ZimWex Family Blog

On the way home.

Overheard as Jerry talked with his playdate .

Jerry: "its just like when people ask me what its like not to have a Dad? How am I supposed to know? I've never had a Dad. So to me its just normal. But for someone else, it might not be.  Its just like Physics.  If you're riding on a car thats on top of a train, and the car is going 2 miles per hour and the train is going 100 miles per hour, if you are in the car, you think you are going 2 miles per hour, but if you are watching the train go by with the car, the car is going 102 miles per hour.  Its all relative."

Physics explains the universe in more ways than I knew!

AZ

Empty nest?

Violet had her first day of real school this week.*

She ran ALL the way there.

Waited at the window.

And was VERY excited to see that her name was written all over the school.

For a Mom who has had kids home with her consistently for TEN YEARS, this is a very big deal.

Soon the hours of 9-12 will be MINE!

Of course, due to "A gentle separation" that time doesn't seem to be coming any time soon. Right now the school day is from 9-10:15 and I have to stay.

But its coming....

Will almost certainly be back to blog about that!

AZ

* I don't understand the toothbrush, either.

A good, yummy cause.

A friend of mine had a bake sale on the Fourth of July to benefit this organization:

Cookies for Kids' Cancer .  Her friend (whose son was diagnosed at age 2 with a very rare cancer, which he is still fighting at age 5) started cookies for kids' cancer to help raise money for pediatric cancer research.

We were very excited to help out and came bearing many a baked good.

And then stood behind the table in order to eat as many of them as possible to help sell them.

We flagged down pedestrians and cars and got as many people to come as possible, though realized partway through that shouting "Bake Sale! Support Pediatric Cancer!" wasn't exactly the right way to phrase things, as we agreed that we do not, in fact support pediatric cancer.  

We threw in the word "research" at the end and all was well. 

And bake sales can make a lot of money!

This one made $1280 in about 3 hours.   

So...check out the website. Its inspirational. Throw a bakesale.

Do not support pediatric cancer.  But do support those fighting it!

AZ