Memories New and Old

Old Memories

You know how you feel when you see something or someone that just takes you back to your childhood and you suddenly remember a memory you haven't thought of forever? Well Cane is holding my memory. This book brings back many fond memories of being at Grandma Meyer's house and her reading books to us. All of you Meyers should remember this book! Matt was in love with this book, so Grandma read it to us all the time. I haven't thought about it forever, but I think she gave the book to Matt awhile ago because he loved it so much. But this is not Matt's copy! In January, I was co-teaching a May term class to a group of 15 elementary students. In the week long course, we collected donated books and put on a book sale for the elementary school. One day we were busy sorting books, and I came across this book. I would have never been able to tell you the name or even the exact plot, but I remember very vividly the pictures of the scuba diver diving for the treasure and the shark! I immediately opened the book and found that page! I almost cried! My students at school were very confused why I was so excited when I saw it since it was obviously VERY old and had been taped in several places. But I instantly set it aside to buy it for 25 cents!


I read it a few times at home, and the kids enjoyed it, but it did not become their favorite and quickly was buried in the book shelf. However, lately Cane has been pulling it out and it has become one of his favorite to read before bed!

And here is the page that I instantly searched for when I initially found the book, I know you all remember this, right?

New Memories

We made a few new memories last night. We took off the training wheels for the first time and BOTH kids learned how to ride a bike in about 30 minutes! It was so great! I knew Cole would be determined and have no trouble, but I was nervous about Claire, especially with as quickly as Cole picked it up. She is a little more sensitive and gets frustrated easily, but she amazed me also. She was yelling "Let me Go!" the very first run. Enjoy the videos!

They both have bikes that are a little bigger then the one seen here, but this one was much easier for them to control, so we used this bike to learn.