School Update

For those of you who don't know, I have left the Surgical Tech program. The hours they wanted me to work and the local were not going to work with me and my family. I spent much time praying about it before I made the decision to withdraw and I really think this is what is best for my family. For better or worse I am a wife and mommy first. However, I am starting up classes again next semester and will be continuing working towards an associates of science degree. So fret not. The long term goal was always to get my AAS, so I am just cutting out the the middle trip. :)
I am, however, really enjoying having this semester off. Things are working out well and I am so happy to be able to spend time with my kids and not worrying about homework or classes or anything like that. I have had time to clean and cook and play with the kids. I am also working closely with a friend of mine, helping to promote a line of clothing. You can read about that on my other blog though. I am also looking to start up a girls paintball team, again, more to come on my other blog. :)
I have started the kids on their summer work, but we are pretty laid back about it. I think we will actually get some done today though. They are loving it! Gwen is doing really well on 4th grade level stuff and Annabelle is really quite good at math, like her sister. We are struggling a little with reading still, but she'll get it eventually. William refuses to be left out of the homework loop so we have him doing pre-k stuff...he is only 3!! Smart little man!!

Shopping with the kids

Yesterday we took the kids shopping to spend all their birthday money. It was a long day, let me tell you. Good, but long! We started off at Target and the girls looked through the clothes, and Annabelle wanted everything. Then we moved on to toys, where they both wanted the most expensive toys they could find. William wanted ALL of the trucks. Finally. Gwen decided that she wanted to take all of her money to the bookstore, because she also had a gift card. Smart girl. Annabelle found a Barbie that she loved and it was in her price range, and William settled for a giant truck. So they went to check out and the little ones just HAD to pay for their toys on their own. So Phil handed them each some cash and let them pay, they were very proud of themselves.

After that we headed to Chuck E. Cheese to let Gwen use her gift cards and have lunch. We love CEC. So Phil took the kids to start spending tokens. We ate lunch, played lots of games, then left....the leaving story? The lady who stamps that glow in the dark ink when you come in did a great job of stamping the kids, not so great on us. They couldn't find the matching number on our arm. SO they ask our kids who we were. Gwen was soooooo not paying attention...but finally answered the question.

We made one more stop, then headed to the book store. Gwen shopped for a while and settled on Chronicles of Narnia and Little Women.Let me remind you, she is 8. I was proud! THEN it was time to go home. We went swimming, Phil made hamburgers. It was great. After dinner we went to Garden Ridge and bought the girls new bed sets. Zebra stripes..so cute!! So all in all a nice day, just really long. The kids had a great time though and everyone was pretty well behaved. :)