7 Quick Takes

Happy Friday!
1.) The kids had their first visit to the dentist yesterday.  They did great, although Thumbelina cried and screamed while she was in the chair.  No cavities and all looked good!

2.)  Their mom said she was grateful that the kids are with us because she knows "they could be with weirdos." She said this after she told me that she would not fight the court motion happening on Monday for the kids to go on vacation with us.  Please pray that we'll have a safe trip and that their mom will not be so terribly worried that her kids are going on a long road trip out of state. 

3.) John is almost finished with his first clinical. Wow! He'll have the month of September off which means that the house will be clean and the yard will once again look good.

4.) My company picnic is today, and that means a half day of work. It is being held at a coworker's amazing gorgeous home on the water.  That's the nice thing about working for a small company--we can all fit at her incredible home, and I can play with her boxer, "Skeeter."  Really, you should see this house and the yard.  It is on a bay of Puget Sound and a few minutes from work. So nice....

5.) We'll plan out the road trip to Montana over the weekend, I'll get lists together.  I'm a list person. Thank goodness for the many tips on websites about roadtrips with 2 year olds. St. Christopher, pray for us!

6.) Thumbelina is up 3 or 4 pounds since she came to us 8 weeks ago! Maybe I won't be able to call her Thumbelina anymore. :)  She is seriously a monkey--climbing up me and flipping over.  Running and jumping and being crazy and hilarious.  She is not the same child she was 2 months ago that I had to keep pulling out from under the table as she stared into space and sucked her fingers.

7.) Cherub had a "phenomenal" week at daycare according to his teachers.  He's talking so much more, signing "please" and putting himself down for his nap at school.  These children make me want to be a better person.