A day with Alexis

A few weeks ago, I decided to see if Alexis would like to go with me on the Mother Daughter trip to Middlebury, IN. We were headed to Das Essenhaus to eat and then shop and I thought since I'm her mother and she's my daughter, maybe she'd like to come along. When I first asked her about it, she got really giggly and said she wanted to go.

So we had a nice trip up there and I enjoyed the time spent one-on-one with her. We had a lovely meal and got to share pie afterwards. Then, we went shopping and she picked out some lovely pastel sea shells to buy. We also got to meet a beautiful white horse. Alexis was afraid of her at first, but she got better as the time went on. And, every time we'd walk away, she'd asked to to back to see the horse again!! Silly girl.

We had a lovely time and I think she enjoyed the time just with me. No stinky brothers to mess it all up for her!

So, here's what's happenin'...

Tyrus is almost out of school! He's only got six days left. I'm a bit bummed because the school calendar says the last day is June 4th, which is a day I'm off of work - however, a note came home the other day saying that the Afternoon Kindergarten (which Tyrus is) will have their last day on June 3rd - a day I'm working. So I'm sad I'm going to miss it - but I guess I'll just have to relish in the fact that I did take half the day off next Monday to go to his K Graduation. That should be neat, right?

Carsten has been a cranky head this week. I'm thankful I've been off the last few days for the holiday because he's been super whiny and clingy. I think the last two teeth are finally coming in. Thank God because he's gotten 6 already this month alone!

Josh and I are trying to decide if we should put Alexis in preschool or not. Josh doesn't really want to because he feels like she's already where she needs to be socially and academically, and I agree with that. Howevever, I sort of want to put her in simply because I think she would thrive in an environment that's simply for her, and not any of her siblings. It's also expensive, and so in the world where we both want to quit our jobs (my first one, and Josh's second one) we're not sure how likely it is anyway. Maybe there is something else I can enroll her in that's less expensive, but will achieve the same goal. I guess that's something to consider as well.

A Nice Neighbor? Wow.

So we're really loving our new house. It's so nice to have our own entrance, laundry, the extra bathroom, etc! Plus the weird thing is we have a very nice neighbor lady named Vicki. I don't even know what to do with her! She smiles at us and talks to us and seems to enjoy that we're close. I'm a bit wary and feel like at any moment the evil horns will come out and the real neighbor will appear! Maybe I'll stop being so skiddish soon. :)