Alex too!

Alex also started school this week! He goes to 3 days a week pre-school - in the afternoons. He has the same teacher as last year - Ms. Kelly - she is great with the kids! Alex has a friend Zachery - he said goodbye to him today - it was very cute. Alex takes the bus from day care and then I pick him up - he's always excited when I get there! Here he is getting his back pack to go home. It will be neat to see what he learns this year and what school he'll be in next year for kindergarden.

Fun at Bell's Party

Once again, the kids had a great time together. The gathering was Bella (aka Stinky Pete)'s 2 year old celebration. Games, food, drinks and of course Bingo!

Circus Band

Jay is Alex's music therapist - he plays a song that Alex sings to called "circus band" - joining in the circus band today was Lizzy - she was spending the afternoon with us as Lynn got called to work (yes, she actually answered her phone today - way to go Lynn!).

More than life itself

Here is my Champers - I like to say I love him more than life itself - I know if sounds whacky to some, but if you had a pet for 14 years, you would be a little attached too! He's old but young at heart! I've never seen a doggy who loves to snuggle with people more than Champ! He'll always be the first man in my life - before Bill, before kids, he's just been there for it all!!

And so it begins . . . .

Here we are, the first day of school for Ben . . . .weirdly, we were both a little bit sad - I couldn't even get a smile out of him for a photo. He was sad when he said goodbye, but was happy when I picked him up - a very good sign! Here are the pics - - -

One Thousand Degrees!

It's been REALLY (or, fill in your own descriptive colorful word here) HOT!! The kids cooled off at Ward's Water Day - a nice event to get the kids excited for back to school - - Monday for Ben!! Let me confirm - the kids cooled off - not me! I stood in the heat from 5 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. watching them play on water slides . . nice . . . then the power went out at 11:00 p.m. last night at the house - Man, I wish Bill would make those payments on time!! No....actually...it was a transformer or something - no a/c, lights or TV for 2 1/2 hours!! At least we had plenty of light via the millions of candles I have in my house!! Yea, the candle lady saves the day!

The Little Ones

The little ones aren't so little anymore.....Bella is almost 2!! And Alex has one more year before kindergarten! Here they are in the back bedroom, they are watching an Elmo movie and hanging out together. Alex doesn't torture her all the time anymore, just some of the time, that's a good thing!