Now That's What I Call A Date Night!

Remember this surprise?

Eleventh row, end seats to the left of the stage...awesome!! And it's Jerry Seinfeld for goodness sakes!

Mom stayed with the kids and Carroll and I spent the entire time laughing.

My old point and shoot camera wasn't working so I borrowed Piper's...not the best, but at least we got a picture!


Afterwards, we enjoyed one of our favorite meals...orange chicken for me, stuffed chicken tortillas for Carroll. Ah, the joy of eating a meal in "peace and quiet" and being able to finish a complete thought during a conversation was a wonderful treat.

Now that's what I call a date night!

Confession

Yes, I have a confession...I have been choosing sleep over blogging.

I knew I would be busy running back and forth between full day elementary school and half day preschool (on opposite ends of the world, btw), but I did not know that I would be zapped of all my energy by 9:00 pm. My day involves a very precise schedule, which doesn't allow for any down time. One minute of rest could mean 30 minutes late to bed, which means the girls taking 10 minutes more to wake up in the morning, which means there is no way we'll be on time to drop Elle off at school. Do you see the vicious cycle here?

So, please forgive me and here is an update on how school is going for the girls.


Elle loves school. She wishes it were on the weekends. She loves her teacher.



Piper loves school. She loves her teacher. She loves that she finally gets to go everyday.


Since we go directly from Elle's school to Piper's school, we arrive about 15 minutes early. Piper, Cannon and I spend that time on the playground. It's been so pleasantly cool (and humidity free) in the mornings, which adds to our fun. Cannon loves riding along in the play cars.

Cannon and I spend A LOT of time in the car. It's where he gets his naps now.

Piper's Thumb

We're trying to encourage Piper to keep her thumb out of her mouth. She's been a thumb sucker since she was two months. What follows is a quick conversation we had in the car earlier this week.

Me: Can you take your thumb out of your mouth for me?

Piper: (Still sucking her thumb.) Shakes her head "no."

Me: Why not?

Piper: Because this is the thumb's home.

Cannon's Dedication

Cannon was dedicated at church on August 17th.

He would not allow our children's pastor to hold him so she let him walk up front for the congregation to get a better look. He didn't mind that too much.



Look closely at the picture above. (You can click on the picture to enlarge it.) Notice the choir behind us. They are all laughing because Cannon claps and cheers when we say "Amen" and the pastor was just about finished praying. He jumped the gun a little bit. You can see we were still bowing our heads.

We even received a note in the mail saying that his dedication was the best one they had ever seen. So funny!

Sarah Palin Rocks!

Enough said.