We finally got our van back, $3300 later, we have a new transmission, radiator and coolant hoses. We have a warranty that should last us another 3 years. That has to be better than having a new car payment again.
The kids were happy to have their good ol' van back (dvd player):)
We had a day off for teacher inservice on Friday, so we decided to head to the zoo. Knox county was the only ones off of school, it ended up there were 7 school buses that pulled up as we did from other counties....needless to say, it was a very busy place. The kids jumped into the petting area before the crowds did and got to pet a sheep, goats and a llama. They loved the sand pit the most. We had a good time, but the weather is still so hot 92 degrees that dau.
Tara is playing an indian song this week for piano and it has Emily and Jake doing a pseudo rain dance around the piano when she plays. We went to the pack meeting where they did the arrow of light cere. and now, we love the drums and dancing like indians. Tara is rising above the difficulties of 2nd grade and is actually doing very well. Her teacher also moved her away from the little boy who was stealing her pencils and books and teasing her. I would think it wouldn't be a problem by now since she deals with Jacob at home the same way.
Emily is making friends and is happy all the time and best of all sleeps well at night. Her friend Maddie has invited her to go to a "hip hop" dance class on Saturday to try it out...they have "hip hop" sessions on the playground. She was playing around with Jacob on Weds. and fell into the round table and bruised her back about 6 inches long and 4 inches wide. She has a slight cold too...so it was very hard this morning to get up and get going. Hopefully next week won't be so traumatic.
Jacob is doing great at preschool. He comes home singing songs and said he has a 'buddy' named Eric. He finally has started participating in circle time, for a long time he was scared and would get nervous, but is doing well now. His speech is improving and he talks alot more now. He has new kids in his speech classes that are younger and he's doing a good job of showing them how to do the work.
I am very much enjoying my time at home alone. Membership work for PTA has slowed down a bit and is trickling in at a steady pace, so nothing too stressful. I am trying to get the primary program together to begin our practices next week.
I attended a book club last night where we reviewed the book "Eclipse" by Stephenie Meyer. It's the 3rd book in a series, they are making a movie from the first "Twilight" it was originally written for teens, but is so much fun to read. She is LDS, grad from BYU and has done a great job. If you have the time, it's fun and it's about vampires!!!!
We celebrated national pancake day in the evening, no one has time to make pancakes in the morning, do they? We heard on the radio on the way to school... So, the photo is of our feast.
