Loading Day

John had some friends come over tonight and start loading the heavy things into the moving cubes. They got almost all of it done. Now we have to finish up some last minute packing and load the boxes. We are slowly getting there.

Red Lobster

A parent from my class, who I have become very good friends with, took Xavier and I out for dinner tonight. We went to Red Lobster. Her son Walton is 4 1/2 and is in my class, but he and Xavier play on the playground sometimes. They had a wonderful time tonight eating lobster pizza and drinking strawberry smoothies.

Pizza anyone?????

Tonight we went out with some friends John works with at Sears. They are also moving, but to Utah. We took them to Johnny Carino's, they had never been there before. Xavier decided he was having pizza with black olives instead of his usual chicken and broccoli. He was so cute eating his pizza that I just had to share these with everyone.

Xavier's pictures

John bought me a new camera yesterday because my other one was stolen in San Diego back in March. It is really nice and better than the one that was stolen. But, we still have the original HP 4 mega pixel camera. so, we thought Xavier might like to use this older camera. Tonight we gave him a lesson on how to use a camera and he didn't do too bad for a 3 year old. We were at Johnny Carino's with some friends and that is who he took the pictures of. He took all of them completely by himself.

Girl's Day Out

Yesterday some good friends of mine from here in Colorado took me out for a girl's day. We went and got pedicures and then they suprised me with a going away party and baby shower. It was really nice and I was pleasantly suprised. I don't have pictures of the party yet, but you can check us out getting our toes done and what they looked like afterwards.

John's new car

After much discussion and looking at long term costs, we decided it would be best to get John a new car. The Malibu was on its last legs. Plus we didn't know if it would even make it to Georgia in one piece. So, yesterday John went down to the car dealer and looked at what we could afford. He came home with a 2007 KIA Rio. He is very happy. It is not what he really wanted, but it's what we can afford and it's brand new. Although it has no power locks or windows, so he will more than likely lock himself out. (He tends to do this a lot.) plus it gets 40mpg, which will come in handy since our new church members live so far from the actual church. John can save gas while visiting them.
We showed it to Xavier this morning. He was very impressed. He told Daddy it looked like a race car. He quickly climbed in and checked everything out. He likes the red in the seats and that the seats in the back fold down to show the trunk. The spoiler on the back was pretty cool too. He said he can't wait to ride in it with Daddy.

He comes from good genes. :)

So, a few weeks ago, Xavier and his teacher Miss Jeanne came looking for me in my classroom. Xavier had done some challenging work and wanted to show me. I was so happy when I saw that he had done the USA puzzle map. For those of you who have no idea what I am talking about, it is a wooden puzzle cut into the shapes of the 50 states. The child is to remove the states one by one and place them onto a control map on the other side of their rug, so that every piece fits. Kinda like putting the puzzle together outside the box. Then they have to put it back into the try so every piece fits inside the tray. We have one for almost every continent in Montessori (except Antarctica). Anyway, he did it by himself. Miss Jeanne said he needed help with the smaller states such as Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. I was so proud of him. I have 5 yr olds in my class who get 1/2 through and give up. He can also tell you on any USA map where Georgia, Colorado, Texas, Florida, and California are located. Right now we are working on Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Alabama.