Crayon Breaker

When it was time to clean up and leave the library, one of the kindergartens refused to stop coloring. When I took away his coloring sheet, he looked me in the eyes, held up his crayon, and snapped it in half. 

It kind of felt like the glove slap of a duel challenge. 

Nate's tshirt quilt

For the past few months I've been working on a t-shirt quilt for Nate. I used 20 squares from his tshirts (all backed with iron-on interfacing) and 4 of his dress shirts, plus some fabric he picked out. The back is a true patchwork quilt. I did all of the top-stitching by hand, first around each square and then by adding accent stitching around the designs on the shirts. 

This was one of the most enjoyable projects I've ever worked on, and I'm so proud of the result. It's so Nate. 

Lead Climbing

On Sunday Korra went to a different climbing gym to learn how to do lead climbing. That's where you clip your rope in as you climb. It's cool that she has the opportunity to learn such a cool skill and I'm so proud of how much she's grown in her confidence. 

Weak Coffee

I brewed an entire pot of coffee... but forgot to put in the coffee grounds. Good thing I'm not in a hurry this morning. 

Puss Caterpillar

The kids found a couple of these venomous caterpillars on the farm today.  Cute but potentially dangerous!

https://www.gpb.org/news/2022/09/07/despite-its-innocently-furry-appearance-the-puss-caterpillars-sting-brutal

I want that

I want this so bad

Used Bandaids

I don't know what's happening around this school, but I have picked up so many used bandaids in the library this week.  It's disgusting.  

Coffee by Myself

At my school, we are allowed one late day per week- a day when we can come in 45 minutes later than our usual time. Today I took my late day because I had a 7 AM dermatologist appointment, but I didn’t know how long it would take. The appointment only took 10 minutes so I decided to spend my remaining 30 minutes of time before I had to be at work at a café, enjoying a blueberry muffin and a latte and my book. It was a lovely start to my morning. 

Restful Long Weekend

 Over the long weekend, we went to the Dragon Con parade, went swimming with friends, and then had lots of quiet downtime.  I finished a 1000 piece puzzle while listening to an audiobook and took 3 naps.  It was exactly what I needed.

Tree Branch

A bad storm blew through last night and while we watched on our balcony, on the other side of our building a big branch fell, just missing the AC units, cars, and neighbor’s windows.  

Coloring Dad’s Tattoos

Korra got a set of temporary tattoo markers for her birthday. She’s been coloring Nate’s tattoos since she was little, but these have upper her game. 

"Reverse Scavenger Hunt"

We've had inside recess the last few days because of the extreme heat.  Two 5th grade girls came by and asked if they could do more of the library scavenger hunt that we did in class.  I said, "what if we do a reverse hunt? I'll give you a book and you show me where it should go."  They did this for 20 minutes and told me it was the best recess ever.  And all my books got shelved :)

Birthday Measurements

Today is my girl's 14th birthday.  

Since she was 2 years old, we've measured her every 6 months and every 6 months, she's consistently grown 1-1.5 inches.  Not this time though.  Since March, Korra's only grown half an inch.  Guess the pediatrician was right when she told us Korra was probably about her adult height.  She's currently just shy of 5 feet tall.