Hi everyone--

Lots of mixed emotions lately... On the one hand, the kids are doing GREAT! We don't have much drama with tennis this year, and Emmy is enjoying the traveling soccer team. Ellie-Kate loves pre-school so much that she literally cries when she has to leave... okay, a little bit of drama and anxiety there... It's hard not to take it personally, but she LOVES to play, and First Friends has an amazing playground. Even when the kids can't be outside, the school has a HUGE gym area with lots of kid-friendly toys to ride on and toss around. If I were three years old, I wouldn't want to leave playtime and go home for a boring old nap either...

On the other hand, driving to the tennis matches and parades and soccer games is taking its toll. Our house is a disaster area, and the stacks of work stuff continue to mount. Further, Chelsea has some major items to complete (college applications, Gold Award completion form, Ohio Fairs Queen application), plus studying for the SAT, and I feel awful in pressing her to do them when she barely has time to sleep as it is... Fortunately, we're not going to do the college visit to Butler (as planned) so we'll have a bit of time to play catch up. Of course, even though we're not going to IN, we still have back-up activities on the calendar-- Ellie-Kate can go to her dance class and friend's b-day party. Always something...

Christie