Friday Fragment

Hey look, another new idea for my blog. Thanks to Mrs.4444 at Half-Past Kissin Time for this idea too. Friday Fragments are bits and pieces of your week that are usually brief; too short for a stand-alone post, but too good to discard. Visit her blog and click on the Friday Fragment link to check it out.

**Monday there was no school because of President’s Day. Luckily, Lauren was at Grandma & Grandpa Petersen’s all weekend so there wasn’t too much screaming between siblings. That day a friend and I hit our favorite thrift shop (think Goodwill) for their 50% off sale. You wouldn’t believe the deals we got!

**Noah had his preschool conference this week. The teacher said he is doing great in school. He’s starting to write his own name but there was some question about whether he was right or left handed. We chose for him. HA HA

**Lauren is making great strides in piano lessons. I know she understand the material more because the speed she is playing is getting faster. Gee, I wonder where she gets that from??

**Benjamin’s class celebrated the 100th day of school last week with a big celebration. Plus now he has been showing us all the different ways he can count to 100.

**I had 2 great visits from old high school/college friends. My friend Karen (from 4-H) called to tell me that she was expecting baby #2. Although I figured that’s why she was calling since she only ever calls me in person with big news like that. ;) My friend Sara and I had a great visit/dinner this week too in Minneapolis. She is in town because her little boy Levi was recently diagnosed with leukemia and he here being treated. He is making great strides and is just about to head home to ND. We figured that the last time we had seen each other was over 8 years ago at her wedding. Check out Levi’s website.

**The “highlight” for Dave this week was that he got to witness the fact that Noah knows how to make his own hot chocolate (hot water and everything!). He had been outside with the kids and they were just about to go inside. Noah headed in first. Dave came in the door not more than 5 minutes later. But in that time, Noah had gotten out the box of hot chocolate and a mug, both which are on shelves WAY above his head. He had taken the sharpest scissors in the house and cut open the package and poured in the powder. Then he climbed on another counter to get the glass measuring cup out, filled it with water and put it in the microwave. Dave found him standing on a chair in front of the microwave which was on (for an unknown amount of time) watching the water boil. He told Dave, “Look Dad, I’m making hot chocolate”. Remember people, he just turned 4!