See You Later, Alligator

Jeremy left on another trip the beginning of October. It was a quick trip. He had a one day balloon build in Wyoming, but he missed a few things while traveling and building.

There was the Grand Lunch at the elementary school. It is supposed to be like a grandparents sort of lunch but not everybody has grandparents near enough so the elementary school invites anyone "grand" in your life to come. I think that's sweet.

I noticed a while back that when Lucky brings a lunch from home, he writes part of "The Jabberwocky" on the outside of his lunch bag. He went through the whole poem and finished it the day of the Grand Lunch. 

Since I want to be like my kids, I thought I'd join in and wrote part of a poem (from my elementary school days) on my lunch bag that day. Tee Hee.

(I did miss celebrating Shel Silverstein's Birthday on September 25 due to being sick.) 

When it was time for Jet's lunch, I came over to join him and he got so excited to see me there, he was giggling. Awwww. I like that reaction. It makes me feel good when my children want to see and be with me. He asked if Daddy was there but I had to remind him that Daddy was on his trip.

That evening was Lucky's parent teacher conference with his teacher. Jeremy joined in on speakerphone as he was not physically able to be with us.

October 1 was Fire Pup Day so Lucky helped me make squid pups which we had with hot sauce.

When Jeremy got back from his trip, he made it home before the kids went to school, so he went when Jet asked him to take him to school. 

After school, Jeremy was busy getting ready for another trip, so when Jet came out of school, the first thing he did when he gave me a big hug, because that's our ritual after school, was ask, "Where is my Dad?" What a sweetie. He wants both parents.

That night I made curry because... comfort food. I wanted something welcoming for Jeremy. We had homemade sourdough on the side because... I'm learning.

Daughters Day

September 25 was National Daughters Day.

I love my daughter. I love her talents, her creativity, her similar hobbies (birding is great with this girl), her kindness, her intelligence, her gospel discussions with us. I love her in our family. I love her in so many ways I can't list them all.

It was also Shel Silverstein's birthday so I made sure to wear my bow earrings.

Shel Silverstein's Birthday... with Friends

September 25th is Shel Silverstein's Birthday.  Shel Silverstein wrote the book, The Giving Tree.  In it, a tree does things for a boy throughout his life.  One of the things is giving the boy apples. 
We got together with friends for dinner.  We had apples in our jello salad and apples dipped in caramel for dessert.  Yummm.

It was fun to get together with these friends.  I love how easily our kids play together- it's that instant friend thing.

And now that this quick blog post about how we celebrated Shel Silverstein's birthday is over, I'm going to read The Giving Tree to my kids before bed.