 15 kids in her classroom, the extra grown-ups aren't really warranted. It's nice to note that I am welcome in the classroom at any time, though. Amelia thinks she belongs there so we do go in at least once a week to help with a tricky recess to lunch transition. The "big" kids really enjoy her being there and the girls dress her up with all sorts of princess clothes and shoes. Amelia just eats it up!

Gwen is getting pretty independent and tells us she'll be taking the bus to school before this week is out. We have followed the bus to school several times, and we'll actually watch the kids get on board tomorrow (several of them are from her class). The next day, Amelia and I will follow the bus with Gwen in it. I was a little nervous about this whole idea until I realized that we are the very last stop before the bus gets to school. She'll be on the bus for all of about 4 minutes, so I think I can handle this.

No pictures today, but I will have some of Gwen's first day as well as the DEADLIEST CATCH crab pots that are now resting in our side yard.