Piggies!

As part of our parent participation for Sarah's class, we bought 2 guinea pigs! They are both girls, about 8-12 weeks old and so cute! The kids named them Butter and Scotch.

In addition, I made their cage out of a sheet of coroplast and those stackable wire cubes. I got the idea and design from the Cavycages web site. Totally cool , cheaper and better for the piggies' feet. These cages are easier to clean, too. I paid about $25 for the sheet of coroplast and roughly $14 for the cubes... oh, and around $3 for the zip ties. It was super simple to make.

So, that should take care of our parent participation which includes one of two choices:

1) Volunteer at least 10 hours (or 15 hours for 2 kids) at the school doing various jobs, or
2) Forking out about $100 for classroom needs - supplies, etc. The piggies count for that. :)

Hooray for piggies!

Conversations

Conversations....

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A little over a week ago, I had my purse stolen out of my car (long story). Here's what Sarah had to say about it:

Sarah: Mommy, did they catch the bad guys who stole your purse?
Me: Not yet.
Sarah: If I catch them, I'm going to punch them in the face and Karate them.
Me: You are?
Sarah: Yes. Are they going to come to our house?
Me: Who?
Sarah: The bad guys.
Me: They better not.
Sarah: If they do, I'll punch them like thise (pow!) and Karate them like this (Haii-ya!). Then daddy can shoot them!

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Earlier this week:

Me: Sarah, guess what? The police caught the bad guys!
Sarah: What bad guys? (She's forgotten already?!)
Me: The ones who stole my purse.
Sarah: How?
Me: The police followed a trail of clues... like in Scooby Doo.
Sarah: I'd rather watch Boomerang (a Cartoon Network station).
Me: (what?!?!)

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On the way home the other day:

Sarah: Mommy, will you make me a 4-year-old wedding dress?
Me: A wedding dress? For a 4-year-old?
Sarah: Yes! I want one.
Me: Why?
Sarah: So I can play bride!

She has a white dress she'll dress up in and a bit of crenalin from another dress and put that on her head like a veil. But now she wants a "real" one. Sheesh.

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On the way to school the next day:

Sarah: Mommy, do you know what I'm going to play outside today?
Me: What?
Sarah: The Corpse Bride!
Me: You're going to be the Corpse Bride?
Sarah: Yes! And I'll get some other girls and boys to play, too! It will be fun!

Now I know why she wants the wedding dress. But they didn't get to play it because it was too cold to go outside. She was very disappointed. :(