Maddie's Timbit's Debut

Soccer started for Mad yesterday & to say she was excited to finally play instead of watch would be an understatement. Maybe I should join a league too:-)

I Still Remember..

8 years ago..I remember starting my day at New Hope Elementary with a class full of new 2nd graders. It would only be a few days later that I would find out that I was pregnant with Jackie. I think back about finding out about 9/11 with a note from the guidance counselor...something about our country was attacked by terrorist this morning..I dont remember the details of the words, just that it was on bright colored paper that was passed around to each teacher that morning. We all anxiously waited to turn on the tv when the kids were at recess or to make a phone call. The phone lines were crazy..I remember. No one knew what kind of terror those victims of 9/11 were going through that morning, but I often think of them & my heart breaks. I think about the families left to move on & heal. I wonder how they all are doing & hope they know that we still remember their lost loved ones.

Dublin Charity Cup

Jack played in his first soccer tournament this weekend. Here a few pics from the weekend of soccer.

President Obama

Tomorrow President Obama will give a speech directed to the schoolkids of the US. You can read it here. http://www.whitehouse.gov/MediaResources/PreparedSchoolRemarks/
Jack's school will allow students to watch the speech only if they send in a signed note & those students will watch it in a designated area. Does this seem crazy to anyone??? President Obama is our president & I imagine that if he decided to visit Jack's school or any school he would be welcomed with open arms not with a signed note admittance only.
One argument is that parents don't think a president should speak directly to their children w/o the parents knowing what he will say ahead of time. I wonder if those same parents preview all the tv shows & movies/media that their children watch. So much is thrown at our kids thru tv that is truly negative & violent, but I don't think our president (the one we elected) will do anything but inspire the young people...especially those students that need a positive role model. They may even go home & explain to their parents that Obama isn't so bad.

35 years old today...

The Pet Whisperer is Home..

Afterschool the animals all know where to go for loving..Jack aka "the pet whisperer." He loves his furry friends & they miss him when he's at school.

She's off..

bluebird skies above our heads,
dancing by the day begins.
i see you smile & know you are ready,
off to school slow & steady.
no wave goodbye with a friend hand-in-hand,
going to make new creations in imaginary lands.