Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire!

Mom:  How was school?

(This is usually followed by Carter giving a thumbs down sign, saying "not really,"  or holding his pointer finger a millimeter away from his thumb.  On this particular occasion it was the latter.)

Mom:  Why didn't you have a good day?

Carter:  I did a lie to my teacher.

Mom:  You told your teacher a lie?  What did you say?

Carter:  I didn't TELL a lie; I DID a lie!

Mom:  What did you DO? 

Carter:  When my teacher said (using his high-pitched girly voice) "Everyone that likes school...stand up,"  I standed up but I don't like school!

So...I'm trying really hard not to blame Carter's teacher, but I don't understand why he absolutely LOVED preschool and Kindergarten and HATES 1st grade.  I'm totally bummed about it.  He still loves homework (thank goodness!), but I'm hoping that he will get used to first grade and start liking it eventually. 

Last week I finished my biggest homework assignment since I dropped out of college.  Lydia was Star of the Week, and I admittedly went a little crazy.  It's been a long time since I've busted out the scrapbooking supplies, so I had fun with it.  Now I need to figure out what to do with an enormous gaudy poster.   Any ideas?

Bye-Bye Summer!

We've had such a crazy fun summer that I haven't even had time to blog about it.  We went to Lagoon, several family reunions, the cabin, and to Vegas for Labor Day.  We took swimming lessons, camped in Manti, had family bike rides, went to the movies, had a yard sale, and even changed houses. I didn't take pictures at all of these events (dang it!) but here are a few that I did take -

You can't really tell from the picture, but my Mom helped Lydia walk up this crazy steep hill with her walker at the cabin.  She is getting so strong! (Lydia, not my Mom.  Mom has always had notable vigor.)  Ü  It was such an amazing summer that I was sad to see it end, but I've actually been enjoying our return to a schedule and kids in bed by 8:00.