Midweek

Wednesday, oh Wednesday..

Get Maria up in time to eat breakfast and to catch her bus (which has been a challenge this week - breakfast has been eaten on the bus because we are running late).. Get Ray ready and fed breakfast.. Take Ray to preschool.. volunteer at Maria's school.. pick Ray up from preschool and take to Amy's (sneak in without Greta seeing me so she doesn't have a fit - which is hard on me to not be able to kiss and hug her quick).. Grab lunch and get into work

After work.. pick Maria up from Y-space after school program.. grab dinner.. get to religion class by 6:00.. work in the nursery during religion so other moms can teach.. go home.

Wait.. what about Maria's homework?? ugg

Back at IBM

Well, last week was my first week back.. not very eventful. I was completely unproductive as I didn't have my id's until today. Now I can at least start looking into what I'm supposed to be doing. It's great though to see my friends again and take water breaks with them. The kids were all troopers and got into the new routine without any major glitches.

Happy to be using my mind again.. it missed me!

Yeah for Katie!

Katie (my sister), her boyfriend, Mom and Dad are visiting for a few days. I'm so glad they are here and I get to see Katie while she's back in the midwest.

But, I'm feeling yucky (sore throat).. this is how my flu started last year.. hope its not that again.. especially since I start work on Monday.. not good to call in sick on your first day :(

Greta at school

Greta and I have been volunteering at Maria's school this year on Wednesday mornings while Ray's been in preschool. Today was Greta's last day and I'm glad. She usually sleeps for some of the time, but then she has to sit on my lap while I help students with various tasks and testing. She is becoming a squirmy girl and no longer likes to sit :)

I'm still hoping to help out on Wednesday's but starting next week Greta will be at daycare and I can go by myself, so there will be much less distraction for the students.

Nice Weekend

We came back to town on Friday. And are so glad we did! It's been nice to have a regular weekend at home before getting back into our routine on Monday. It's so hard when we get home on a Sunday night. We are feeling good since we are getting a chance to unpack, get through our mail, and do a few other errands first.
And since we had almost 2 weeks at our parents, we aren't feeling any guilt about not having enough time with everyone.

Happy 1st Birthday Greta!

I can't believe it's been a year already. She is getting so big and independent! Here are a few pictures of her 1st birthday party :)