The Kassel Family Project Life 365

Tonight the kids discovered bubble wrap!  I foresee fighting for the chance to pop bubble wrap in the future.  Don’t worry…I promise not to hurt them when I have to fight for my chance to pop the bubble wrap.  I’ll just play the Mom card and take it away.  😉

Ridgeway Elementary had their open house this evening.  Our big First Grader was so excited to go and see her friends again!  Mrs. Hanney, Laura’s classroom teacher, and her gym teacher both commented on all her missing teeth.  After Laura and John sorted school supplies into the appropriate piles, we headed outside for the popsicle party and time on the playground.  It was great to see everyone and Laura said that she can’t wait until school starts on Thursday.  She’s very excited to be one of the “big kids” in her classroom.

On a funny side note, we talked to the mom of one of the girls who came to Laura’s sleepover party.  Her daughter came home from Laura’s party and said, “Mom!  I want to have a sleepover party when I turn 7.  I’m not sure I can wait though.  Can we just have one now?”  Amy said, “Hannah, did you have a good time at Laura’s party?”  Hannah yelled, “YES!”  Amy said to us last night, “Thanks for ruining the simple 1 1/2 hour birthday party for everyone!”  Then, Amy cracked a big smile and we all got a good laugh.  At least I know Laura’s birthday was a great one!

Yes, that is a “72.0” in the lower lefthand corner of Andy’s weather station.  No, that is *not* the inside temperature.  It’s the outside temperature!  After many, many days of 100+ degree weather, I was actually cold when I stepped outside for a minute today.  It made the fact that I was home all day running a fever a bit easier to take…  Weather predictions for this coming weekend are in the upper 70s.  I can hardly believe it!

Andy was hard at work today on the new flooring in the little area outside the downstairs bedrooms/bathroom.  It’s going to look fantastic when it’s done!  This particular area is challenging because it has so many angles, but Andy is doing a great job with it all.  We need to purchase transition strips for the carpet to new flooring, but we will buy those after the flooring is down.  Just from today, I’m very excited to see the finished product.  On a side note, John commented that the new flooring is “comfy.”  Yeah, so, I’m not sure I agree with that, but it does look great.  🙂

And another tooth bites the dust today!  She’s looking pretty toothless now…  It should make for an interesting school picture.  🙂

John learned to buckle his own seatbelt.  It’s a reminder of another thing that we no longer have to do for our kids.  Our friend, Melinda Adams, once told us, “I call those little bits of freedom.”