Here she is! We got a half-size cello this afternoon. She has a CD to play along with, and her instructor said they were not allowed to use the bow yet. It's plucking the strings only! He also said to not mess with any of the tuning---but this instrument was Very out of tune on one string. She was only playing two notes on open strings, but I couldn't help myself---I had to fix the A string. He can fix it better for her on Tuesday. 
Our class watched the nurse---our Community Helper of the week. They paid a lot of attention to her---and she did a great presentation.
We had to pull out MY 1970s Easy Bake Oven as well. Quite a contrast! I wonder if it would still work, but I'm afraid to plug in something that old and plastic-y!
I'm in the car.
I took this picture during Art this week. I cropped it to protect that child's identity! But look what's going on in the background.
After a sleepover on Friday, B couldn't stay awake for the Aggie game on the 20th. But Ol' Sarge is near . . .
When I took this one, I intended it to be just a "neighborhood view." I should have used it on my Photo Hunters blog post from this morning! The theme today was view. Instead, I got in the Way Back Machine. ;-)
Here's a bug of some kind that jumped on my shoe after this shot. Yes, it's focussing on the mailbox instead of the bug!
Oh my! I'm caught up for the month! I just have to take one picture today to stay current.
On our way home, we stopped in Glen Rose to take this picture. I hadn't noticed this statue in the courthouse square before. This is a representation of Juana and Charles, the first settlers in Glen Rose.
I did crop this one. They hummingbirds were kind of leery of us humans around their feeders.
Mom's hens and chicks are putting out a flower---and a few more to come. We spent some time in the beautiful cool temperatures on the patio in Granbury.
Mom and Dad's sage bushes bloomed after the rains, adn they were humming with Bees.
We hit the road for Hurricane Ike. The kids were out Friday, and I woke up early and packed. We went north and west to my Mom and Dad's. At that time, they were saying it would be 80 MPH winds and certain power outages.
I was in the backyard, taking "before" pictures of the trees and yard, and looked up at the beautiful sky. Love it!
This is my after picture. If you look back to August Photo 15, you'll see the before. These are our letter O projects that pop out at you---octopi with Cheerios for the suckers on the tentacles.
We also got to see the firefighters at our school. They did the same routine I saw in pre-school, but the kids paid attention very well, which I took to mean they were interested.
Here's my good idea that's really working. We use this white board as a magnet board. I have little strips of cardstock for the different subjects we do during the day. I have one student do the job of time keeper, and we move an arrow down the list as we move through the day. The kids very quickly stopped asking "what's next?" and "when is lunch" because I just had to refer them to the board.
We are working on a "Caring for Children" badge at Girl Scouts. This was our first meeting of the year and we have some new girls. This of course is diapering.
Our neighbor had two trees die in his front yard, and ahead fo Hurricane Gustav, he cut them down. All by himself! I could have sent Larry out there, but he was working an Aggie game. Working on his birthday, even. But it was a great place for him to be. Even with the loss.
That's mine!! Number 22!!
We finally got to give Larry his plate on his birthday. J found the little Gig 'Em hand in the add-on section, and it truly was the perfect addition to the gift. Next up----B's plate!
It's naptime and I thought this one might never go to sleep. The trick with this guy is to make him get still! ;-)
