Only one week into the school year. ONE WEEK. And we have ourselves a perfect Trifecta of Middle School Doom. Madison's teacher wrote parents to let them know that there has been in the classroom students with:
1. Strep Throat
2. Pink Eye
3. Lice
Tonight, we spent another considerable time with the shampoo, and then afterwards scraping those tiny white dots out of Madison's hair for nearly an hour. There's one. There's one. There's another. There's one. And so on...
Good grief!
Madison has so far had - in the first week of school - pink eye and lice. No sign of strep throat, for which we're grateful, of course.
We did all this checking after ballet tonight - the new year of ballet started this evening, with Madison in her old classroom once again - but still with the same instructor. She enjoyed it. Mommy and Daddy both came with her, and played Scrabble while we waited. Daddy was also reading a collection of Terry Pratchett short stories, a gift from Mommy. There are some really funny stories in there!
Anyway, meanwhile Madison was having a good time meeting friends old and new, and starting off her dance season on the right foot. She'll return to class on Wednesday, and so her dancing career is off and running.
This afternoon, we got the latest design suggestion for the new Time Travelers series at KidPak. Daddy and Mommy actually suggested the overall look, which in essence is pretty blatant about where it comes from. And the designer came through - I think this will be a fun series. Take a first look!
Madison likes it. Actually, the entire house gives it a thumbs up. Again, it's pretty blatant. But October is the month of Back to the Future, so it'll be in the air.
We hung up the Chinese prints in the dining room today, all four of the seasons in there. It looks good, and it feels good to have them back up again, decorating the wall. Madison noticed right away. When she got home, she saw them - she got back just before the rain started to pour down once again. That rain has been on-and-off again all day. At ballet tonight, it was so heavy that there were mini-raging rivers through the streets at Brenau. And behind us, a rainbow. But not one in the sky. This was the closest rainbow we'd ever seen. We all saw it in town - it was just right there, in the middle of town, brilliant as anything. Never seen anything like it before. It had this low arch - hardly any angle at all, and it sat there in front of us for quite some time. It was pretty interesting to say the least.
Also interesting: our nation is watching a developing situation very carefully right now. No, we're not talking about the Presidential election. We're talking about the Titan Arum at the Denver Botanic Gardens. This is the tallest flower in the world. Earlier this summer - and I'm kicking myself because we missed it - there was one in Charlotte, North Carolina. This flower blooms once every seven to eleven years, so that makes it pretty unique. And even more peculiar, when it blooms, it smells like a really large dead animal. So, to recap: tallest flower, blooms once every seven to eleven years, and smells like a dead cow. It is for precisely this reason that we are so captivated by it!
We had a teachable moment with Madison, showing her the live of the plant beastie, while telling her all the interesting factoids we could about this majestic vegetable.
And that's how I'll leave you with this blog - with a nice devotional entry written long ago, one dedicated to this magnificent specimen, the titan arum.
What is gratitude? I’ll tell you: Gratitude is being thankful you don’t smell like a large, stinky animal that never took a bath and just recently ate a liver, onion and limburger cheese sandwich. Or, in simpler words, gratitude is knowing you don’t smell like a Titan Arum.
The Titan Arum is the tallest flower in the world, reaching a height of 2.94 meters, and boy, does it reek! Botanists are people who study flowers. They have nick-named it the “corpse flower” because of its putrid stench. Fortunately for all of us, it only smells when it blooms – and that’s once every eleven years.
Could you imagine waiting eleven years for a flower to bloom? That’s what many botanists are doing in Denver this weekend. They came from great distances in order to watch the Titan Arum bloom – and will watch the flower wilt in less than 24 hours. Wow, I bet they are grateful just to witness such a rare event. Others will be probably grateful just to leave the room because of the odor. If anyone gets you a bottle of perfume called "Titan Arum," just say NO!
Jokes aside, did you know there’s a purpose to the stink? The smell is crucial to its survival in its natural habitat because it attracts pollinating carrion beetles and flesh flies. As you can see, God has put a purpose behind everything that happens, and it is all for the greater good. We should be thankful that He is watching over us!
You know, at the very least, we should be thankful God didn’t make us in any way like the Titan Arum. In other words, girls, you should be thankful you don’t have to smell like an exploding septic tank in order to get a guy’s attention. And guys, be thankful you don’t smell like something thrown out from a sea food restaurant three months ago.
