Week in Review

Stace was able to take the MG out early Sunday morning for a long canyon ride.

Ain't it purty?  It's nice for him to have it up and running, and he's looking forward to the cooler days of autumn when he can take it to work more often. (No air conditioning can be rough here in the summer!)

After our morning walk, Violet and I tidied out the garage so we could put my car in, out of the heat wave we're experiencing.

Violet decided that SHE was going to sweep out the leaves and bits of who knows what. I was so proud of her, since she isn't usually the first girl eager to work hard like this. She was proud of herself, too (though she wanted to photo to just be of the work itself, not herself).












On Monday evening, we went to Lazy Dog so Melanie could be our server there for the last time. She has a new job at a restaurant in Pasadena, much closer to her home in Glendale.
This week she worked her final shifts at her restaurant of the last two-plus years. We'll miss seeing her here!

Violet's homework this week was to create a Book Box, so she has a spot to collect all the books she makes in class. She took it to school Thursday, and then it came back home so we can reread her books at home. It also was "Green Day" at school.

Violet is still loving kindergarten, especially the social aspect. Ahem. She has received numerous official warnings about talking too much, or on one occasion, making a distracting noise. But, she is quick to reassure us, she hasn't lost her penny yet!

Not that we expected Violet to be just like Cora in school, but Cora probably had just a few warnings her entire kindergarten year - she was the kid "shushing" everyone around her when they were talking out of turn.

Mrs. Hawthorne assured me that Violet is fine, and I don't need to worry about her behavior in class, warnings aside.


On Thursday evening, Stace and I went to "Back to School Night," where we got to meet the girls' teachers and hear what they will be doing this year.

We knew what to expect in kindergarten, especially with Violet having the same teacher Cora had. But third grade - whoa! It is much more intense than second grade. Cora will be learning how to write in cursive, how to multiply, how to make Power Point presentations, how to write and present book reports, and how to type.

This page about her family was up on the wall. Cora wrote, "Mom, my mom loves me and I love her. She enjoys going to the ice-rink with me. I love her. Dad, we work on cars and play soccer together. We like brekfast at Carles Jr. Violet, we fight and argue but as a sister... I will always love HER!"

We all love you, too, Cora!

Here is poor Sebastian.
He and Spencer got out Monday night, and they didn't come in when we went to bed. This has happened a couple of times before, and it's always nerve-wracking.

Stace and I awoke to the sound of a cat fight, and once again, it was the evil black-and-white long-haired cat from the next block. He likes to come harass our cats in our yard. Stace broke up the fight and scared off Evil Cat.

A few days later, Cora noticed that Seb was hurt, and sure enough, he had two bite marks, one by his ear and one under his chin. We went to the vet, and the wound under his chin was infected. The vet shaved and cleaned the wounds, and gave him a shot of antibiotics. Now, I hate that Evil Cat $135 more.

Thankfully, he is healing well now.