The Kassel Family Project Life 365

John and Melinda Adams stopped by today with some “classics” books and movies for the kids.  John thought that Laura could use the books for her “quiet time” reading at the beginning of her EEE sessions.  She was excited to see the new books and spent most of the rest of the afternoon looking through them.  Her favorite so far is The Legend of Sleepy Hallow & Rip Van Winkle.  She said she would have to think about which book to take on Thursday for EEE.  Now, on to my project which is finding a place to put the new books!

I love Skeeball.  I found this little gem of an app (called Roller Ball) for my phone and ended up putting it on my Kindle Fire too.  The kids saw it and love the game and then Andy had to get it too.  I can now play Skeeball pretty much any time I want!  Woo Hoo!

My “super, fantastic, fabulous” husband came home from work today with a box of Thin Mint Girl Scout cookies in his lunchbox.  He has had them in his desk drawer since last year.  Initially, I was quite excited at this little discovery and we immediately opened them to have a couple tasty Thin Mints.  Then, it hits me…

1. Who keeps Thin Mints for a year and doesn’t eat them?!?
2. I did *NOT* even know he bought any last year! The man was holding out on me!
3. He has another box of those wonderful, delicious cookies at his work!

He is *VERY* lucky that I have had a glass of wine….  😉

We went to Field School for a Chili Supper Fundraiser and Open House for the EEE program at Columbia Public Schools.  EEE, or Extended Educational Experiences, is the gifted program and Laura attends class at Field School every Thursday.  After eating a delicious dinner of chili and gumbo, Laura showed us her classroom.  Currently, the students are learning all about Australia.  We got to see a display about Australia and a picture of a sailboat that Laura made.  Also, we spoke to Mrs. Richardson, her teacher, and she told us that Laura is doing very well.  Laura is adjusting well to the classes and she seems to like being there very much.  It was all great to hear and it was nice to see the other part of Laura’s school life.

The Christmas decorations are all down and boxed up.  You can’t move through our office…  I *swear* there are more boxes each year!  Christmas decorations are like Gremlins.  They multiply when you aren’t looking.

Sundays, aside from being “laundry day,” are also “homework day.”  Laura has math homework every week and John has recently begun getting “homework” from his preschool.  Laura’s homework has to go back to school; John’s homework is to prepare him for Kindergarten.  It was really neat to watch the concentration from the kids as they worked through their homework.  I couldn’t resist the picture.