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Very soon, we will be having a Chuck E. Cheese birthday party (for Jack and Noah) where there will be right around 20 children. Yes, that’s a two and a zero. So much for homeschool kids being unsocialized.
On a funny note, I think it’s a sign that they’re homeschooled as none of the guests are relatives of ours (all friends), yet the ages of the children attending will range from several children who are about to start kindergarten to the oldest two children attending about to start 7th and 8th grade.
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Molly (age 5) declared that she needed to prepare for the boys’ birthday party. She then dropped to the floor and began doing push ups.
Who knows what she was thinking. Apparently Chuck E. was formerly a drill sergeant, and Molly just wants to be ready. (That girl is just a hoot!)
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The children have now officially attended their very first county fair!
We rode rides (the Tilt-a-Whirl was everyone’s favorite), ate tasty food (“Hello rib eye sandwiches and elephant ears!”), saw all kinds of animals, and got to look all through the 4-H exhibits. Jack was thrilled to find that he got an extra ribbon on one of his posters that is going to the state fair.
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I prepared eggplant for the first time ever, making these Eggplant Parm Rolls that I had while I was at Blissdom. It was a little time intensive, but it was very tasty. And, the best part to me was that we grew the eggplant, zucchini, and basil that the recipe called for. Yeah, Garden!
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Eric just downloaded his grades for this past semester and he got A’s in both of his classes. He was thrilled, and we all gave him hugs and kudos. This semester put him just about half way done with his bachelors degree as well as giving him a total GPA of just over 3.8 (out of 4.0).
None too shabby for the guy whose first college attempt transcripts gave me a cold chill up my spine.
Clearly this college success has made him insane though, as he just couldn’t help himself but to look into a Masters degree program that would work well for him, even though he has several years left (since he just goes part time) on his undergraduate work.
Apparently he doesn’t remember that my Master’s degree is just sitting in a filing cabinet — I would be happy to share with him.
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Last week, I wrote in my 7 Quick Takes that I was looking forward to a quiet and uneventful weekend, as I hadn’t had that in such a long time. Then, thinking better of actually putting that in writing, I deleted that line.
Apparently I didn’t hit delete quickly enough.
On Friday of last week, my minivan died. It ended up needing to be towed to the repair center. Ironically, we already had an appointment on Monday morning for maintenance service. It ended up that the alternator had died. Over $600 later (includes that maintenance service), I’m back to driving again.
Of course, before the weekend could be done though, I also spent about five hours in the ER with my Mom for a leg infection and bronchitis. Poor Mom!
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I ordered several books that I needed for the kids for this coming school year. I also added in the book Whoopie Pies. I haven’t had a chance to make any yet, but oh my goodness — these look so tasty! I can’t wait for a reason (or even a non-reason) to try out some of the recipes.
Do you have any favorite single topic cookbooks?
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Great eggplant parm roll Ang. You know how I am on vegetables but that was really tasty.
Tate
#2 is soo funny!! The whoopie pie book looks yummy! Let us know how they turn out!
Molly sounds like quite a card! My son, Shane, as an infant would do situps and pullups. I think it may have had something to do with my being in the US Army when I was pregnant and having to do physical training every day.