Well, I guess it's about time I post something. It's only been a month and a half!! Sadly, there's just nothing exciting to report. Manda has had 2 field trips since my last post: one to the Hillsborough fire station, and the other to a farm. We walked to the fire station, but the farm trip was her first bus ride. Unfortunately, I couldn't go with her, but she had a blast. She came home with a pumpkin in her backpack! Zach is loving preschool. He brought home his first craft yesterday. They usually don't do many crafts in that class, so that was a special treat for both of us! Work at Cato is going well. I've enjoyed it much more than I expected. Sadly, I don't get to tuck the kids into bed most nights, because I work until 9:30. That a bit rough for me and Manda; Zach pretty much just goes with the flow! Well, hopefully it won't be another month before my next post. Until then...

Manda's trip to the library

outside the library

out on the playground

still here...

I know it's been quite awhile since my last post. Told you we're not that exciting! Manda's first 9 weeks of Kindergarten are already coming to a close. Can you believe it?? We had our first parent/teacher conference this week. We are so proud of her. She is doing GREAT!! Yesterday she went on her first field trip. We walked to the Orange County public library. It was fun. We had a picnic lunch on the playground afterward. It was very hot, though. I had to carry Zach the entire way back to school. That was definitely not fun. Oh, yeah...the school was uphill from the library. That figures! But, all in all, it was a lot of fun.

I start working this week. I already have a store meeting tomorrow and my schedule for the rest of the week. In case you didn't know, I've started working for Cato Fashions. To y'all up north, it's basically like Fashion Bug. Anyway, there is a brand new store opening in our Wal-Mart shopping center in Hillsborough. I think it will be pretty neat. Sure beats Giant Eagle!!! (For y'all down here, that's a grocery store I worked at in PA.) So, life's going to get really busy, now. Here we go...

Birthday Cake...Take 2

John's birthday was on Monday, so I had another chance at a cake. This one turned out a bit better.

In case you didn't know, John graduated from Penn State. This was my first attempt at the logo. It should look like this...

I think he liked it. Oh, and don't bother to count the candles...the kids and I just stuck a bunch on there so he had some to blow out. (He's 32!)

The Cake

O.K. I had to post a pic of Zach's cake. John keeps saying it's a Thomas cake. I guess if you really use your imagination... Yikes!!!! Oh, well. At least Zachy liked it and it tasted good!

Happy Birthday Zach!

Well, our baby boy is 3 years-old today! I can hardly believe it! Here are some pictures of our little guy hope you enjoy!

Kindergarten Update

Sorry it's been a while since I've posted anything. Kindergarten is going great so far. Manda is learning so much! She has Spanish, PE, and Music twice a week. She also has Art and Library once a week. This picture is of her first homework assignment. She had to decorate the first letter of her name. This past week, her teacher thought she might have had pink eye. So, of course, I had to pick her up at, like, 9:30. She was so upset she had to leave. She was sobbing so hard she could hardly catch her breath! I took her to the doctor, and, of course, it was nothing. You know, I think you should get your money back if you go to the doctor and find nothing wrong! Yeesh! Anyway, she had her first tie-dying experience on Friday. Wish I could have been there. I love to tie-dye! They do this so all the kids of one class have the same color shirts on when they go on a field trip. Pretty cool idea. So, things are going really well.