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Long Time, No Write

Whew, has it been that long since I posted something?? Sorry about that. I know you all missed me! :-)

It has been a busy week, and mostly I am sleep-deprived. The unspoken law of families with multiple children is apparently that at least one child must rise before the sun each day. It never fails. I need to find out the code for that command so I can break it!

Well, Quin is officially a kindergartener now! We are all done with preschool. We had graduation and his preschool program. Yes, I actually teared up at the graduation... surprised me, I can tell you that! Clearly, I am frightened about homeschooling to be crying over him finishing preschool! (just kidding, calm down)

His ceremony was cute!! The best part was watching the other parents' reactions to the Tutti Ta song. I guess, unless you've worked in preschool, this is not part of your repertoire. It is a good one, though, and every preschooler loves it!! (Beck, does Cameron still do it for you?)

Anyway, the whole preschool turned out for the program this morning, and it sure was cute!!! Our class sang a cute little Spanish song, "Mi cuerpo hace musica!" It was adorable!! Especially the "cha cha cha" that their little waists (cinchuritas) did! They did a great job, but the place was packed, and we high-tailed it out of there as soon as we could.

The smallest and most demanding of my children has been playing "I'm not going to sleep and you can't make me" games this week, so I am a little strung out. Thanks to Hershey's Bliss chocolates, I have still managed to let her live. :-) Yes, chocolate is my whiskey.

The weather has been unseasonably cool. That's due to global warming, I'm sure. {insert smirk} The kids are enjoying playing outdoors a lot, but we are having to dig into the stacks of pants we had packed away, so the laundry is a disaster. Have I mentioned yet that laundry is the bane of my existence? No? Hmmm....

Well, this is a ramble, I am sorry to say, but I felt like posting an update from our house. We go to the sleep lab on Monday to get Dania checked out, but we won't really know anything for about a month. We'll let you know how it goes.

Blessings from our house to yours,
Angie

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