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fleaWe ate peas last night. All of my homegrown peas are eaten out of the shell within an hour of being picked, which I suppose is not a bad way to go. Frozen peas are fine for cooking, so why not eat the good ones fresh?
I have 2 roses, soon to be three, in bloom, and the clematis has at least one big bud. Landlady's peonies are blooming.
Casper has become obsessed with mosquitoes, which she calls "busquitoes," partly because mr. flea encourages celerity entering the house after exiting the car by suggesting if she lingers the busquitoes will bite her (and it will itch!)
She has also finally given a real name to one of her stuffed animals. This week's constant companions are Funky Bear (really named by me, as Bunky), Purple Bear, and the former Pink Bear/Baby Bear, now known as "Bosito." This is a corruption of "Osito" from a book we have of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, except set in the Latino community, so the girl has long black braids and the littlest bear is Osito.
We got school pictures; what a racket, but the grandparents will love it.
We've also been offered the chance to transition up to a 2/3 mixed classroom, 18 kids and 3 teachers (now she is in all 2s, with 12 kids and 2 teachers). Have to tell them by Friday, though it won't happen until June. I think we'll probably do it; we were expecting a transition this summer anyway, and this timing will mean the transition should be well finished by the time the armadillo is born (and we want to avoid multiple simultaneous disruptions in Casper's life). My concerns are 1) change is hard, 2) bigger class, 3) different teachers, 4)she has friends now. But I think a lot of her current classmates will make the transition (there are several with clumped birthdays in late summer/early fall) and this is the class that Olivia and Delancey went to last month, so she'll know them. Would like to meet the new teachers, though. I am told her current teachers are considered some of the best in the school.
I have 2 roses, soon to be three, in bloom, and the clematis has at least one big bud. Landlady's peonies are blooming.
Casper has become obsessed with mosquitoes, which she calls "busquitoes," partly because mr. flea encourages celerity entering the house after exiting the car by suggesting if she lingers the busquitoes will bite her (and it will itch!)
She has also finally given a real name to one of her stuffed animals. This week's constant companions are Funky Bear (really named by me, as Bunky), Purple Bear, and the former Pink Bear/Baby Bear, now known as "Bosito." This is a corruption of "Osito" from a book we have of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, except set in the Latino community, so the girl has long black braids and the littlest bear is Osito.
We got school pictures; what a racket, but the grandparents will love it.
We've also been offered the chance to transition up to a 2/3 mixed classroom, 18 kids and 3 teachers (now she is in all 2s, with 12 kids and 2 teachers). Have to tell them by Friday, though it won't happen until June. I think we'll probably do it; we were expecting a transition this summer anyway, and this timing will mean the transition should be well finished by the time the armadillo is born (and we want to avoid multiple simultaneous disruptions in Casper's life). My concerns are 1) change is hard, 2) bigger class, 3) different teachers, 4)she has friends now. But I think a lot of her current classmates will make the transition (there are several with clumped birthdays in late summer/early fall) and this is the class that Olivia and Delancey went to last month, so she'll know them. Would like to meet the new teachers, though. I am told her current teachers are considered some of the best in the school.