A busy Saturday for my energetic 1st grader.

First we went to Felida Baptist church to make gift boxes for Operation Shoebox. Jojo made 7 in our 3 hour stint (I made only 4). She spent part of the time with her friend Courtney, but most of the time she was enamored with Gail Kreinbring, who charmingly let her follow her around and let Jojo pick things for her boxes while helping Jojo with hers.

We followed that up with Baja Fresh with Courtney's family, whose mother works at my school. It's good to have a Christian family to hang out with. The five of them (parents, 3 kids) are wonderful people to be around ('Good People' by Audio A. came to mind while writing this).

A surprise movie event at the library - as in, we were surprised to time it almost perfectly - meant we stayed there 2 1/2 hours, eating popcorn and watching Ramona and Beezus. Jojo was her usual friendly self, bonding with a slightly older girl during the movie. I got her Nate the Great on CD, and she loves the stories she has heard so far.

An interesting Jojo quote for today (context - she has been listing to Junie B. books on CD): "Dad, I look at the cover of Junie B. Jones, and I think, how come she has such a pretty voice but she has short dark hair?"

  The evening ended with Sarah and her kids coming over for a pizza night. We played games, watched TV, and made a whole lotta noise with all the kids in the house. Jojo learned how to deal with younger boys, something she's not used to doing. She was sure she wanted to stay up when they left, but she was dead asleep within 15 minutes.

Lacking pictures because of my downgrade from a smartphone. Have to come up with a way, as my phone's camera is poor.