Back to School

 

Today was my first day of school and work as an Oregon State University Beaver.  The five top moments of my day were...drum roll please...
5.  Learning that part of my new job working in the Art Department office is scanning and archiving thousands of slides of paintings, etchings etc. from all over the world.  Seriously.  I'm really excited about it!
4.  Helping a girl wearing leopard print leggings, a black leather bustiere, and cat ears.  Can't beat the er...diversity of the art department :)
3.  Despite the several close calls, I didn't run into anyone or wipe out on my bike.
2.  My professor looks like Will Schuester.
1.  During lecture my professor quoted Goonies.  "Down here it's our time. It's our time down here."

It's gonna' be a great year! 

SMART

Heidi and I were at the store when her eyes fell upon the Halloween costumes.  She, of course, found one that she simple couldn't live without and started begging me to buy it for her.  I told her I wasn't sure how much Daddy wanted to spend on Halloween costumes this year and suggested that we go home and ask him.  Heidi had a suggestion of her own.  "How 'bout we buy it first and THEN ask Daddy!"

I didn't teach her that.  I swear. 

All things girl

Heidi loves all things girl. For her birthday she had a pink princess fairy tea party.  I never considered that her love of all things girl and exclusion of anything (and anyONE) boy could be a result of a simple error in learning the English language.   

 

The other day at the public library Heidi was sitting at the table in the kids section coloring a picture.  A little boy came and sat across from her.  There was only one bin of crayons and each time this little boy took one out to use it, Heidi gave him a crusty look.  At one point the boy had the red crayon and Heidi wanted it.  Thankfully (and surprisingly) she asked him for it.  The sweet little guy handed it over.  "MOM!"  Heidi yelled to me, "That........human shared his crayon!" 

 

Apparently my child doesn't even have the word, "boy" in her vocabulary.