Catch Up Post

Wow, where have we been? The last month has been hectic to say the least.

Lorelei still has cheerleading 3 nights a week and then one or two games each weekend. Pluse we have Daisy Scouts a few times a month. She still enjoys both, but boy is it wearing to keep up with her schedule!

Caleb has decided that he's interested in giving Boy Scouts another go after our botched attempt when he was in 1st grade. I'm so excited about this! I think it will be a really great activity for him. He'd also like to take swimming lessons at some point. I'm hoping we can do that for him.

After living here an entire year I finally have proper identification (ooooppps!) so we were able to go to the library tonight for the kids and I to get new library cards. They enjoyed the experience immensely and sat down to start reading their books while I looked for something new to read. They also read the entire way home.


Caleb has finally started getting into age appropriate chapter books. Bionicles and Phineas & Ferb top his list. The library doesn't carry the latter, but I did find Bionicles and that satisfied him so much he grabbed four. Lorelei is able to read a lot of simple books now. I'm proud to have two great readers.

Over Labor Day weekend George and I took the kids down into the city to get to see Chicago. They loved the train ride down and just the whole experience.



Lorelei brought home her first spelling test in September with a 100% marked in red at the top. Of course this hung on the fridge for at least a week in recognition of her achievement. Both kids are doing VERY well in school this year.


Caleb has taken an interest in drawing and writing little comic books. This was the first: "Army Man Caleb. The Original Story of Army Man vs. Money Man". They are really cute and the most recent one even includes his little sister as a trusty side kick.



We brought home some new furry friends. Because with two dogs and an odd assortment of fish we didn't have have enough critters. Two female hamsters named Rosie and Rhino. Rhino was named after the hamster/gerbil in Bolt. Not like they know the difference.



And last but not least...



We got a little goofy last night and snapped about 25 photos. My children? Are weird, strange and quite a lot adorable.

Monoday...Already?

Yep. Calendar confirmed it. It's definitely Monday.

I woke up late this morning with a pounding headache. The kids' were already down in the living room. Caled having figured out how to work the television and it's computer so that they could watch a movie. Seriously folks, I haven't even figured that out yet. Ah, to be 7 and a genius!

I realized that the fish and frogs didn't get any food before we left on Saturday morning. I felt awful! They were all ready to pounce when they felt the lid open over the tank yesterday after we got home. I gave them some extra. Then George fed them after that too. They were still hungry when I finally went to bed!

No school today and tomorrow for conferences. It's kind of nice to have the four day weekend and not have to get right back in the grind after being on the go all weekend long. Not to mention the weather is gorgeous. If I could get Caleb convinced we'd already be at the park playing and enjoying! November 3rd and 73 degrees; how often is that likely to happen? I'm hoping I'll convince them soon so I can take out George's fancy camera and get some cute shots of them. i have a feeling this could very well be the absolute last nice day we get until about the end of April!

None of my pictures from the weekend really turned out, so I've got nothing for you. I think George may have taken a few, but when I downloaded mine off my phone they were blurry, out of focus and just crap. I was disappointed, but I wasn't in full sunlight and it is just a camera phone.

Speaking of George, he completely spoiled me yesterday!

Caleb's conference is tonight at 6:45 and Lorelei's is bright and early tomorrow morning at 8.

Happy Fish

George picked up some tubing, fish food, and something that makes bubbles for the tank last night after the kids went to bed. I finished filling the tank up to capacity. Now we have some very happy little fish. Tonight, we are going to pick up a couple more room mates for them!

Puppy Love

Lorelei fell asleep on the couch, so Duke snuggled up for a cuddle...

Caleb didn't want to be left out, so he snuggled up to Duke.

Our Doggy -- Duke

We got Duke in February of 2004 when he was just a pup and he's stayed with Daddy the last few years. He's still the cutest, most adorable, hyperactive guy I know. He's a 1/2 Pug, 1/2 Beagle pure mix more commonly known as a Puggle. The kids are so excited to be living with Dukey again (and Mom is pretty excited too!). This isn't a recent picture, but we definitely needed to introduce Duke to the blogging world.