Lilah's 1st birthday Luau

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Happy Anniversary, Mr. P.

A selection of responses to the journal-write from yesterday, May 3rd, to the question,"Why is it a good thing that Mr. P. married Camille?":


"Umm, that's an interesting question. Well, she's not a hobo for one thing."

"So thay cod (could) have fun together. and play and go with her family to haiy (Hawaii) and go to Desneyland and all that stuf. and be happy. Maybe Mr. P. gave her a presint and she liked it she loved it and she hoged hem so hard and sid thank you P you are a great fother."

"Because she brings things to Mr. P. when he forgets. She helps with class parties. She has a good aditude."

"Well...Camilla and Mr. P. will be parents. and woun't have Rebca. and she wouldn't train Mr. P. how to be fun. also Mr. P. would be single.I think Camilla is nice because when she comes to bring stuff that Mr. P. forgot she brings Rabeca and she makes Mr. P's class laugh. I also think camilla is loving because Mr. P. is talking about her all the time and how she is the perfect wife."

"i'm
glad
that Mr. P
mared camel
because he
deserved a nice
and loving girl
wich is good because
camel is nice and loving.
She reads the storeys
with Mr. P." (written on the edge of a paper airplane)

"Mr. P loves his kids. Cameil loves her kids. Maybe Cameil isn't nice because she might get really mad at Becca and blame it on Mr. P."


One could really get a big head from all this praise. The fact that I brought in the X-Box on Friday that Mr. P. had forgotten seems to have really helped my image. I do wonder what gets said about me in that classroom, though. I mean, how did they know I'm not a hobo?

Seven great years married to a celebrity. Mr. P, you're the love of my life.

Meet Tiana and Belle

Exchange students visiting us from a certain 4th grade classroom down the road, to help Beck with a recent bug phobia. We've read the Very Hungry Caterpillar, and are eagerly awaiting the chrysalis phase. They started out as tiny little black things, maybe a centimeter long, and have gotten fat and sassy on the thistle plant we dug up (not ice cream and salami), so Michael thinks it'll be any day now...


and yes, those are little caterpillar poops all over. That wasn't in the book.

I swear, I do feed her

Who needs expensive pedicures with a little sister around? Although I'm pretty sure I never enjoyed this luxury from Esther. Gypped.

Happy Birthday Grandpa

We Miss You!

Out of the mouths of 4th graders

Recently, Michael gave his kids an assignment. They calculated what they were spending on their daily milk carton for lunch, and compared it to what the average gallon of milk costs from the store. They then wrote letters to the principal expressing their concern over this price inflation. It's a compelling argument:
(I've left some spelling/grammar intact, but corrected some for the sake of readability)

"Dear Mr. V______,
This is B____. I am elerget to milk, and in Mr P's class we're doing some work on gallons, qorts, pints and cups. We're paying 30c for our milk and orange juice. The freaken aconamy is already bad enuf. What about us who are going to be rich and famos ya no?"

"Now, one intelligent person in this very fine classroom of Mr. P (also very good looking), took the time to notice our milk is half a pint. That's ONE CUP! I mean, they try to trick us by saying it's half a pint. But we're on to you V___. There's a storm comin, there's a storm comin. And unless you do something about it, you're goin down."

"I think chocolate milk is old. Let's have at least strawberry milk. And you can get 1 gallon for 2.00 at Smith's."

"If you do not lower the price, there will a perent or two who will call. I mean 30. Nobody can pay!"

"We wold like to get milk back. Everybody loves it. Because it is a very good milk and plus it halps are musols and the milk is so dlishis."

"This is going to get nasty if you don't lower the milk prices. I mean 30 cents come on how do you expect us to pay 30 cents for a cup cup I mean a cup of milk. Don't lie we are on you like a parona on a bird."

"You are mucking us pay $500000 for milk. The end. You have 5 minutes."

"From the concerned girl, Anomonos"


Watch out, all senators, representatives, and presidential hopefuls. There's a new special interest group in town.

How the Padekens do Halloween

We loved this recipe for pumpkin seeds, but of course I burned them a bit.