So we went to my brother's house for dinner last night. They have 3 kids - all who are grown and out of college. Jamie, the youngest, is student teaching right now and will graduate from UI in like 2 months. She was there and Jack had brought his report card to show off (mostly because he was SO surprised that he didn't have any B's = below district standards). On the comments of his report it said "tends to be a little chatty". I asked Jame if they teach that in Teacher Talk 101. Because the real world reads that as "this kid won't shut up". ;-)
She's going to make a good teacher - she's really excited and energized. Her "favorite" kid is someone who struggles SO hard, she says, but still has a great bubbly personality. It's cool how Jamie can see kids who don't "get it" so easy - when she was a kid who DID get it pretty easy. Good grades came easily for her than some and I think she's seeing it.
Dick and Laurena SWEAR they *miss* the bickering and the fighting (of which my kids gave out freely last night). I don't believe it. We had a really nice time. Even though my brother can't do chicken like my Dad (no one can) :-) It was pretty good. :-)
The FUNNIEST thing that happened was as all of us were sitting around the kitchen counter and the kids were playing Lego's in the living room, this HUGE black dog appeared at their back patio door. Then there appeared their neighbor. They opened the door and the dog went STORMING through the house - as if looking for something. When he came to the living room and saw the kids on the rug playing he "jumped" in surprise and barked. Come to find out - he was looking for Peyton. Peyton is my nephew's dog. I guess these two play together ALL the time - for hours! Peyton was just "visiting" last week because Peyton lives with Bob in Bloomington while Bob goes to school. (ISU) So when this dog encountered children on *their* play rug - he was just beside himself. It was SO funny! He was SERIOUSLY looking for Peyton and their neighbor had said that as they went for their walk - he had bounded out and come over - and he's so big she couldn't hold him. I can only imagine the fun those two must have.
Speaking of dogs. Mabel got to be outside while we were gone. She has to be on a chain but her chewed up cage is out on the deck and we put out some food and water and left her out (it was SO nice yesterday). She was HAPPY to see us return and she was TIRED - so some of that nice fresh air kind of tires her out *a little*.
Bill and I have been elected to be Little League coaches this year. He's head and I'm assistant. :-) We got our uniforms yesterday. We are the River Bandits. I've got a phone call in to Swisegood to tell him to make room on that "Winning est Coach in IL" trophy for my name! :-) We sat down and made out practice schedules and what we were doing at practices - and since we're concentrating much more on throwing and catching than on plays - we'll probably be in last place - BUT I DO think they will come out with GOOD habits and a lot of fun - and personally, I think that's what it's about.
Jack has shown he can get it over the plate pretty good. I'd really like for him to spend some time with my Dad and soak up some of his advice - but since Jack is Jack and life is crazy - that probably won't happen.
A big Happy Easter. Jack woke me at 3am to tell me what had been left in his basket and that the eggs were gone and hidden all around. We held him off till 4am when Sal got up and he told her all about it and so I got up and watched as they found all but 2 of the eggs and dove into their baskets. I kept thinking "there's NO way Dick and Laurena really MISS this!"
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