First Day of Her Second School Year

Rosie's first day of school was last week. It was barely sprinkling outside, but she decided to go fully togged up in rain gear. She's going to the same school but has now graduated from the blue room to the green room, new teachers and everything. As I turned to put her lunchbox and stuff in her cubby, Rosie waltzed away down the hall into her classroom without so much as a so long see ya soon. Actually, I heard her teachers say she walked into her old classroom, but anyhow, the happy point remains she didn't have any first of the year jitters.

Two Big Friends

"Once upon a time, there was a scary, white dinosaur and he looked like a potato. Do you see him? One day, a GIANT met the dinosaur. He had an appointment. He's also shaped like a potato. Oh, his appointment was with the dentist and the doctor, and THEN he was going to see his friend the dinosaur. They were going to Ikea on the dinosaur bus and the giant buses. When they got to Ikea they were in trouble, because they didn't have dinner there. They didn't have food at home either so they couldn't have dessert."

The end. Or as Rosemary put it, "And that's the sad end."

This story was accompanied by a couple of drawings of a dinosaur and giant, both of whom really did look quite a bit like potatoes.