Hail to the Chief, Pet Cemetery & Pumpkins

Hail to the Chief:
Jonah comes home from school Monday and says, "I'm the class president." We, of course, are shocked because we hadn't even put up a poster. On Friday, we had checked him out of class early for some reason that I don't remember, and when he went back to school on Monday he found out that he had been elected in his absence. On a side note, that's usually how I get volunteered for things.

Anyway, they told him, "Jonah, you're class president." "What?" he asked/said. "Yeah, Sarah nominated you and we voted for you." Now, Jonah and I began to hum the song Hail to the Chief while Holly asked him if he got paid for the job. We found out it is a classroom thing, rather than a fourth-grade thing. This led to my question as to if he gets to run for president of presidents. Good times.

Pet Cemetery:
I'm pretty sure the movie had a different spelling, but you get the idea. We have two dogs, a mommy and her stupid, but lovable son. The mommy apparently "got married" to another dog in the neighborhood and had a premature puppy. Yes, just one. It was a combination Chihuahua and miniature Doberman Pincher. We called it Chancho, and it died. Sorry to cut to the chase, but it didn't live long. Why we named it, I'll never know; but I don't make these types of decisions at our home. Anyway, it's a dad's job to bury dead things, so I did. For two days straight, a dog (one of ours or random neighbor's - I don't know) tried to dig up Chancho. They did, but didn't remove him; out of respect for the dead, I suppose. I had to rebury him twice, covering the sacred ground with three bricks and a spare tire the last time. I really expected to see the little rat dog roaming the neighborhood, then biting someones feet off in a fit of "undead" rage. May he now rest in peace.

Pumpkins:
Had to throw it in, because I found out this morning that I was to go on a field trip with Jonathan today. We went to a pumpkin patch. It was fun.

The thing that I realize is that my kids run their schools!