First Grade Parent-Teacher Conference

I had a Parent-Teacher conference for D yesterday. It was a complete waste of my time and gas. We got there and D showed me a stack of his work. I mean, he is 7, so showing me his papers and things was just him handing them to me, not explaining them or what was going on. Then after about 10 minutes of that his teacher had to answer the phone...Finally she sat down and told me that I need to make him practice his handwriting at home more. MAKE HIM!!! Yeah right! Has she met my 7 year old, bull headed son?! Making him do something like practice handwriting will be like pulling teeth on an alligator! So then she asked me if he had been held back previously after I told her 'no he started a year late due to medical reasons' and left it at that she just stared at me. I believe she wanted further explanation but...And then she said that was the only concerns that she had and to have a good evening. I was there a total of 15 minutes and mind you 10 of that was D showing me papers. I guess I should take it as a good thing that she doesn't have more concerns but call me crazy, I would like to know more. How is he behaving in class? Does he have any friends? Is he getting along ok with the other children? Does he get in trouble often? Things that we talked about in Kindergarten conferences but I guess don't matter once you get to first grade. Oh well.

Family Heritage

So I have definitely been busy lately with Family Tree Building. So far the Tannahill side goes way back into the 1700's I believe. And there was a child born in a castle way back then. I forget the name of the castle or child but it is there. The From side has gotten a little more difficult. On Andy's side I am stuck. The Perkins side is good. Carmicals are coming along. But the Fausett and Nevins side are a little tricky. I did find on the Davis side that there was a Jethro O. Davis that I believe died in the Civil War only months after his son Jethro jr was born. I have two different burial sites though so I am still trying to get through that stuff.

The boys are doing fine. Our water heater went out this week so that has been fun trying to get that fixed. The girls are all coming on saturday afternoon so that should be fun. Got to get my house clean before Melissa gets here. LOL Well that is about all. If any of you have any questions about the family history please ask. I am looking into software so that I can print it out or find a way to better share with you all what I have found so far. Love to all!

Happy Halloween!!

So like I do every year I put up this year cemetery, but I also added to it. These are the new headstones. I think they look better than the first ones I made a couple of years ago. Made out of pink foam, paint, glue and the skull is paper mache. Then I painted them with glow in the dark paint and blacklight paint. I could not take pictures at night with the blacklight on them but I loved how they turned out.

My paper mache skull with fishing worms stuck in him. I know, I am sick!

This is the scarecrow that sits on our porch every year. He is mainly there to hide the box for the spooky sounds mat that is under the door mat. That doormat gets people everytime!! LOL
I hope you all enjoy my sense of humor as much as I do. If you can not read these just let me know and I can send you the link I have of them on snapfish. I believe I have already sent it to most of you but I could have missed a few people.