The Six of Clubs

With the kind help of Mr. Marty, we were able to braille a deck of cards. Now we just have to learn to hold the cards so that no one else can see them! Not that anyone around here would take advantage of seeing someone else's hand. ahem.

Chick-a-Dee Has a Turn

Mr. Marty is getting a work out today. Miss Chick-a-Dee decided to write a note to JiJi and has been exploring the Braille alphabet all afternoon!

Gettin' It Done

Even when our grand-daughter, Miss PollyMops comes for a visit we can work on schoolwork! A little friendly competition of four 2nd graders never hurt anyone, right?

We have found, using Marty (the super cool braillewriter), that we need to use the headphones, otherwise everyone else waits to listen to Marty spelling a word to write theirs!

Spelling Words and Marty

Mr. Marty is getting a work out! JiJi wanted to write out her spelling words this morning before we had our first 2nd grade oral spelling competition. Not that she is in the least bit competitive, ahem. I have never seen a child so driven to perfection as she is! I guess she figured she would have the winning edge over her sisters if she reviewed her words before they could!

Yup -- A New Bike Rider!

Yup, Miss JiJi can ride her two wheeler now - with no training wheels!

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Mr. Marty meets The Crew

Well, you might notice that there haven't been many posts recently.  Through no fault of my own . . . .  Both the desktop and the laptop died.  I finally bought an ipad, but can't seem to figure out how to get photos from the ipad to the blog using the ipad.  SO, I just had an epiphany - post to the blog via an email?!?!?!?  We'll see.

Big news on the farm - Mr. Marty showed up for a two week visit today - not that anyone was excited to see him, mind you.

Soni was pretty interested in the UPS driver, as you can see.  Of course, JiJi had JUST taken her clothes off to jump into the pool when he drove up and she came tearing out to meet him in her underwear!  "GIRLFRIEND, get in here and get some clothes on!!!!!"  I have never seen her get dressed as fast as this afternoon!

JiJi has the privilege of being one of 5 youngsters in the nation to try out the new Perkins Smart Brailler, thanks to Amber at Wonderbaby.  We are the final family for Mr. Marty to visit and then a vote will be cast to see who Mr. Marty will permanently reside with.

Well, you might notice that there haven't been many posts recently. Through no fault of my own . . . . Both the desktop and the laptop died. I finally bought an ipad, but can't seem to figure out how to get photos from the ipad to the blog using the ipad. SO, I just had an epiphany - post to the blog via an email?!?!?!? We'll see.

Big news on the farm - Mr. Marty showed up for a two week visit today - not that anyone was excited to see him, mind you.