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At CC's preschool they teach the ABC's by using Zoophonics. I had never heard of it. This method combines the lower case letter with a zoo animal, and the sound the letter makes with a simple movement. I think it is very interesting, perfect for Claire. Very Cali, don't ya think? If you google Zoophonics a bunch of info comes up. Have a great weekend.

It's a Small World After All, and a weenie roast!

We loved having my Mom and Frank here this week. I had to stop myself from begging for them to stay! We are already missing you guys.

Back To School: Part 2

Well, CC gives her preschool "Two thumbs up!" Mostly because they have pets in her classroom. (If you count a tarantula, frog, fish, turtle, two cockroaches, and two Walking Stick bugs as pets.) Claire was over the moon about it. I really liked her teacher, mostly because she told me how incredibly bright CC is. Actually she said she has had a few Claire's through the years and all of them were clever. Interesting, maybe a study should be done. Can your name make you smart? Has this been my problem all along? Thanks Mom and Dad!

In other news, O seems to be adjusting to first grade. We met his teacher and she was very nice. He is meeting friends and getting the hang of things. He even bought his first school lunch today. Oh yeah, he is also "in love." Great. We have been invaded by sugar ants, totally brutal. We tried our best to fend them off but we were no match for their numbers. A professional will be here tomorrow to help us win the battle. We felt our first SoCal earthquake.

Pretty exciting. It was a rumble, and a roll, about 5 seconds. Ofcourse we panicked. I yelled "Get to the bathroom!" at the same time Bill yelled, "Get outside!" Neither kid moved. I looked it up on the computer, it was a 4.7 in Santa Ana. No one we talked to through the course of the day felt a thing. The good news is I printed a copy of what you are supposed to do, the bad news is we managed to really freak CC out about earthquakes, whoops.