Barack Obama, Revolutionary

A conversation we had in our car on the way to the Mariners Game last night.

Olivia: “Do you know how many strips are on the American Flag?”

Mom: “13”

Olivia: “Do you know how many stars are on the flag?”

Mom: “How many?

Olivia: “55." Ok, she isn't perfect. Yet.

Olivia: "Do you know who made the flag?”

Dad: “Who”

Olivia: “Betsy Ross. George Washington asked her to make the flag. Her husband died. We wanted freedom from the King of England. They were fighting to see who could have the United States. Somebody died in the war and he was very, very sad when he died. Barack Obama fought in the war. "

Updates from the Connor House

1. Teeth, Teeth, Teeth

We have been waiting for weeks for those eye teeth to finally break through and we are almost there!! Hopefully great sleep is in our future. Today tooth number 7 made its appearance!!

All of this waiting for teeth and we should have been looking in Olivia's mouth. While brushing her teeth recently we discovered that she now has her 6 year molars on the bottom.2. Homework

Olivia had her first homework assignment. Yes even in kindergarten they have homework. She had to answer 5 questions.

1. Color of Eyes: Green
2. Color of Hair: Red
3. Age/Birthday: 5 August
4. Favorite Color: Pink
5. Favorite Food: Swedish Pancakes

3. Pizza

Pizza is good!! Wouldn't you agree? Next stop, the bath tub.

4. Good Bye Dial Up

Ok I can admit it. Dial up is all that we have ever had. So we could not send attachments and forget sending anyone a picture. Opening 2 websites at the same time was nearly impossible. Some websites were to big to even open. Did I mention that it was free? We have finally made the move to DSL and now as I sit on my couch writing my first post from home I am asking myself "How did I ever get along without DSL?" There is no turning back now!

Kindergarten - Day 3

Something very bad that happened today!
By Olivia

At the end of the day today Ms. Hink lined almost everyone up to go home except for Jordana and I. When she lines us up she calls our name to get in line but she did not call our names. Then she started to walk away with the rest of the class and Jordana and I were not in line. We didn't know what to do. I was a little scared and cried a little but then I decided to come up with a plan. I thought it up and then I told Jordana that we should go and find an adult to help us. We got our backpacks and pushed in our chairs even though no one else in the class did and we left the class. We found Mr. Miller and told him what had happened to us. And that was the only story that I have today.

So the moral of the story is that your kids really do listen to you when you tell them to find an adult and that they will help you. All the time that you take to prepare them in case something happens can really pay off and they are in fact listening to you even when it seems like they might not be! Olivia was so excited to have a story to tell us. She must have told us 10 times last night.

And now for your viewing enjoyment:

The pledge of Allegiance

The First Day

In just 5 short years Olivia has grown from this tiny little baby into a kindergartner!

Tuesday was the first day of Kindergarten for Olivia. We had a nice turkey dinner on Monday night. Olivia picked this dinner after discovering that you can have turkey dinner on days other than Thanksgiving. We picked out her clothes the night before and packed her lunch. Tuesday morning she got up early and even dressed herself before coming upstairs. Olivia is not a morning person so this is very unlike her. Finally it was time to head to school. As we walked down the sidewalk she shouted "I am so excited".

The kids lined up outside the classroom and the parents were invited to stay for the first 45 minutes and then they had to leave. She is the youngest kid in her class and I was a little worried about her but she had a great first day.

The highlights of the first day of kindergarten included a tour of the music room and the library. All of the boys got to go in the girls bathroom and check it out and the girls got to go into the boys bathroom to check it out. Apparently the boys bathroom already stinks! She was very excited to discover that "at lunch time they even let you have chocolate milk". We did have a talk last night about how chocolate milk is a treat and that you can't have it everyday.

After spending 45 minutes in the classroom yesterday with 22 kids I have to say THANK YOU to everyone out there who is a teacher. I know that there is absolutely no way that I could spend a day in the room with all of those kids doing what you do!

Almost a blue ribbon

Ganik won a green ribbon at the Evergreen State Fair on Sunday. He spent the day with our neighbor competing in the showmanship category. Apparently Ganik was very well behaved.

WE ARE SO PROUD OF GANIK!!

The green ribbon is a merit award so we are guessing that all participants must win a green ribbon at the end of the day. Sadly we were not there to watch Ganik win his ribbon. Maybe next year we will be sitting in the stands cheering him on to a blue ribbon!