We're Still Here...

Ok, ok, I know I haven't blogged in months. We're okay. A lot has happened to us. We've moved across the country and Dan has gone back to school to complete the prerequisites for Pharmacy school. Although he already has his degree in Art, we felt that with the economy being the way it is (aka-artists being laid off right and left...marketing always gets cut first) that we needed to rethink his career path. He'd already had most of the prerequisites done, so hopefully he'll be in school to become a pharmacist next fall.

So, that was the last few months in a nutshell. Now for a hilarious story about Jayden. Yesterday afternoon we got a call from Megan if Jayden could come spend the night "Saturday Night". I asked him if he wanted to, and the answer was a very enthusiastic "YES YES YES!!!" He and I had a very important talk about how spending the night was a very "grown up" thing to do, and that he and Megan were big kids and needed to behave as such. I told him that he needed to listen to Mommy or he wouldn't get to go. He was practically perfect for the next 24 hours. Well, being so good was getting hard as the minutes ticked away waiting for Megan to pick him up. They weren't coming until 4:30 pm, and at around 3 he was just dying of anticipation, and starting to take it out on Karah by taunting her that she didn't get to go. So, I decided to include him in the packing process. He didn't want me to have anything to do with it, so I took Karah downstairs while he sorted through his things. I did have to convince him that he didn't need 10 pairs of underwear for one night, and that some pajamas and clothes would be a good idea, but other than that, I stayed out of it. This is what his backpack held: toothbrush, 2 pairs of underwear (huge accomplishment talking him down to 2, trust me), jeans, two shirts, 3 Agatha Christie novels (because he and Megan were now "grown ups"), 3 VHS movies (I only caught the name of one...Spartacus...), and a wall hanging of a cross-stitched CTR shield "Because I like it, and I'm sure Megan will like it, too...". He wore his backpack for about 1/2 an hour waiting for Megan to show up, and then the entire time Aunt Erica, Uncle Jeremy, Mommy, and Daddy visited. He could not wait to get going on his "grown up" adventure and share his treasures with Megan. That little boy cracks me up!!

Karah was having a little bit of difficulty watching Jayden being so excited, so she and Daddy are on a little date to the store right now. She dressed herself. She has on a backwards purple pajama shirt that says "Daddy's Little Angel", overalls, and her pink princess glitter shoes. I tried to fix the shirt, but she threw a royal fit. "I CAN DRESS MYSELF!!!!" *Sigh* The only time she asked me for help was to do her hair in "Twos" (pigtails).

My children crack me up. I loved how Jayden was so thoughtful of the things he picked out for his sleepover with his cousin, and I love how Karah tries to figure things out on her own and only asks for help when she absolutely needs it!