Just Playing Around

We have had a pretty good week this week. Alex going to preschool has made such a difference in his relationship with Avril! They're not so tired of each other now, so when they get a chance to play they are really enjoying it. Here they are doing each other's hair - they switched back and forth in the chair for about twenty minutes; not sure what the fascination was with it but they stayed out of trouble and for that I'm thankful. They basically are having a great time. Also here's a picture of the bird's favorite new toy - a kleenex. Who'd have thought? Tonight Alex will go off to cubbies and Frank and Avril and I will have time together to watch a movie and just hang out. I don't work either Thursay or Friday so hopefully I'll get started on building Alex's new loft bed and that should be interesting. lol. Saturday Erin and I are going to a Chevelle concert! Woohoo! I'm way more excited about it than she is, but I'm still determined to have a good time. I've got an extra ticket, so if anyone wants to come with me, just let me know.

A Great Weekend

Well we all had a good time at Beanbah's house with the fam. The kids enjoyed the garden, the toys, the company. And we got to meet Ireland! She is such a sweetie, and a really big fan of watermelon. :) Uncle Tim seemed to be holding up well; he looked good and was able to get up to do a few things. We had a cookout Saturday afternoon while the Lexington folks were here and that was fun. The kids had a blast trying to fill a tractor tire with grass and sticks. lol. We played cards (I think sucessfully teaching Kimmi how), dominoes (which didn't last too long but the kids had a good time) and just hung out. I wish we would have had more time together, but such is life. Actually we should have left The three kids got along really well together too.

Sunday night but because of some storms in our path we thought it best to wait and leave early on Monday. I had to get Alex home early enough to get to his first day of Preschool in time! We barely made it; missed the bus, but I was able to take him to his class. He is having a really good time in school, but in true Alex fashion doesn't want to talk about it. I was able to go to the open house in the classroom last night and he had a really good time showing me around, so I think he has a better time in there than he lets on when he gets home. Today is my first day at home with Alex at school - earlier in the week I've been at work - and let me tell you it is a strange and happy thing. I sent him off on the cute little bus at 11:20 and had until 3:00 with it just being Avril and I in our jammies with nothing to do except clean the house. I think next year will be a wonderful thing with both of them gone. That sounds terrible to say, but turns out having a couple of hours at home each day with no children is nice. Well I've really got to get back to housework, but I wanted to share a few pics from the weekend.

Sorry

I'm sorry for not updating this much in the past couple of weeks. I can't seem to get my life straightened out quite right, but next week Alex starts preschool and soon we'll finally get someone hired for the office and life will settle. I haven't taken many pictures lately, and when I do I can't remember to bring the memory card to work to get them on here and I certainly can't do it from home. (Avril freaks out when I'm not paying attention to her - something we need to work on obviously.) For a quick update, our house has been a bit sick lately. I came down with a cold last Monday and just today I'm feeling close to 100%. Frank picked it up late last week and was pretty bad off all weekend, and the kids are just pestered by some runny noses. But hopefully it will all go away pretty soon. It is dry and hot here and we can't go outside at all for fresh air and I think that has something to do with it.

I've been busy this weekend doing school shopping for Alex, and that was fun. I spent way too much, but hopefully he'll be able to fit in this stuff through most of the year. He doesn't really grow fast; Avril is catching up to him in height! We're visiting family in Indiana this weekend and I'm really looking forward to that - it has been several weeks since we've seen Beanbah and Papa Great. And to top it off, Kimmi will be there on Saturday and I'm so excited to finally meet Ireland!