Super-productive morning!

Today I was determined to do everything I can to have a 'good' day with the boys: less television, more activities, full-involvement, good food, etc. So far, we're on track! We all woke up around 6:45 and rolled into the kitchen. The boys watched one Dora episode while I made smoothies for breakfast, then we got dressed and went for a three-mile walk. Quiet room time with snacks for the boys followed, while I had my shower, and now it's time for my morning latte while they have one more episode of Dora. All in all, not too shabby!

There's definitely something interesting about being the only parent in the house. I don't know if the knowledge that I'm the only person to pick anything up makes me more apt to not leave things around in the first place, but there's definitely less cleaning to be done. Maybe it's just a different mode for the mind.

Already, Andrew is giving me the sad face: "I miss my daddy..." Yeah, me, too.

Life in pictures

On a side note, I'm really tired of teething poops... As any mom of children with teeth will tell you, everything goes crazy when they're sprouting a new crop of chompers. Peter has this angry diaper rash that makes me sad with every change. Poor guy.

Weather this week

Ha! The highs this week are only supposed to be 90 degrees in Redding! Wahoo!

Posts for daddy!

For those that read this blog, you're about to experience a large up-tick in the quantity of posting. Dwayne is in Cincinnati this week with the semi-annual WASBE conference, so we're going to keep him in the loop with home via Blog postings! Enjoy!

Today was a good church service - I attended the Door and got to sit with Renee and Herb of Simpson University and get to know them a little better. I also met the new secretary for the music department! Andrew did well with potty-training at nursery - he's decided to take on the standing position that all boys move into, but I'm not sure if I'm ready. Peter was tired from the early morning trip to the airport, so he slept for the WHOLE service (9:30 to noon). Guess there's no nap for mommy today. As we were leaving nursery, one of the workers pointed out that, since Peter slept all morning, Andrew could nap and mommy and Peter could have "mommy time". I replied that, while "mommy time" is good, mommy also needs "mommy-only time". Maybe another day.

Lunch, strawberries and Dora, and our afternoon has begun...

He won!

Hooooray! Dwayne entered his piece, Cage for One, in the Percussive Arts Society 36th Annual Percussion Composition Contest for Multiple Percussion Solo, and he WON FIRST PLACE! This is a huge honor, comes with a little money, and means that his piece will be performed at the annual convention! Next on tap, publication!

I'm so proud of my hubby!

Summer is here!

Well, it's official, Redding has reached summer. Each day starts out at about 70 degrees and just climbs from there. Jealous?

Still here...

... just busy.

We put an offer in on a home to purchase yesterday! For those who are MSL minded, the house is at 3934 Ethan Ln, MLS #09-2446. We've toyed with the idea of purchasing for a long time, but have decided to move now because there are so many great opportunities between interest rates, prices, etc. However, house shopping takes a LOT of time and energy, especially for first-timers like us. Now we're in one (of many) waiting phase to see what the bank thinks of our offer.

Other than that, we're all attempting to settle into a summer routine. When Dwayne finishes school, we generally skip town for a few weeks, then spend the next few figuring out just how many hours per day we have as full family/daddy working/mommy working/ etc.