Kindergarten Visit

Sorry about the lack of a haircut picture. Lisa says it's not as dramatic as you might think, and it's been growing back a bit already.

Mostly, we've been dealing with snow, schools, and illness here. We got positively piled upon by snow the last week or so, and that led to possibly the worst drive up to Ferris that I've ever had, getting the minivan stuck in our driveway, and thankfulness for a paved driveway and a snowblower. Just today Annika got over a wicked ear infection that perforated her eardrum and woke her up into weeping and screaming the past few nights. It was quite unpleasant, but today she's substantially better. Meanwhile, I'm on spring break.

Annika's kindergarten class is having a "Mystery Reader" each day this month, and the first one on Monday was me! As the mystery reader, even Annika didn't know I was coming. I read "Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon," got to participate in the "Tooty Ta" song and then watched them play the "Thumbs-up" game, where nearly everyone in the class puts their head down and a thumb up, while a select few go around and push a thumb down, and then those with thumbs down try to guess who did theirs. Abby got to hang out in kindergarten too, and more-or-less participated in the game - see below, she's in the crowd. She loved it, but also showed that she's only two and not ready for kindergarten yet.

That's the deal here. Less than four weeks until the due date.