San Clemente

Well today, everyone that I talked to said "you should have been here yesterday". They were telling me about how warm it had been the few days before I got here. Now, it's freezing, looks like rain, foggy, and a high wind warning.

I'm here because Traci is at a swim show. It's better for her to buy me a ticket to come over to watch the kids instead of paying for a babysitter at $25.00/hr. The airfares are pretty reasonable right now too.

I was glad that it worked out because I got to see Lauren and her class do their chapel performance. The theme was "Helping In Our Community". She did great with her memorized part. Later in the day, I read a book in her class as part of the AR Reading program. Then gave the students the comprehension quiz. Waialua Elementary School uses the same program, so I was familar with it.

Lauren was so excited to show me her new bike and how she had learned to ride it. At Christmas when we were here, her friends got new bikes without training wheels. So she decided she was going to learn and with some help had it mastered within a few hours. She was excited to show me how she goes up and down the driveways.

Lauren has really grown up in the last few months. She's grown three inches taller, her uniforms are now short on her. She loves her school and loves to read. She can pretty much sound out any word.

Jack ...makes me laugh. We're working on potty training. He wants to go to "big boy school" so he knows he has to wear big boy pants. He was sitting on the potty after dinner and told me he couldn't go because he had a headache! I just laughed. He's such a boy. He is a lover, but also all boy. Just a whirlwind. Today while Lauren was riding her bike, he was on a big wheel in the dirt.

I'm staying in the mobil home. It's nice to have a good bed to sleep in. But it's cold in here! We've decided it's because there isn't any furniture. The last time Terry was here, he painted the kitchen so it looks really nice. Last night I worked on removing the wallpaper in one of the bathrooms...slow job. It just takes time.

My body time clock is off. It's still on Hawaii time. It's almost midnight here, so I need to get to bed, otherwise tomorrow will be a really long day!

Aloha,

Jane