3rd day

Well, things are going smoothly so far this week. I am beyond busy though. There really isn't enough hours in my day. I realize it will slow down in the next few weeks only to pick up once the holidays come closer.

Ri's football practices have been dropped to 4 days a week. (THANK YOU!) Unfortunately I still have to take Ri to and from whatever he is doing that night, the night being Friday. He informed me they are leaning towards the movies this week vs ice skating. He has entered the stage where he forgets to ask. Cam just left that stage and he is remembering his manners once again. Ri asked if he would get in trouble if he switched his electives. He so doesn't want to do art. He and I differ so much on this spectrum. I really could care less.

I didn't walk Grif to the school today. I just dropped him off in front like we did last year. He was fine with it. He was complaining of a sore throat this morning. I found 2 chewable Tylenol and he will be good for the day. (his day is only 6 hours) I can't believe the sickies have already started. Much too soon. I am sure all the back to school shopping helps the germs to pass earlier and earlier. We are working on memorizing math facts. He is not good at this at all. He can memorize spelling words just fine. I think I will make his write out math facts just like I make him do spelling words and see if that helps. Ri suggested bribing him with $ when he can get so many right within a certain time frame. He will be tested on Thursdays for certain batches. Can't move on til you pass.

I looked over my receipt from Office Max yesterday and realized the dividers I got for the kids were 21.99! It was a pack of 25. I returned them this morning. I got different ones, 5 packs of 5 for 75 cents each. Much better. The total was 74.99 for Cam and Ri, Chris wanted to know why so high, I didn't think much of it since Grif's was 35$ just for him. I ran to Home Depot and picked up ant spray as well. I have these mini ants all over my bathroom floor. If I didn't have white tile I may never have seen them. They are so tiny!

Cam's ceramic class is making a huge tile mosaic of a dragon for the front entrance. He is excited about this. I am thankful he found something to enjoy about this year. I won't see much of him between work, school and his friends. He will be 18 soon so I guess I might as well get used to it now.

Jack was playing catch with us yesterday. Okay, it was more of a hot potato game but he isn't afraid of the ball and he caught it most of the time and he has a very good throw on him. Unfortunately he loves to throw everything. He has gotten 2 more teeth this week for a total of 8. He won't let you look at them so we have to hold him upside down and tickle him to take a peek. Chris took over baby duty at 9:30 last night and let me read and I got to go to bed at 10pm! That was wonderful. I even woke up and took a bath before my alarm went off.