Remember These Little Kids?

I read blogs and see pictures, but these are the kids that I know. They look different from those other pictures.

Remember the tear-jerking Kodak commercial that played that song "Turn Around" by Malvina Reynolds? "...Turn around and you're two, Turn around and you're four..." I think it was that song. I know whichever song it was made me tearful every time.

Didn't know I was so song literate, did you? The amazing internet can make anyone look knowledgable. Of course, the internet can be a wolf in sheep's clothing. I often find papers that have been plagarized by googling a phrase or so. It was so much easier when I was a kid--not that I would plagarize! I did summarize quite a bit without documenting--I guess I'd have to say that was summarizing. The teachers should have been happy that I turned in a paper. That is the mindset of today's students. "You oughta be glad I showed up."

Well, all that I have to say is--Ya oughta be glad that I wrote something today so that checking in on my blog didn't waste your time!!

Things Are Heating Up!!

A heat advisory is in effect until Friday evening. As summer is coming to a close, a high of 98 degrees will be bearing down on us.

This is a picture of Elway in front of something else heating up!!!

For those who don't know about Elway and for those who seem to forget, Elway got his name from my dad, L. Wayne. You can probably figure out the name now. In the picture, you can't really see that Elway is on a frog, whose name is Bronco. For those who are not football fans, the Denver Bronco quarterback used to be John Elway. I'm not usually clever at naming things, but I thought this was a stroke of genius. But after that Dande Lion Manor fiasco, I thought I might need to explain myself.

When I used to write stories in junior high, I had the most difficult time thinking up names for characters. I'm always impressed with the names students come up with nowadays. With so many invented ways to spell a name anymore, it doesn't matter what the character is called.

I have four Makayla's in class this year: Michaela, Mikayla, Makayla (2). Last year the name was also spelled Micheala.

I think parents want their children to be unique. To try to insure every ounce of uniqueness possible, they use creative spelling. It doesn't do much for me. The kids get nasty if their names are spelled incorrectly by others. Parents: Make your children's lives easier. Choose the normal way to spell a name!!

I've had Jesse, Jessi, Jessie, Jessy...ugh!

I've had Tristan and Tristen.

I've had Megan, Meagan, Meghan.

I've had Amy, Aime, Aimee, Amiee.

And then my name: The male form has an E and mine doesn't. People can't figure that out. At least it's a female/male thing. It wasn't creative spelling.

Here's a last name for you to figure out the pronunciation: Leighty.

It's pronounced Leestee. Go figure.