2010

We're a month into 2010. Its gone by fast, which seems to be a theme of my life.

We added a new member to our family in January. We got a puppy. He's a 2 month Australian Shepherd and we named him Wallace. To say the least, he is a handful but he is an amazing addition to our family. The girls are completely in love and once they start helping with the puppy chores we'll all be in heaven. :)

Peyton has given up pacis (and in turn, given up daytime naps). It was our last real baby thing we had to get rid of, except sippy cups but that's more for my sanity of not cleaning up spilled drinks all.day.long. It wasn't near as bad as I was expecting it to be. We've had a couple of nights of asking for it. Once she even instructed me to get in the car and go to the store. Other than that she has been completely fine. I think I was more of the issue than she was with it. Don't get me wrong, she missed it (and probably still does if the thought crosses her mind) but she's definitely not a baby. We're definitely used to it being the two of us during the day.

Kerri is 100 days in to Kindergarten. Actually tomorrow is their 100th day of school which is going to be celebrated with lots of fun stuff! She had a project to collect 100 of something to bring - she picked pennies. First she asked for dollars and I quickly squished that idea and talked her into pennies instead. We made a "piggy bank" out of posterboard and glued all the pennies to it. She brought it to school this morning. I hope it made it in one piece with all 100 pennies entact. :)

Emma is doing great in Pre-K. She has met her bff , Michaela. They are too stinkin' cute together. Its amazing how different the girls are. Kerri made a bunch of friends but not necessarily one that stuck out more than anyone else. Emma, on the other hand, made lots of friends but Michaela is definitely at the top of her list. She can read, although she doesn't do it as much as Kerri did when she learned. She keeps telling me that she doesn't know how. But I see and hear her read things when she thinks I'm not paying attention.

We've had a hiatus in going to church but went yesterday morning for the first time. I'm going to do my best to ensure we keep going. Emma went into her classroom great, Peyton cried and Kerri started to tear up but when we picked them up they were all happy and had a great time. Emma learned about Mary, Peyton learned about God and Kerri learned about Daniel and the lions den. (Kerri even answered the 2nd question right - she was very proud)

I have mounds of laundry calling my name! No promises that I'll blog any more regularly but I'm going to try. If only I had more interesting things to talk about.... :)