tricia & lysa

Mia earned a prize for her chore chart. So, she chose live frogs, they sell them at Hallmark. On the day we went to get them, they were sold out. Nice. So we were put on a call list and FINALLY they called. The best big sister that she is let Jilli name one them. She originally named it "Little Froggy," but then changed it to Lysa. Not Lisa, with a long e sound, but Lysa with a short i as in pig. No idea where Tricia came from either.

They are pretty good pets for our house. You feed them twice a week and change the water once every 3 months. Mia keeps them in her room, and actually typing this reminds me that we need to feed them. Oops. Good thing we don't have a dog, it would be skin and bones.

Every time Jilli sees something she wants I say "Well, you can earn it by doing your chores." She just says "That's ok, I like the frogs."

book club

The girls finished their public library reading club in July. Once you return your book club paper, you earn a new book that you can keep. Mia picked a chapter book and buzzed through it. Jillian picked a board book, it was a Bambi counting book? I bit my tongue and let her pick.

jumping back in

If anybody reads this blog, I am back! My last post was June 22nd, yikes. Shortly after the 4th of July we had lightening strike our home. We were actually at the lake when it happened. Brad's work computer and our air conditioner had to be replaced. Brad then had to use my laptop until he had a new computer built. Therefore, my time on my laptop was non-existent. We were a little nervous that we would lose the laptop as well, as it was plugged in when the air conditioner surge occurred.