Memorial Day Weekend

 

Last Friday we had Cultural Day at Cameron’s school.  She dressed up as a girl from Germany (of course, who would have guessed that?!).  Anyway, I thought I did pretty good with her outfit sewing it last minute and all.  :)  And yes, Abby, that is the apron you made me with a few German-like touches.  :)

 

I’ve started cleaning out my classroom, preparing for the summer time.  One of the things we had to do was take home our class pets.  I have a tarantula named Yuri, and a turtle named Neptune.  The tarantula is no problem at all—just feed it a few live crickets about once a month, and it is good, no cleaning the cage required.  The turtle on the other hand, posed a tougher challenge.  He was a water turtle, so his tank had to be cleaned out at least once a week.  And cleaning out a turtle tank is soooooo gross and stinky.  But, Cameron was in LOVE with that turtle.  I didn’t want the turtle at our house, and especially not stinking it up, so I made a bargain with Cameron—let the turtle go to the pond, and I’ll get you a rodent.  She agreed, and thus we have a new family member, Biscuit Bright, a.k.a.  Double B!  Cameron has wanted a guinea pig for a couple of years now . . . so here we go with our newest family member.  :)  So far, so good, and Memaw he doesn’t stink . . . yet.  :)

 

We didn’t have school today, but I still needed to get my room ready for the summer, so I headed to Portland with Kayden.  Josh, Karston, and Cameron headed on a bike ride—they aren’t back yet—last I heard they were on their 26th mile.  :)  Of course, they got to stop at Whataburger on their trip too.