Saturday Smile: Look Who’s a Bandido

The school attended by Kaiya and Mylee — Willow Creek Elementary — offers lunch that you might choose to buy on any given day. Wednesday is pizza day, and therefore the one day that both girls want to buy lunch. I mean, PIZZA. The process is that each child has a number, and they give the number to the lunchroom person, and the money is then taken from that child’s account.

Kaiya, who is in second grade, is used to this process. It’s, of course, all new to Mylee, who just started kindergarten. Last Wednesday morning when Court and I had breakfast, he told me Mylee was going to buy lunch for the first time. He expressed concern that she certainly didn’t have her account number memorized as did her sister, so he wasn’t sure how it was going to work.

That evening, I texted him and asked how things went with Mylee’s lunch. Here is the text I got back from him….

Well, she ate. She didn’t give them her name or number though so we’re pretty sure she stole it.

What can I say? Mylee’s a perp……

I'd say this sweet little face doesn't remind me of a bandido, but looks can be deceiving....

I’d say this sweet little face doesn’t remind me of a bandido, but looks can be deceiving….

And speaking of sweet little faces, here is a photo of Joseph’s first day of school in Montpelier…..

Joseph first day school 2015

He looks as happy as the other grands did on their first day of school. Go figure.

Have a great weekend.

Saturday Smile: Bus Ride

Micah sitting busMontpelier has a circulator bus. It is a free ride that makes its way around the town, stopping at places such as the state Capitol, the grocery stores, and the community college. The entire ride takes about an hour. There is a stop right in front of Heather and Lauren’s house.

On Thursday, I told Micah if he was good, I would take him on the bus after his nap. When I went to get him from his nap, literally the first words out of his mouth were, “Can we go on the bus now?”

Heck yeah!

We waited on the front porch for about 45 minutes before the bus made its appearance. We boarded the bus and got ourselves settled. As soon as the bus started rolling, Micah began singing — full-voiced —

The wheels of the bus go round-and-round, round-and-round, round-and-round…..

Join in everybody!

The bus driver, who had probably made the circular trip around Montpelier 150 times that day, didn’t even crack a smile. The woman sitting behind us, however, laughed out loud. So did I.

For the entire hour, Micah sat and watched Montpelier go by. Asking many questions.

Micah bus

A few more pictures, just for fun…..

Papa and Micah are working hard in the sandbox.

Joseph enjoys a cinnamon sugar donut for breakfast.

Bill and I walked into our house last night about 9:30. We had a wonderful visit to Vermont. But there’s no place like home.

Have a wonderful weekend.