>Bee and frankie wanted to dress up as “princesses” this afternoon, and so they put on their dresses and pretended that straws were magic wands. Bee asked me when the prince was going to come, and I said that daddy would be home from work in about an hour. She said, but mommy he is YOUR prince, what about mine?? Im not sure how I feel about her needing a prince at her tender age but it really made me happy she knew scott was mine!
>Koompa still has it! We went for a walk last night, and she saw a cat, and she took off. I almost dislocated my shoulder and both hips. It was hard to get upset with her. It just thrills me to see how much she loves life and to see her move her centurian bones so quickly and with such strength! I wanna be just like koompa when Im 100!
>So Friday was a little crazy for all us – we actually had a tornado! It didnt touch down near our house, but it did near my friend’s apartment building, and she had two pine trees completely uprooted, and they crashed into her apartment building and took off part of the roof.
Anyhow, I was returning home from DC on friday and we landed just before the storm started. Just as I got home, the tornado alarms went off. So, I ran inside grabbed my car keys and sped off to my kids school (which is 3 blocks away). I got there and everyone was in the basement. so I went down there, and they told us that city hall called and said the tornado was over the post office (about a half mile away from the school). I dont think the tornado actually touched done, but we had a branch down in our back yard!
So, are you wondering about the branch and what we did about it? Well, superman came and helped us!!!
>Bee started pre-kindergarten yesterday (they call it k-club here)! We’re so proud of her – being all grown up and such. Today we went to the playground before school and we were only on the swings for about 15 minutes when she says “OK frankie we’re done, time to go to school!”. She jumped off of the swing and ran to the school door. I hope she keeps the enthusiam up for school say, for the next 15 years…. Frankie just loves her big sister and wants to be just like her. She ran into the k-club classroom today screaming “Lets Rock and Roll!” because wants to be a k-clubber too! It was hilarious! So, Bee, being ever so wonderful a big sister, takes frankie’s hand and says “Frankie you are just a toddler now, but soon you will be in preschool!” awwwwww, I wasnt sure whether to laugh or cry. It was so sweet! Then we walked together down to Frankie’s classroom, and while i was getting a spoon a bib for frankie, Bee was opening Frankie’s lunch box, getting out her yogurt and spreading a napkin on the table for her so that she would have a placement. That’s my k-clubber!!
>Frankie wanted to put on a talent show! So, she pulled her chair in front on the TV cabinet, sat down and sang songs. We got a few on camera. Her last song was her rendition of wheels on the bus a la Darth Vader. Too bad our camera ran out of memory before the song was over! Bee also sang during Part 2 of the talent show. She is quite expressive in her song!!
>I will try to post more than, oh twice a month… for those of you waiting with baited breath, or how ever that saying goes… Frankie’s pizza at the dollop of sauce in the middle, bee’s all cheese, and mine was the one with basil. YUMMY!! tonight we are having pasta with sauce made from the garden. I have about a million and one tomatoes, so I made a big vat of sauce last night. pictures to follow!
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we made pizzas for supper…. Im posting a bunch of pics detailing the process… but at the end you will see three pizzas. can you guess which family member made which? Oh yes, and lets not forget the roasted asparagus we ate with the pizza!
>frankie’s gymnastics…tell me if this works!
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Grow Frankie Grow!
And not to be outdone…. Go Bee!
>Here is how frankie spent the morning. She must have done the dive onto the couch from the toybox about 100 times. OK pardon the mess that is our side room or “parlor” as Bee likes to say!