Week in Review

 Our exciting news of the week was we bought a new car! We traded in our Hyundai Veracruz, which we owned for five years, and bought a five-year-old Mazda CX-9 with fewer than 40,000 miles.

It's a lovely car, with light tan leather interior, a sunroom and a third row option for when we have extra friends with us. Our Veracruz had reached the point where we weren't sure of its reliability, so the time had come. Welcome to the family, Mazda!

 The school's Volunteer Tea was this week, and along with eating yummy food, we got to find our portraits by our children. Violet's cracked me up.

I loved Cora's too; I look like a superhero!

 On Thursday, Violet's class had an artful afternoon, and parents were invited to help. The second graders made Whingdingdillys, a fun animal character from a children's book.

Violet had fun creating silly characters, too. She loves laughing, and making other people laugh.

Here's her feathery creation, with a panda-like head. The curriculum has changed since Cora was in second grade. When she had Dr. Porter, the Whingdingdilly project was a big at-home event, and Cora spent hours on her creation.


Violet also had her 8-year well check Thursday, and Dr. Brockett was so pleased that she's grown 3 inches since her 7-year appointment. That growth hormone treatment is working! She's back on the growth charts, around the 3rd percentile for height at 46 inches. She's also reached the 50-pound marker, putting her in the 25th percentile for weight.