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For the most part, Melina is a pretty good talker. She is loud, has a good vocabulary, and most people can understand what she says. Of course, there is some amount of interpretation that must go on, as she leaves out important words, or references something unknown. Most of what she says is pretty funny (at least to us) so I thought I'd share a few items for those of you that don't see her every day. 1. I DON'T THINK THAT IS AN IDEA! This is in all caps, since she usually says it pretty loudly to her siblings. We are pretty sure she is telling them that it isn't a GOOD idea. 2. Amorrow, Mommy, I go to Peggy's house. On Monday. Today not Monday . Nothing funny there. She is telling the truth most of the time, if it isn't Monday. And she loves Peggy's house. 3. I wake up ah Midnight, Mommy . The ah here is her form of a preposition. I like to think that she already knows French, and therefore chooses to use à, which means to, at, or in . And again,

The kids seem to be enjoying school. They have been there for almost a month. They like the teachers, and they like their peers. However, this is the conversation we have been having every day: Me: How was school? Them: Good. Me: Did you learn anything? Them: No. Now, I can't really remember what I learned in 3rd grade, let alone kindergarten. But I do remember going home, having a snack and doing my homework, and turning in papers at least a couple of times a week. So I wonder if school is going to ramp up a bit, now that the teachers have had time to access their classes, or will things just stagnate? Up until this year, I have been relatively pleased with the kids' schools. Our school district is a good one, and is considered to be in the "Excellence with Distinction" Category. Who can complain about that?!? Now, I have said that Zoe has always had the more rigorous teacher, but all-in-all, I felt the girls were progressing. This year, our elementary sc

Aaron had his urology follow-up appointment this past Thursday. Aside from waiting to see the doctor for one hour, everything went fine. His circumcision is healing nicely, and the surgeon was glad to see that everything went well. In fact, one of the first things out of the surgeon's mouth was, "Does it look perfect?" My first thought, and one that I shared was, "To be honest, I thought he was perfect before." He didn't have much to say about that, but looked at me and smiled. However, the surgeon did do a nice job, and I told him so. *** Melina experienced Peggy's house this past Wednesday. When we arrived the kids were at the kitchen table, making banana muffins. I carefully placed Melina on one of Peggy's chairs, and gave her a quick smooch. She was nervous, but interested in making those muffins! When I went back to get her about 2 hours later, she was happily playing with Peggy and the kids in the basement. When she saw me, she finis

Zoe, Talia, and Aaron have started soccer this season. Aaron is playing with the local rec center, and Tim is the coach. I'll likely have pictures of that at a later date. The girls had their first game yesterday. They are playing with the group from our parish. They are the smallest girls on the team, but can keep up with the other kids in terms of running. They did a great job yesterday...the team didn't win, but the girls had fun, and both Zoe and Talia kicked the ball pretty well. We took a picture of their first game day, just for posterity sake. Go Stags!