Homework

I came back from picking up Tricia from school today and found this.... It was so cute that I couldn't resist taking a picture. Camille and Krysta both were all set up and doing their homework. They were laughing as Camille read from her driver's handbook. Apparently there are rules of the road that are so obvious they are hilarious.
For several years there have been little hormonies at work making everything another sister did annoying. What fun to be able to enjoy each other again.
Also note their favorite homework spot. It's straight in from the front door--for any visitor to look at the clutter, and it also blocks access to my bedroom, the laundry room and the garage. I've suggested alternate locations--in the same room there is a table, with chairs and also a counter, with chairs. How about the bedroom or the family room? Nope. This is the best thinking spot in the house.

Five children--Five schools

As we began school on Monday I realized that each of my children are going to different schools this year. How many people, I wonder, can claim that? BYU-Idaho doesn't start for a couple more weeks but my plan is to add each daughter as I take their picture with their school. We'll see how it goes.......

Tricia-Elementary School

Tricia started 6th grade this week. She has a sweet teacher, Mrs Geiber who Krysta also had in 6th grade. For the last few years she has shared an aide with another girl who is a year older. The other girl loved having the aide handy and independent little Tricia didn't, I mean really didn't. This year with budget cuts and Savannah off to jr high, the school thought they'd try Tricia aide-less. It makes me worry a bit more but Tricia is happy about it.
She has started caring about how she looks and likes to decide on her hair-style and clothes for the day and finds accessories and hair do-dads to match. Her biggest disapointment was that her closest friend Diana is not in her class this year. Well maybe the biggest disappointment is that her grade isn't in the new addition of the school because it is so "clean and new and has cool lockers, just like high school".

Krysta-Jr High

Katrina-BYU-Idaho

Sisterhood of the traveling skirt

It lay folded neatly on the bottom of a stack of clothes in my laundry room. It looked so familiar. It is stretchy and forgiving and matches a multitude of colors--reds, browns, blacks, whites, off-whites. Several months ago Amy picked out this skirt. It was too big, and a little short. Alison hadn't gotten around to fixing it so gave it to Camille. Krysta talked me into altering it and giving it back to Amy. So I did, I picked off the waist band and elastic, snipped and sewed and then hemmed--I even changed the thread on my sewing machine AND serger. Then back to Amy it went. One fine August day I picked up Megan for EFY from the Soderquist's. She looked so cute wearing this skirt. Then we drove around the corner and picked up Savannah. One look at Megan and she said,"Hey, I've worn that skirt".
Katrina said it was in a pile of her things and figured it was Staci's so took it to the laundry room. Personally I think it is one of those magical traveling wardrove pieces that fits and looks great on everyone and provides a nice experience for the wearer. I don't know about any of the experiences this skirt has provided but I can vouch for one thing, this skirt has traveled and it didn't care if it went to Idaho or Provo but it was trying to sneak off to BYU.