TUMBLING

Nora loves tumbling class. She tumbles every Monday afternoon. She looks forward to it all week. She is also very good at tumbling. Today she was doing a near perfect round off and her instructor said they were going to work on a one handed cartwheel. I thought "Oh No" but Nora did a beautiful one handed cartwheel on her first try. I was stunned. Her instructor came out of the class and told me Nora was doing an amazing job. At dinner tonight Del asked her if she wanted to be gymnast. "No. It's to sweaty." was her answer. We laughed at that. Nora loves to play and loves tumbling but she hates to sweat. She says she wants to be a designer. She loves designing clothes for her Barbies.

RECOVERED

Nora has had pneumonia but is now fully recovered. This is the first real illness she has had. She has had colds and a couple of times has had a low fever but never been really sick. This is the first time in her five years that she has needed antibiotics. She went back to school last week and did very well. She caught up with everything she had missed and made great grades on both weeks works. She did get a little tired at first after being still for a week but was so happy to see her friends. Her first day back I told them not to let her go outside and play and she was very unhappy with me that afternoon. The next few days it rained and all the kids stayed inside so that was OK with her. She loved being there for Valentine's Day. She made everyone in her class a card and also gave them cards we bought so she had two cards for every child in her class. Nora loves making things. She is very much a craft lover. We're all glad things are back to normal around here.

DINOSAUR VS BARBIE

This is Nora's favorite Christmas present. She took this for show and tell at school (we asked Ms. Charlynn first). Ms. Charlynn said everyone enjoyed the dinosaur. They invited other classes to come in and watch the dinosaur and invited the office workers too. I think the dinosaur put on quite a show.

BATH TIME AND CHRISTMAS