Just to bring everyone up to speed. Kaleb and Dante got their report cards a week or so back. They are both doing really well. Dante is being grouped with a boy from the 1st grade to study. They do a lot of reading and math together. Dante is reading at a second grade level even though he is still in kindergarten.
Kaleb and Dante felt that our virtual cat Cocoa was lonely so this morning we adopted a virtual dog. She is a German shepherd name Barker. (Kaleb came up with the name) I'm not going to add her to the blog because our load time is already suffering. You can meet her at foopets.com
Several weeks ago I brought home a ferret. He is so cute. Kaleb and Dante love him. They think it's funny when he hops about. I named him Garrett. (Laugh if you want.....I didn't intentionally name him Garrett the Ferret.) Here is a picture of him.
Dante is finally getting one of his two front teeth. He lost them before Christmas. We weren't sure he was ever getting them back.
Kaleb and Grandpa played several games of chess today. Kaleb is getting pretty good. Dante even tried a game, but when he started loosing he tried to distract grandpa so he could switch the board around. When that didn't work he quit. It was pretty comical.
Kaleb and I are re watching the "Lord of the Ring" movies. Today we watched the battle of Helms Deep. It's nice that he and I have found something we love so much. We curl up on the couch under many blanket and watch for hours. Dante isn't that interested in "Lord of the Rings" so he plays on Kidzui instead.
Here are a couple Dante-isms from this last week. First off, both kids have water bottles that are label with permanent marker. The other day Kaleb said "My names washing off." With out missing a beat Dante replied. "Hi, washing off". Everyone laughed except Kaleb.......I think he was a little disappointed because it was a funny joke but he didn't think of it. Later Dante picked up a Star Wars cup and said. "Mom, I want a toy Yoda." My mom did a double take because what she had heard was......"Mom, I want a Toyota." We couldn't stop laughing when she told us what she had heard.
Today was the primary activity at church. Both boys had a blast. They were in such good moods the whole time. While they had fun, Kevin Levasseur and I rearranged the thumb tacks on the ward bulletin board by color and stuck them in a straight line. Then we talked a really long time about how we pretend we're OCD in public to mess with peoples heads.
This has been a busy month for me already. Whilst being immobilized on the couch with the flu I gave Sudoku a try and discovered that not only am I addicted to it but I'm also pretty good at it. I'm also Studying for the ACE Exam for Photoshop. (Adobe Certified Expert) I'm planning on taking the test in either May or June. After passing I intend to start studying for the ACI Exam. When I pass I'll be an Adobe Certified Instructor in Photoshop. (You have to have either the ACE or ACP to be able to take the instructor test.) I'm really excited. Then on top of everything else (Prepping to go back to school, running my studio, being a full time single parent, working toward my ACE, rapidly loosing weight, running 5 blogs, my marketing business and much more) I'm studying Biology. I've been watching Intro to Biology Lectures from MIT. It's all very interesting. I've already learned a lot about prokaryotes, eukaryotes and transgenics. I even read an interesting article about how they are engineering rice with beta carotene in it to counter the health problems in third world countries whose main staple is rice. Although rice is healthy it doesn't contain beta carotene which the body turn into vitamin A. Some of the side effects of vitamin A deficiency include diminished ability to fight infection and blindness. Hundred of malnourished children in the world go blind each year from a deficiency of vitamin A. It's interesting because the engineered rice is orange due to the beta carotene.
Anyway................Sorry I kinda got carried away. One last note before I'm done. On the right you can see our book shelf. Before February vacation we read the book "Hoot". When we were done we watched the movie. We were very disappointed in the movie. The book was excellent. The movie.....well, it stunk. They left out a bunch of parts and the parts they kept were watered down. It was very sad. Tomorrow we're starting a new book. I'm still a bit horse, but I think I'm able to read again. Stay tuned to find out what we're going to read next.
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