New Favorite Song

I just hit the dentist and the doctor all in one day. Whew! It's a sad thing when going to the dentist is a treat because getting your teeth cleaned is still a little break from your children. Let's just try that again with a positive spin, shall we?… I really appreciate opportunities for a change of scenery and going to the dentist is no exception. I had a chance to watch a few minutes of Rachel Ray talking about obese pets (!) and I even got to read a couple pages of a magazine. It was a nice break. After the dentist, I got to go to the doctor, while I was there, I heard a song. It's probably not new, I'm good at getting excited about stuff that's ancient history, but I loved it and I bopped right home and got myself a copy from the itunes store. It's Brad Paisley She's Everything. I'm an eclectic kind of girl, I'll listen to anything if it has good lyrics.

Tomorrow I'm leaving on a little mini vacation with just Kenneth, it's top secret so I'll tell you more when I get back. (See, now you are curious!) Tee hee.

Speaking of Kenneth, fencing camp was interesting for him, but ultimately good. Coach is Polish and pretty hard core. I think it was good for Kenneth to have a pretty rigid environment, but it did remind me that Kenneth is not a joiner or a socialite. He definitely has some personality quirks that make group activities challenging for him. Something to work on as we wend our way on this journey together.

Reid ran right into a doorknob last week and gave himself a black eye. It looks worse now that it is healing than it did when it was fresh. Isn't that one of those ridiculous classic stories though? Poor little guy, he was not only hurt but, I'm pretty sure offended. He was very concerned about the upcoming trip. He wanted to know which days of the week he'd be staying with Daddy. I told him, "Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday," at which point he started groaning. When I asked why he said, "Oh no! Some of those are work days, which means Daddy is going to be on the phone all day!!" I assured him that Daddy had taken vacation days so he will be available to mind Reid, himself and Miss Eleanor. He was tentatively accepting, but I could tell he had his suspicions.

Speaking of Miss Eleanor, she has turned into quite the little chatter box. She knows the alphabet now, primarily thanks to Dr. Seuss ABC. Now we are working on learning to use the Track Ball on the computer, although I must confess I'm lousy about practicing with her. She talks up a storm, using ginormous sentences. Reminds me a lot of a certain redhead I know.

For Father's Day we gave Michael some software for his blackberry and 84 pictures so now he has a wallet sized slideshow. Pretty cool. He used it this week already when a new client said, "So, you gotta wife? kids?" I'm so proud!

Ah well, it's late. I should go to bed. Busy day tomorrow. See ya sooN!

Too Long!

Okay it's 3:00 am on a Monday and I can't sleep. Oh…what to do? I know! Post on my poor sad, neglected blog. I just returned today from a wonderful weekend away from my family. I went on a scrapbooking retreat! Can you believe it? I stayed at the most wonderful bed and breakfast in Grand Saline, Texas. I had meals prepared for me, a wonderful, beautifully lit scrap room to work in and the company of wonderful friends. All on a lovely creekside rural setting. It was quite a get-away. I really didn't want to come home. Really. I mean, I probably would have wanted to come home eventually, but I wasn't ready yet!

Kenneth starts fencing camp tomorrow (well, er, I guess that would be today) He should do okay, I'm going to try really hard not to worry about him too much, but being dropped off at 9:00 and working all day is a very different experience for my little homeschooled one. I hope he doesn't get discouraged. He's kind of quick to throw in the towel if he's not marvelous at something on the first try. I'll definitely be in his corner pulling for him, no matter what.

Speaking of summer…oh, I wasn't was I? Well, I was talking about camp, and camp is one of those things that happens in the summer. Since it's summer now you'd think I'd lighten up on the kiddos, but I'm not planning to. I figure they get enough breaks here and there every week, all year long, why should they get the summer off? I'm mean, aren't I? I just want them to stay sharp. Kenneth will be getting enough of a break by going to all these camps.

Well, I'll see if I can post something else new sooner rather than later, but for now I'm off. ta ta!