1. Strep Throat
2. Pink Eye
3. Lice
Tonight, we spent another considerable time with the shampoo, and then afterwards scraping those tiny white dots out of Madison's hair for nearly an hour. There's one. There's one. There's another. There's one. And so on...
Good grief!
Madison has so far had - in the first week of school - pink eye and lice. No sign of strep throat, for which we're grateful, of course.
We did all this checking after ballet tonight - the new year of ballet started this evening, with Madison in her old classroom once again - but still with the same instructor. She enjoyed it. Mommy and Daddy both came with her, and played Scrabble while we waited. Daddy was also reading a collection of Terry Pratchett short stories, a gift from Mommy. There are some really funny stories in there!
Anyway, meanwhile Madison was having a good time meeting friends old and new, and starting off her dance season on the right foot. She'll return to class on Wednesday, and so her dancing career is off and running.
This afternoon, we got the latest design suggestion for the new Time Travelers series at KidPak. Daddy and Mommy actually suggested the overall look, which in essence is pretty blatant about where it comes from. And the designer came through - I think this will be a fun series. Take a first look!
Madison likes it. Actually, the entire house gives it a thumbs up. Again, it's pretty blatant. But October is the month of Back to the Future, so it'll be in the air.
We hung up the Chinese prints in the dining room today, all four of the seasons in there. It looks good, and it feels good to have them back up again, decorating the wall. Madison noticed right away. When she got home, she saw them - she got back just before the rain started to pour down once again. That rain has been on-and-off again all day. At ballet tonight, it was so heavy that there were mini-raging rivers through the streets at Brenau. And behind us, a rainbow. But not one in the sky. This was the closest rainbow we'd ever seen. We all saw it in town - it was just right there, in the middle of town, brilliant as anything. Never seen anything like it before. It had this low arch - hardly any angle at all, and it sat there in front of us for quite some time. It was pretty interesting to say the least.
Also interesting: our nation is watching a developing situation very carefully right now. No, we're not talking about the Presidential election. We're talking about the Titan Arum at the Denver Botanic Gardens. This is the tallest flower in the world. Earlier this summer - and I'm kicking myself because we missed it - there was one in Charlotte, North Carolina. This flower blooms once every seven to eleven years, so that makes it pretty unique. And even more peculiar, when it blooms, it smells like a really large dead animal. So, to recap: tallest flower, blooms once every seven to eleven years, and smells like a dead cow. It is for precisely this reason that we are so captivated by it!
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| It hasn't bloomed yet, but we'll be watching you little stinker! |
And that's how I'll leave you with this blog - with a nice devotional entry written long ago, one dedicated to this magnificent specimen, the titan arum.
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What is gratitude? I’ll tell you: Gratitude is being thankful you don’t smell like a large, stinky animal that never took a bath and just recently ate a liver, onion and limburger cheese sandwich. Or, in simpler words, gratitude is knowing you don’t smell like a Titan Arum.
The Titan Arum is the tallest flower in the world, reaching a height of 2.94 meters, and boy, does it reek! Botanists are people who study flowers. They have nick-named it the “corpse flower” because of its putrid stench. Fortunately for all of us, it only smells when it blooms – and that’s once every eleven years.
Could you imagine waiting eleven years for a flower to bloom? That’s what many botanists are doing in Denver this weekend. They came from great distances in order to watch the Titan Arum bloom – and will watch the flower wilt in less than 24 hours. Wow, I bet they are grateful just to witness such a rare event. Others will be probably grateful just to leave the room because of the odor. If anyone gets you a bottle of perfume called "Titan Arum," just say NO!
Jokes aside, did you know there’s a purpose to the stink? The smell is crucial to its survival in its natural habitat because it attracts pollinating carrion beetles and flesh flies. As you can see, God has put a purpose behind everything that happens, and it is all for the greater good. We should be thankful that He is watching over us!
You know, at the very least, we should be thankful God didn’t make us in any way like the Titan Arum. In other words, girls, you should be thankful you don’t have to smell like an exploding septic tank in order to get a guy’s attention. And guys, be thankful you don’t smell like something thrown out from a sea food restaurant three months ago.
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