Filling up nicely.

School's in for the boys. And Calvin and I are figuring out what to do with our 7am-3pm alone time. I found a couple of things...#1 Roxy. She's our new dog. We have had her for almost a week. Already she is proving to be smart, loyal, gentle, protective, and fun. Calvin and I have been spending (and will spend) a ton of time leash training her. She is really strong! And when she first came to us last week she would pull me and the jogger stroller down the street. I think she could be a tracking dog...she follows tracks. Well, she is learning fairly quickly that the pulling thing is a no go! Matt and I have been doing research on line and one technique is when she pulls even a little on the leash we stop and don't go a single step further until she stops pulling and looks at me. This has proven to work wonders in a short amount of time. With patience, of course.

#2 I landed two cleaning jobs here in town yesterday. Calvin can come with me. AWESOME! And #3, on Mondays I still watch "The Lilleys Three" (my friend's kids from a couple of blocks away) So, our time is filling nicely. Not too much, just enough and a little cash on the side doesn't hurt my feelings!

Let's take a look, shall we?

Before the boys were out of school I tried to compile a list of goals for the summer. And now we are at a point where I need to check our progress.

Well, Calvin is potty trained!! Woo-hoo! That was a big one for me. No more diapers and we are well on our way to no more pull-ups at night! I think i need to start saving the money we used to spend on those in some sort of envelope...so we can actually enjoy the "extra savings". Check.

The "program" that we got for the brain stimulation has been great! They each finished the entire computer game and are doing well on the workbooks and crafts. Check.

As far as the boys learning air travel....done! They (Christian, Connor, and Cameron) ended up flying on their own flight on the way home. Yes, they flew with out me and Calvin! They did great! I am so proud of them! Double Check.

Let's see what else...oh, reading. We haven't done much reading. We haven't been very still much. So, no check there.

We did have a wonderful visit with our family back in the Midwest. We enjoyed a week with Papa and Grammy (my parents), spent a few days with Stacy, some time with Steve, Rhonda and the girls, and the rest of the time was with Grammy Pat, Grandpa Dale and Uncle Jon(Matt's parents and brother). And we managed to squeeze in short visits with Great-Grandma and Grandpa Smothermon; Tara and new baby Bradley; Aunt Linda; Uncle Dan; my friend Tammy and her boys; Oksana, Rob, and their kids; Kristie and her 3; and Lynnea...oh, and Mina with her 3...and one of the nights we were with Stacy she had several friends come over for ice cream...that is when we saw Randy, Cassie and Sarah; Bryan, Stacey and their kids and we got to see Chloe (our old dog). And many more!! Whew...I say CHECK-A-ROO!

Okay, I think we are doing pretty decent. We have about 2 weeks until school is back in session. That time really flew by!