Where did February go??

Just a quick re-cap of the last few weeks.

Michael - Spending much time on the phone each night with a couple of girls. Hmmm... Got his phone taken away, so said girls have been calling the house late at night looking for him, 11pm or later. Hmmmm.... Hanging with Kai. Wakeboarding on Presidents Day. Running track. Enjoying new membership at the Y, working out, taking an athletic training class and swimming in the pool.

Christina - Possibly spends too much time with her friends. Is that possible? Practicing very hard for the Honor Band Auditions coming up this weekend - Clarinet. Babysitting, babysitting and more babysitting. Also enjoying the new membership at the Y. Loves swimming, taking a class and walking on the treadmill. Science Camp is just around the corner and David and I are a little surprised that Christina is going. We weren't able to chaperone, so we thought she'd back out, but she is excited to go. Amanda writes her notes and has cried a few times about how much she is going to miss her while she is gone. This makes Christina cry too. But, she will be fine and we know she will have a great time.

Amanda - Loves reading her books. She likes to memorize some books and then 'read' them to me while she looks away from the book. Playing with friends. Coloring pictures. Loves going to the 'gym' and playing in the Kid Area with Dana (a former Fitness Works employee she loved seeing, now gets to hang out with her at the Y). Swims in the pool, both at the Y and in our own pool -crazy girl!! Loves painting fingernails and toenails any chance she can get -basically anytime I say yes.

Ryan - What a long way he has come this year in pre-school! This is his first year in pre-school and I am not a good 'teacher' here at home. I was concerned that he may not pick up the whole ABC thing, writing and drawing pictures. Well, he is doing great! I love seeing his classwork come home, especially the ones where he has written something with a picture to go along with it. Loves going to pre-school and also spending time with his friends -at our house or theirs. Went to the Zoo last week, in the rain! Miserable, but fun!

Tyler - What a difference Pre-School has made for him as well. His speech is getting so much better. We can actually understand most of what he says! He loves playing Lego's with Ryan and Michael. Riding his bike in the court with his 'buddy' Noah. His favorite song to sing right now is 'Mary had a little lamb'. He sings loud and proud! A little less enthusiastic about going to the gym. Loves to go and swim but not so fond of the kid area, unless Dana is there, of course. Ryan and Amanda help convince him to go in. Recent field trip to the Zoo -last Monday in the rain! It was so cold, but we had fun. Tyler fell asleep on the tram ride at the end. Loved it!

Brenda - Worked 2 jobs the month of February. Some days were harder than others, but it's all good. Ended up 'quitting' the tax thing, I think. I'm not really sure what actually happened there. It was so slow at that office, and a couple conversations led to me to just say "I think it best that I go, and you call me when and if you get busy and need me to come back to help out." So I guess I am on-call now? Wierd... I loved the challenge of learning something new, and I actually really enjoyed doing the tax returns, but it was so slow there!! Since I was only getting 10 hours a week, I figured I would save them some money and spend some time with my kids. If they call and need me I will be happy to go back and help out. In the meantime, I have an interview tomorrow morning for another job. Am I crazy???

David - Still working in the same job. A Manager position opened up, FINALLY!! So we are hopeful that something materializes. Since he has been there, 2 have opened but then were pulled. So we are hoping the same thing doesn't happen this time. He is the Asst. Manager, but basically doing the manager's job. He works really well with his manager -they get along really well, almost too well I tell him. But we are both hopefull something will happen with this opening. Cross your fingers for him! :)

David is actually the one who suggested we get a membership at the Y, because he wanted to start working out! I never thought I'd hear him say that! David has never worked out or exercised the entire time I have known him. He is lucky to have a great metabolism and has never needed to. I am happy he wants to do it, because it gets me to the gym. We have really enjoyed going. It is a great facility and there is plenty to keep us all busy. We go almost daily! We all love it.