Folding

I have some new fabric. As I always do with new quilting fabric, I washed it. One of the pieces of fabric was a Pooh Bear flannel that Kimmie spotted at the store and just had to have. She had been playing with it, but I grabbed it and tossed it in the washer with the rest of the fabric I was washing. When I took the fabric out of the dryer, I put it on the couch. We were getting ready to eat supper, so I waited to fold it.

After supper I started folding the fabric. Kimmie was still sitting at the table finishing her supper. She was watching me fold. I noticed that she had managed to pull the Pooh fabric and another one out of the pile before supper.

When I finished with my pile, I picked up the piece she had pulled out with the Pooh fabric. She started fussing at me and I told her it was my piece of fabric and the Pooh one was hers.

I walked into the kitchen and she jumped up from her chair, rushed into the family room, grabbed her Pooh fabric, and promptly folded it up. I stood and watched her and was amazed at how well she did folding it.

I decided we need to put her to work folding towels!

--Mom

Boss Lady

Almost every year we have a new bus driver and aide. I think once we had the same driver for two years in a row. (To put that in perspective, she's been riding a school bus for 17 years, since she was 3 years old.)

We like the driver and aide we have this year. The driver is a lady and the aide is a man.

Every day when Kimmie gets on the bus the aide greets her and calls her the "Boss Lady." We think that's so funny! It sure fits her! She's always wanting everything HER way!

She carries a panda bear back and forth between home and school. He tells me that almost every day she throws the panda on the floor. That probably happens when she is fussing about something because she always throws whatever is in her hands and then her glasses!

Last week, for some reason she was especially happy to see me when the bus rolled up. As a part of her excitement about being home, she had to hug someone. He was the closest person to her, so he received the hug. He was so thrilled he was dancing up the aisle chanting "she hugged me, she hugged me." He was so excited he hugged the bus driver!

I'm not sure who was more surprised, the aide when Kimmie hugged him or the bus driver when the aide hugged her.

--Mom

"Ball"

There's baseBALL. Kimmie likes to pretend to play baseball.

There's footBALL. Kimmie likes to pretend to play football.

There's basketBALL. Kimmie's not as interested in basketball, but she does sometimes pretend to shoot the ball. She has pretty good form, too.

Tonight Kimmie was doing something different. I asked her what she was doing. She told me she was playing golfball.

Then she started doing something else and told me she was playing tennisball.

Personally, I think she's a goofBALL!

--Mom