No Cheating

I usually help w/ parties in D's classroom, but last week, he decided it was Daddy's turn to come to school. So, Daddy read a book to the kids & did a memory matching game. An especially bright little girl remembered where everything was & kept pointing to the matches when it was others' turns. One little boy finally spoke up, "We call that CHEATING". D's Daddy (always the diplomat) said, "or it could be called helping, but would you like to make a rule about that?" "Ok" the tike responded, "No...uh, helping."

Amusingly, on that child's next turn, he couldn't remember where the match was and said, "I want help." We've all made decisions we regret, kid. Better to learn that lesson in kindergarten than before running for public office. It made my husband smile. He had such a great time. When it was finished, he decided to make a rule too: we trade off school parties. I might say I'm "helping" at my son's school, but he would call that "cheating & hogging all the fun."

Fancy Nancy Valentine Party

Miss H had a party today with 9 other friends It was crazy, but fun. The theme was "Fancy Nancy", the adorable character from the children's book series who loves to be fancy. This was quite the stretch for me b/c I am such a minimalist usually.

My mom helped me make fancy cupcakes when she was visiting. We love it when they come!



Here's a bonus shot of the baby. He is 4 months old now, growing fast, & is endless fun! We call his little dragonfly his "hug bug".

Happy Valentine's Day!

PS- Our big news for the month is that we are going to visit my brother who lives in England. He's lived in Europe since we were in law school, but we haven't had the money to visit there until now (and not a moment too soon- he's moving back to the states at the end of next month). So, cheerio!