Our Saturday Literary Adventure!

So while South Bend has grown on me quite a bit, I'll be honest - it's not exactly my dream city! I did not dream of moving to a little town in Indiana when I grew up. However, I'll say this for South Bend: we have a seriously awesome library. Actually, it's a whole chain of libraries. This weekend was the annual Open Book Festival. We got to meet and get autographs from many of Leah's favorite literary characters, including: Llama Llama, Curious George, Clifford, Wild Thing, and Otto. We also watched a puppet show (Rumplestiltskin), and saw a juggling story teller. Fun times! I was especially excited that Leah became brave when we met Wild Thing (my favorite) - she originally told us, "I am NOT taking a picture with THAT guy!"

Yes, I did wear my MSU hat around SB today!

Go Green!

Comments

Grandma Dainty said…

Looks like such family fun! Love all the pictures! Yes, I do just wait for blog updates!! Ha!

September 15, 2012 at 2:01 PM

Jessica and Greg said…

So super cute. Can't wait to see those pumpkins again. Oh and the parents too....

September 15, 2012 at 8:35 PM

Aaaaaaaattttttt Llllaaaaassstt....

Greetings friends, Thanks to all your prayers and support over these last months, my job search is finally over. It ended where it began, in the principal's office at Marian High School, a Catholic high school in Mishawaka, IN, about 5 minutes from our house. I will be teaching 11th and 12th grade English-- 4 sections of honors Junior composition, and 1 Senior world literature course. Both Nicole and I are very excited about this opportunity, as we will now be on the same schedules with breaks and will, of course, have the summers off to travel and visit all of you, our family and friends. I am observing the teacher who is resigning over the next week, and I will begin on my own Monday, November 3, just in time for Nikki to go into labor, necessitating my finding a sub for a week or so?! Oh well, what can you do? Thanks again to all of you who have prayed earnestly that this challenging time would pass. We are truly blessed by all of you.

Persuasive Essays

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Sledding At Last

For Christmas this year Leah got a new sled - her first sled actually. The only problem is we have had an unusually "green" winter for this part of the country. The other weekend we went to visit our friends, Greg and Emily, in Ohio and were dumped on with snow. It made the drive a bit slow, but the sledding was great! Leah's first trip down the steep hill got her a face full of snow. And her dad may or may not have landed on her a bit... So then she opted for what she refers to as "bum sledding." While the grown boys continued to enjoy the sleds and had races. Fortunately, there was a smaller hill, and Leah gave Dad a second chance. She's a brave little soul. And worked her way up to sledding all by herself! Here's a video of Leah's sledding technique. And here she is going solo...

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