Good morning teachers and stundents . I am Nicole Cashin and I am in Mrs. Bonds third grade class . I have been at Pleasantdale

since kindergarden . I think Pleasantdale is a great school . I am a great student , infact I always make straight A’ s. I have never been to princeples office. I think I would be a good student councel

member becuse I can go to all the meetings I don’t skip school and I’m never late . I can stay for after school meetings becuse my mom can pick me up. I’m very responsible and a hard worker. I will do any job you

ask me to do any job you ask me to do. If you need songs for dances, my parent’s have more than 100 cd’s that I can tape songs from. I would be happy to buy refreshments or even make refreshments. My mom is a good cook , and I would like to help her make refreshments for school dances . I would do my best report to my class about student councel meetings . Most of all I would like to learn to be a good student councel member ,so that when I

Kathy’s 10 year class reunion made for a fun but exhausting weekend. The kids stayed and Grandpa’s Friday night (a first!) while Kathy and I went to County Cork. Kathy thought it was strange going to a crowded bar where you know everyone. We actually gathered in the courtyard below County Cork, only going into the bar upstairs for popcorn or bathroom breaks.

I was the only guy there who had a wife and sister in the graduating class. Bob couldn’t make it because his parents were down for a visit.

Kathy and I stayed right up to the end. Then we left with Nancy and Ted and Cam and her boyfriend, John. We all decided to meet over at our pool for a late night jacuzzi dip and swim. Out in the parking lot, Kathy, Nancy, Ted, and I hung around a few minutes trying to figure out what was going on inside a nearby Issuzu Trooper.

I think we finally stumbled into bed around 3 a.m.

Saturday, we picked up the kids and went to a tour and picnic at St. Pius. Danny brought his scooter which he road around in the parking lot. Nicole scored at least 5 baskets inside the gym with her amazing underhand toss.

Kathy was amazed at the new additions to the school, especially the bigger library, the dance studio, the band room, and the very nice theater. Not as many people turned up for the picnic as the night events.

We all dressed up for a night of dancing and yelling (over the loud music) at CAMMERRON at the Shops of Dunwoody. Kathy and I led the dancing with several of the black girls who couldn’t resist getting us all up on the dance floor when “Super Freak” started playing. Kathy had a great time and was the best looking girl there. At one point a bunch of us were up on a row of chairs on the dance floor with the manager encouraging us to get off her chairs.

Sunday was much more relaxing. The four of us joined the Regan’s up at the farm for a day of just sitting around a recuperating. Ted and I went shopping at the Levi’s outlet in Gainesville.

We all went to Nicole’s talent show at Pleasantdale. We had to stick it out to the end because the Brownies were performing “Old Time Rock ‘n Roll” second-to-last.

The problem is that the cafeteria isn’t made to be packed with people for two hours. The only source of air is the double doors. So after the first hour, most of the oxygen is gone, and you’ve got a big green house effect going.

Nicole enjoyed dressing up 50’s style and wearing lots of makeup. It also helped that she got to wait in the green room where there was extra oxygen.

The evening was dedicated to the troops. One of the troops even manned the lights.

[3rd grader Nicole writes…]

I made strate ”a”s.

A-spelling

A-ENLISH

A-READING

A-SOCIL STUDIES

A-SCIECE

Last Saturday night Kathy and I went to Frank and Stephanie’s wedding shower at Elizabeth and Harrison’s house. Lots of desserts. Everyone wrote a line of the poem “Frankie and Stephanie Get Married (A Poem).”

Mom and Dad watched our kids and E.E. The big event of their evening was Eric’s burp. Danny told us all about it when we checked in.

Susan Butker had some inside information about the start of the war. Soon after we arrived, we were told that the war would begin at 8 pm. Someone in Saudi had called Al somebody over here with prearranged code words to tell that the war would start that night at 8.

Sure enough, at 8:30, CNN announced the beginning of the war. Now, four days later, the word is that Bush will come on the air at 9 pm to announce an end to the war.

Not much of a war, thank goodness. Did everyone miscalculate, or was everyone appropriately cautious?

Last night, the four of us went to Fr. Lopez’ renewal at IHM. Nicole and Danny got to play in the nursery. Kathy and I sat with Dad who had stopped by the Varsity for dinner between work and the church. Dad’s working too hard. Hope he enjoys it.

On the way home, Danny wanted to know if we could watch America’s Funniest Home Videos. That’s what he gets to do if he is good at mass on Sunday nights. I guess he thought he had been good watching the Wizard of Oz in the nursery.

Nicole couldn’t stop giggling on the way home as Danny told me all about the Penny Pig he got to pet at school yesterday. He realized he must be saying something wrong because of Nicole’s laughter. “Is that right, Mom?” he asked worriedly about his Penny Pig.

Kathy was also cracking up, and, in the interest of protecting the endangered Penny Pig species, told him that he had it right.

[Guinea Pig.]