Misc

Yesterday was "green is keen" day at the Moo's school, and the letter 'G' was the theme for show and tell. When I asked the Moo to think of something that started with the letter G to take in, she got a big smile on her face and said "G is for Gecko!!" So, after some negotiation with her teacher, Ruby (our crested gecko) made a visit to the Moo's classroom yesterday. We dropped her off in the morning and the Moo spent the day educating her friends on the care and feeding of crested geckos -- amazing enough it all went went and Ruby survived, a bit stressed but apparently none the worse for wear.

Dad and I had a meeting with the school's fundraiser and headmaster after dropping Ruby off to discuss remaining fundraising for the new campus. The meeting was an hour long, and unbelievably the Bean entertained herself the entire time and let the grown ups talk without interrupting! She was GREAT! I'm not so sure that the school if going to think Dad and Mom are great though: in between paying tuition for two children (and right now the Bean's at Beantree is even more than the Moo's), the regular annual fund donations that are solicited, and what the headmaster says will be at least a 10 percent in tuition next year, there is not a whole lot that we have left to give. At least now we now what to expect when the new tuition bill comes in next year.

After all of that, Mom took the girls and come friends to see Horton Hears a Who. I highly recommend it -- it was very well done, entertaining, and even the Bean stayed in her seat and was glued to the movie the whole time. The Moo declared it the "best movie I have ever seen" but that should be taken with a grain of salt as she says that after every movie. A note of caution: there are some scary scenes with Vlad the vulture, but they are short and more "make you jump" scary than "freak you out and give you nightmares" scary. All in all, two thumbs up from the pre-K contingent!