My 9th Birthday

Oct. 11th was my birthday\ birthday party. My friends came over, Fransisca,Sophie and Stella! It was a sleepover. For my birthday I got A Wind in the Door,A Swiftly Tilting Planet,An Acceptable Time,Many Waters and a few other books, a really cool mozece. We had icecream cake and pizza,we also watched Matilda,painted nails and did hair then went to bed.

Life is Crazy

Hello again. I know, I am totally slacking. I started my new job this week, and I absolutely love it!! I work in the Retirement Art Center for my company. It is pretty much what it sounds like. A retirement center, for people with disabilities. There are, of course, many challenges, but I love it so much! I did a lot of training this week, but I also got some client time too. Today, I spent almost the whole day pretty much one-on-one with one person. It was really awesome, although as soon as my day ended, I got a really bad headache.

Now, one thing I have to clarify is that even though it is called a retirement center, that doesn't mean that every one there is of retirement age. Some of them are in their twenties.

Anyway, I got to go bowling with one group yesterday, so that was cool. Next week, we are taking another group out for coffee. We try to do a lot of community outings. That will change as the weather gets bad, which I don't think is too far off.

I am also still working at the grocery store. It is supposed to be two nights during the week, plus one weekend shift. Only, this weekend, I am scheduled both days. That stinks. When I left work last night, I could see my breath freezing. It was in the thirties! I'm a little worried with Halloween still being 2 weeks away that it is going to be freezing by then.

One of Emily's field trips was postponed because of rain this week. They are hoping to go next week. She is doing really well in school. We are still having trouble getting her to eat though.

Madison has an appointment on Tuesday to go to the eye doctor and get glasses. She is a little nervous about it, but mostly relieved because she has been having a little bit of trouble in school. We knew last year that she would be needing them, but it wasn't quite bad enough until now. We will have to take pictures after she gets them.

I have fallen behind on uploading pictures too. I just feel like I don't have any time. That, plus, with my camera being broken, I've had to rely on Judd's, and I don't know how to do it with his yet, since they are in a different format. Well, and we've been spending some time watching the Phillies too. Who can believe we made it to the World Series?? This is pretty long, so I better stop for now. I will try to have the girls write at some point this weekend. But since I will be at work, it may not happen. Love to all!

Sorry

Sorry. I really wanted Em to tell you about her field trip, but we just never seem to have any time. I still will, at some point. She has 2 more field trips this week, so maybe she can tell about all of them at once.

Today, of course, is Madison's birthday. Our plan was to go to the corn maze before her sleepover. That feel through. It is now 11, and I think all the kids are asleep now. Man, what a crazy night! It was fun though.

I'm so tired. I can't even think straight right now.

Always so Busy

Hi everyone! You know how life can get away from you... Sorry I haven't updated in a while though. But mostly, it has just been normal life. I have been working a lot. Judd is swamped with school work. And the kids are just doing normal kid things. Last week, they started their after-school Spanish classes. They seem to be doing really well. Madison was originally put in a beginner class, but after the 2nd day was moved to intermediate. Emily is the youngest one in the program, but apparently, thanks to Ota, knows more than anyone else in her class.

Last week marked a major milestone for me: Madison rode her bike to school by herself! I was so nervous the whole time Emily and I were walking to meet her. Em of course was saying stuff like, "What if she broke her arm?" "What if she broke her head?" etc. Madison was fine. Today, she is walking home with 2 of the girls from our neighborhood. Just the three of them. Letting go, even just a little, is really hard!

On Saturday, we went apple picking. We had a great morning and took tons of pictures. I'm sure we will post them eventually. After the apples, I had to go right to work, so that was a little sad. But as of this weekend, I will only be working one weekend day/week. I start my new job next Monday, the 13th. I can't wait!

This morning, Judd and I were in our bedroom, talking and finishing getting ready for the day when we heard Emily start screaming. We went to see what was wrong and found her in the bathroom, covered in blood and holding her tooth in her hand. Judd asked what happened, and she said, "I lost my tooth." He then said, "Why are you crying about it?" She said, "Because it's my GROWN-UP tooth!" and started screaming more. We looked at the tooth, and thank God it was a baby tooth, but we were still confused as to why she thought it was an adult tooth and why she lost her bottom tooth when her two top teeth were much closer to being ready to fall out....

It turns out that she used her teeth to open the tooth paste and knocked the bottom one out! Judd had just talked to her about that the other day! It was a good lesson for her to learn though, and she went to school, and her teacher had her tell the class about it. She also had her remind the class that teeth are for food! We still haven't decided if the tooth fairy should visit tonight or not. My first instinct is not, but we'll see.

Tomorrow, Emily is going on her first field trip. She will be visiting a pumpkin patch and haunted house. I will have her tell you all about it.

Saturday, we are going to a corn maze during the afternoon. Then Madison is having a sleepover for her birthday. The lice is gone, so hopefully no one brings it back!

Sorry this is so long. I guess there was more going on than I thought.