Disclaimer: still in summary mode...
My red-headed children by far
produce the most laundry in the house. I’ve
yet to decide if this a product of hair color or not, but it’s certainly not
related to messiness (that title would have to go to #3). Maddy just likes to change her clothes. A lot.
The girl goes through at least three outfits a day on average. And then there’s Dyl, who is super fastidious
about his clothing. If he gets a spot of
water on his shirt brushing his teeth, that shirt’s got to go. Couple this with the fact that he’s
developing a very strong sense of personal style – currently it’s nothing but
polos and button-down shirts, tucked in of course. So when Dapper Dan saw his brother’s new suit
coat last month, he immediately realized he had to have one too. As luck would have it, we were able to find
another one fairly soon after (avoiding many it’s-Sunday-again-and-my-clothing-is-inferior
tantrums).
Don’t they look handsome?
In other new, I’m so proud of Maddy!
This month at the boys school they
devoted a week of gym class to what they dubbed their ‘Daytona 500.’ The gym was transformed into a ‘race track’
and the kids spend their gym time running around the track. They kept track of how many ‘laps’ they did
and each grade battled for first and also tried to beat last year’s total. Teachers were invited to run or walk too as
were the student’s families. I decided
to head over to the school for one gym class for each of the boys (three
classes total). I was a little nervous
taking Maddy with me because I wasn’t sure how much she’d want to do. But I figured that we could walk most of the
time. Let’s just say, I shouldn’t have
been worried. We walked onto that ‘track’
and there was no stopping Mads. She ran
for a mile and a half straight (sometimes longer) during each class – a total
of 4 1/2 miles in two days! Everyone in
the gym was duly impressed. Actually, I
think the gym teacher was thinking of recruiting her to run track for the high
school! Each of the boys did really great
as well. And I got in three extra
workouts. All in all, a super fun
event. I’m glad we ended up at a school
that plans such neat activities for students (and their families).
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