New Hearing Aid

Yesterday we went to the audiologist and picked up Mark's new hearing aid. Now he has two. He was surprised at how many sounds he can hear now, that he hasn't heard for awhile--things like the sounds of his pants rustling when his hand brushes them, and the rain outside.

Today was Cinco de Mayo, so the French teacher brought his students to Mark's classroom to "attack the Mexicans" with wadded-up pieces of paper. The battle of Cinco de Mayo, in Puebla Mexico, was between the French under Napoleon and the Mexicans/Spanish, so the Spanish teachers and the French teacher do this every year. It's a classic case of winning the battle but losing the war. The kids love the paper battles, of course.

We had a couple of dry days, so I finished mowing the back yard this afternoon. In a little while Mark and I are leaving for a literacy celebration event in Beaverton - I'm being honored for my work with adolescent literacy at OCHS.

Here are a couple more pictures from last weekend. We had a fun time with Polly & Eric and family, and with LaVerne and Aunt Alice.

Sunday morning breakfast at Grandma's house.

 Becca in a thoughtful moment.

 Seth with the Henry Huggins statue.

Katie on the big slide!