This was my 5th year as a volunteer at Jog-a-thon and it was another wonderful event! I spent most of the day with a camera in one hand and a squirt bottle in the other. For those of you wearing a Fitbit I had 16,000 steps by 3PM and had taken 678 pictures! It was Read the Rest
A few years ago, Amara started wearing glasses, which was not surprising since her Mom had worn them as a child and pretty much everyone else in the family wears them. She had asked her Mom when she started wearing contacts and her Mom told her to go ask me about that story. It was Read the Rest
You may have seen me bragging about this over on Facebook but just in case you missed it, let me tell you that Jenna was just voted Parent of the Year for 2014-2015 at Amara’s school. We have all known that she is a great Mom, daughter, wife, friend and everything else but as Jenna Read the Rest
A couple of weeks ago I went with Jenna to pick Amara up from school. When the bell rang, Amara came flying out of the classroom, “Grandma, I made Honor Band!” I swear she was so excited she was jumping 2 feet off the ground while she told me. I knew that she had gotten Read the Rest
It has been a wonderful week to be a Grandma and to be the Cat in the Hat! But I have to start at the beginning. A few months ago, the Santiago PTA received a $5000 Toolbox Grant from Lowe’s. The grant was awarded to create a Super Reader School at Santiago. I have been Read the Rest