Kindergarten - First Day - Winter

I have been asked by several people, "are you going to cry when she starts school?" Ha ha just look at her beautiful face! How could I cry when she is sooo HAPPY?!
Besides, she has already gone to pre-school for a year and a half, plus Kindergarter is only like 2.5 hours a day. Hardly time for me to do anything before she is ready to be picked up.

I tried to get her to not smile sooo big, but it was useless. She was so excited and has been excited for months. She already loves her teacher and is ready to take on Kindergarten. I have met a few other mother's of girls in her class and I am so thrilled with everything so far.Now she is getting annoyed that I won't let her just run down the hall to start her class.
Ha ha Ledger so badly wanted to stand by Winter to at least get in on all the attention she was getting. Winter, not pleased to share the spotlight.
Waiting to go into class. I am not sure why we wait outside on the backside of the building but that's our spot until 8:45am when the bell rings. So much to learn!
8:45am the bell RINGS! Into class finally! We had been there a whole 5 minutes before she got to go into her class and begin her day.
Good luck baby girl. Enjoy the next 17 years of schooling, may you be as happy and excited as you were today everyday.

Cucumber Dragon

The cucumber wanted to be the dragon. Like the great David statue was released from the marble, Cory released the Dragon from the cucumber.

No good deed goes unpunished

I recently heard the saying "no good deed goes unpunished." I have heard it before but never really thought much of it. It began to ring true in my work life more and more. While I have nothing against doing something nice for free, or charity, I am not a fan of being taken advantage of. I am not going to get into it, because this is not that kind of blog, but just know, I am working on changing how I run my business.

Moving on. With that saying in mind, I set forth to make sure anyone in my life who did a 'good deed' toward me or my family was punished. We punish in garden goodies! For the past month or so I have been looking for a way to take our kiddos to Lagoon to ride some rides and enjoy the park. There was no way in H-E- double hockey sticks I was going to pay full price for a couple of hours of mostly standing in line for my children to go on 5 or 6 rides, get wet in a fountain, and pay for an way over priced soda and cotton candy. For those that don't know how expensive Lagoon can be let me paint you a picture... $43.95x3, yes Winter is a full price ticket even though she is too short to go on anything but the rides in Kiddie Land + Ledger costs $27.95. So for $160 we could enter the park and enjoy Kiddie Land which has approx. 8-10 rides, most of which are the same ride with different cars, planes, boats, etc. I can not go on any rides because I am pregnant. Ok ok Lagoon is fun, but I could not justify spending that much. $160 can buy a lot of bouncing at Kangaroo Zoo, movie passes, trips to the pool, yada yada.

Now for the good deed. Our neighbor was kind and generous enough to give our family her family's bounce back passes. She has a connection so she is also able to get her family discounted passes. WIN WIN! For her good deed I made sure she was aptly punished. This basket of veggies, a jar of homemade raspberry jam, and a big container of fresh blackberries woke her the morning after our Lagoon outing.
Thanks Heather! Enjoy your punishment, you deserve it.