What Else is Happening?

I'm disappointed that Amy has stopped blogging.  She is a much better writer than I, but it does take a lot of time so I understand.  I will try to do my little bit to record some of what is going on with the rest of my family. 

Amelia started first grade at her new school.  She is doing great.  She started first grade reading and has already advanced to reading "chapter books".  This is a picture of her on the first day of school.

Her teacher asked if they wanted her to have more challenging spelling words so she went from a test containing words like "pat" and "the" to a test containing words like "science", "alphabet", "environment" and "attract".  She is doing great.

She and her mom dressed alike for their first spirit day at school.

And they have already been to two musicals, "The Little Mermaid" and "Mary Poppins".  Amelia said her favorite song is "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious".

And she enjoys attending the high school football games with her mom.  She told me that she got "Wolfie's" autograph.

She came down with her dad this weekend and spent the night with us Friday night.  She brought Bubba his birthday presents and some Publix cupcakes to help him celebrate.  While she was here for this short visit, we got out the play-doh and made cupcakes and monsters that needed haircuts.

She spent Saturday with Darryl's family and came by this morning to tell us good bye.  When she hugged Bubba she said, "I'm so glad you turned 71 last week!"

Amy and Darryl are in the midst of a house hunt.  They are ready to get out of the apartment, but Amy says house hunting is not as much fun as it looks like on tv.  Their goal is to move over the week she has off for Thanksgiving.  Let's hope they find something soon.