Where's Jen?

I scanned a bunch of school picture to print and display in my classroom - here's the first installment on the blog!

Bohutchian Rhapsody

 

Hutch and I (Lee) flew to Texas over the weekend on a lovely whirlwind tour to attend my grandmother Nonie's 95th birthday. Hutch was, of course, very well behaved, very helpful, and a joy to travel with. He even put up with the 2 hour delay leaving Atlanta (1 hr in the terminal, 1 hr on the plane) with perfect patience. He was only a bit irritable when I told him that, unfortunately, we would not be getting a Mustang for a rental car (by my choosing, I loathe Mustangs in every iteration). But he turned out to be perfectly happy with the PT Cruiser we ended up with.

Upon our return home Sunday, I took a quick nap before having a fun Heads Up poker tournament here at the house with some friends. While we played, Hutch and Maggie were upstairs playing with Jen, and then took their baths. Upon exiting the bath, Jen turned on the local classic rock station on Hutch's radio, and at some point, "We Will Rock You" came on.....

It turns out that Hutch is the reincarnation of Freddie Mercury. He pranced, strutted, and posed all about the room, butt naked, while both he and Maggie tonelessly chanted this decades-old anthem of gay pride. I couldn't be prouder!!

BTW, I would attempt to put up video of it, but the last video I put up of Hutch doing his strip tease was flagged on YouTube as pornographic, so let the picture above just feed your imagination......er....scratch that.....

Rocket Launch Attire

 

Hutch and I went to the fabric store a couple days ago shopping for classroom curtain fabric. He spied some WALL*E fabric so I bought 1/2 yard not knowing what exactly we'd do with it. I found a remnant of iridescent pink for Maggie. What better to make than CAPES?? Obviously 1/2 yard is a little underambitious for a cape for a kid Hutch's size, but Maggie's worked out okay. They were proud to sport them when we launched a model rocket in the parking lot of my new school.

She's out

 

I had to bring the car seat in because Maggie threw up in it on the way to daycare one morning. I had to disassemble that sucker and wash all the pieces, etc. Reassembling should have been simple since it's only your child's life at stake if you get a belt incorrectly secured or not secured at all! However, the Britax Marathon system of belts is nothing short of a Mensa challenge. Trusty (and brainy) Lee put all the pieces back together and left the seat sitting on the floor in the house. Enter nap-deprived Maggie. She had a seat started watching a little tv and next thing we knew she'd fallen asleep! Aren't they precious when sleeping??

Ruf Lightyear

 

So sad.....

Flat Squirrels?

(First of all, my apologies for the poor quality of the picture, however in Georgia screens are a necessity on every household opening. Sadly, screens are a big buzz kill for cameras.) I filled the bird feeder with some very tasty, very stale cereal. The squirrels have really enjoyed this sweet treat and have managed to chew the plastic to enlarge the holes on the feeder. We looked out from the dinner table to see this last night. Have you ever seen a flat squirrel? Not sure what the purpose was - maybe he was trying to be stealthy in broad daylight?? Maybe he's just so stuffed he needs to lay down and rest?? I don't know, but whaever the reason - it's a funny picture.