Someone came out of her room with her shoes tied today. I was super surprised because we have not been working on it.

And because she told me she outgrew her other shoes. Quit growing Peanut!

Kinder-garden Graduation!

Sweet Jesus, I am behind!  Here are the photos from Peanut's kinder-garden celebration.  I can't remember all of the details, but the whole program was really cute.   The little girls were flowers and the boys were weeds.

In all, she had a good year.  She learned a lot about school stuff, but also grew as a person.  She is amazing to me because she really has a better understanding of human relationships than a lot of grown ups I know.  This year was tough.  There were a lot of kids at different levels in her class.  We did a lot of talking about why some people were the way they were.

Bath

Remember a lot time ago when we went to England I never finished posting all of our pictures?  Well, here are some more of the pictures.  I, of course, completely forget what they all are.  

Bath was interesting because it has pretty unique architecture.  The thing that is neat about England is that it grew up without a car.  That means you can drive a relativity short way and experience something that is very different than where you previously were.

These were some of the Roman Ruins that were uncovered.  It is funny to see how the two civilizations come together here.  There are aqueducts and things that dot the countryside around here.  These springs were discovered and the buildings covered up under some streets.

Madison

We took a short family break to head up to Madison to get Mr. T's brother and Sister in Law.  We also had the privilege of meeting the newest member of the family.  

We had a bit of car trouble prior to leaving on our 'great northern expedition'.  Our van ended up in the shop so we rented a Expedition to haul all seven of us back to Arkansas.  I quickly realized how wonderful and spacious my mini van is compared to a truck.

Meet my darling niece, who likely looks nothing like this now because it was taken 3 months ago.

Oh, she makes my ovaries hurt.  I love babies, and she is the perfect kind of baby.  She is sharp and fun and tastes delicious!

Anyway... so we went to Madison because my SIL had a conference there.  We had never been to Madison, so we were more than happy to drive up and get them.  We were lucky enough to be there prior to the recall vote of their governor, so we were extra lucky because the Badger state was in full political assault!.  

We cruised around a few museums.  BabyP LOVES museums. All types of museums.  I mentioned going to the art museum and he looked and me said, "Museum?  I am your guy!" and pointed to himself.  

Peanut said the funniest thing in the history museum.  There was an exhibit on trading between the Indians and the white people.  We talked about what the white people wanted to get from the Indians.  When I asked Peanut what she thought the Indian's would want she said, "uhhh their land back?"  LOL  I about fell over.  She wasn't trying to be funny, which is the super cool thing about her.  She is ever so practical!

We saw a car show and a CRAZY COOL farmer's market.  

We also had a lot of cheese.  We did a bit of a detox when we got back Arkansas.  We aren't big cheese people, but those people in Madison and really put it away!

Swimming!

We started swimming lessons again this week.  My goal this summer was to have Young Master Peanut (BabyP) able to get to the edge of the pool.  My ultimate goal, of course, is to sit on the side of the pool and read a book while the kids frolic in the pool and eventually solve world hunger.

So, I am one step closer to that goal.  Yay!  BabyP is a swimmer, and that boy is taking the pool by storm.  HE LOVES TO SWIM.  He goes crazy swimming to me and the wall.  The wall and then me again.

Here is a video of him on maybe the third time he did some swimming.



I am so proud of him.  I knew he had it in him.  We just had to get him to get his bum up to straighten himself out.  He is still worried about the water, which is good, but he is able to get himself to the side, should he fall in.

YAY!