Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

Me: Luke, what songs are you supposed to be practicing for violin?

Luke: Just one, “Fierce Jaguar”

Me: What?

Luke: Fierce Jaguar

“Mom, can you post this picture?”

“And can you write, ‘Hashtag Lady Liberty’ please?”

I took Maggie to get a new library card on Saturday.

She was thrilled and ended up checking out six books – three books for herself, two to read to Annie, and one for me to read to her at bedtime.

It was a very successful trip.

For your viewing pleasure, here is Maggie reciting her February poem. She does all her own choreography – and does it well.

“I sewed this amazing reading pillow with a little help from my mom. The dots are super fun. They keep me busy and are super duper soft. And I love the llamas on it.”

Here’s Luke’s new (and improved) 4th grade photo.

Maggie’s teacher has a grown-up daughter named Margaret. So it took the teacher a few weeks to get used to calling Maggie “Maggie” and not Margaret. Right around the time she got the hang of it, Maggie decided she really wanted to be called Margaret at school (I told her that probably wasn’t going to happen at home).

She’s been going back and forth between Margaret and Maggie and told her teacher either name is okay with her. So when it was time for cursive practice, Maggie’s worksheet had Maggie AND Margaret on it.

Maggie told me that the lowercase cursive “r” makes her think of a dress with only one sleeve. Handwriting – but make it fashion.

Lately though, she’s been signing all of her papers “Mags.”

She’s also been making her Ms into mountains because they’ve been studying landforms. I’m not sure what will be next – Margaret has a lot of nickname options.

Luke’s had some pretty involved science experiments to tackle during his at home learning days. My mom helped him with the first one and Dave was in charge of the last two. Today’s involved some marbles and a paper rollercoaster.