Hellooooo.....

Well I had just forgotten all about this. Because I am busy busy busy. Those boxes of books don't move themselves down perilously narrow stairs, you know.

My blog is just like my diary. Every other entry is an apology for not writing more often. I always wonder who I'm apologizing to in my diary. Scholars studying it for hints of future greatness?

Anyhoo, I'll just quickly fill you in on the past 5 months. Des and Amelia are having a great year. Very few complaints about staff or boredom this year. They have been working on a movie called "Magic Number 7" that has something to do with time travel, and for the sake of continuity, needs a lot snow to film. Amelia became certified to work in the school store. I think she may be the youngest kid certified. Des tried to but it didn't work out. He took it surprisingly well. I guess they are growing up and able to take knocks a bit better. I can't believe they'll be 8 next month.

Cady, who I worried about having a crappy year because she was going to school with a bunch of 2 and 3 year olds has ended up having a wonderful time. Everyday the little kids take a nap and she spends one to two hours with the Paula, her teacher, doing whatever interests her. So now she's reading. That has lit a fire under Amelia's ass. Every time she sees Cady reading with us, she comes trotting by with a book of her own to read. It's really funny. Des seems abashed that Cady and his 5 year old cousin are both reading but it hasn't provided enough of an impetus to get him going. And I'm ok with that too.

Finn. Well, Finn is 3 and all the good and bad that comes along with it. I feel like we are at mile 25 in the marathon of early childhood. He's potty trained. He almost sleeps through the night. Is just about finished nursing. Can mostly dress himself. We are so close!! Then maybe I will get my sanity back.

The store is covering it's bills. which is great. But I can't pay myself yet which is to be expected. I love it though.

Lots of great stuff happening at school which I may or may not get around to talking about. for now though, I'm going to watch the Oscars.

Toodles.