So, it's 2:38 am and I just can't sleep, so I decided to blog, which I suppose I should be doing anyways, but nothing terribly exciting has been happening lately, so rather than bore you with mundane things, I just leave you hanging...imagining what wonderful, exciting, amazing things I must be doing with all of the time I'm spending not blogging. Yeah...that's it.

The kids are off of school for the week. Drake also took the week off, so we could do something SPECTACULAR. I had dreams of spending three days at Disneyland, going to Knotts Berry Farms, going to Sea World, going to the zoo...SOMETHING. Instead, Drake got sick. Nice. I think he did it on purpose. lol Okay, so I'm sure he didn't, but it seems mighty convenient that Mr. "I don't want to do anything with my time off but sleep in, cuddle with the kids, watch movies, etc.," got sick and has spent the whole week in bed. Lovely. So, we've done absolutely nothing.

Dress knitting is...coming along...I guess. I'm done with Allie's. Of course, it was the smallest, so that was easy. I took a break to knit...some stuff...for someone who reads this blog...or rather, for their soon to be born baby, so I won't be talking about that here. lol Almost done with one part, should be moving onto the next tomorrow. It knit up a lot faster than I had anticipated, which is always nice because usually the opposite proves to be true.

I'm still planning my trip for Vegas in September. Good times to be had by all! The number of people going dropped CONSIDERABLY, which is nice. Now I don't have to make nice to a whole lot of people at once. I always feel so fake when I'm in a large group of people. I feel like I have a bad moment, so I have this stupid smile plastered on my face and I play nice so as to be "acceptable" by everyone. You know that phrase, "You can't please everybody!" Yeah, I try to prove that wrong. Now, it's only the people I'm closest to going, which will make things infinitely better. I'm trying to convince one of my good friends to go, but she's being difficult. Ahem...you know who you are! She seems to be coming around though, which I couldn't be happier about! Seriously, the trip just wouldn't be the same without her and when she said she might go, you should have seen the big cheesey grin on my face. I may have even done a happy dance in my chair...just maybe. I think we're planning on staying at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino. I'm open to suggestions of other hotels though if anyone has them. We're trying to keep things semi affordable without having to stomp on cockroaches. On the strip is a must since we won't have any transportation other than our own two feet.

The kids got their report cards last Friday. They all did amazingly well! I couldn't be more proud of them! Caitlin got a couple of 2's last time (which means "working towards the standard") and she raised them to 3's (working at standard) this trimester. She's has really been working hard and it shows. She got E's (exceeds expectations) on all of her effort grades. Emma got mostly 4's (working above standard) and a few 3's. She got mostly E's and a few M's (meets expectation) for effort. Cole got all 4's and a 3 in science and a 3 in History. He got all E's for effort in academic areas and M's for effort in behavioral areas. They make me very happy. Emma and Caitlin also got their results for the MAPS (measure of academic progress) and they are both improving greatly!

Cole is just soaking up this whole learning thing like a sponge! He's a fluent reader now, which I never could have imagined would happen so quickly. He reads everything he can get his hands on! He loves getting new books and reading them to anyone who will listen...and sometimes even those who won't. lol One of his favorite things to do is to read to Allie, even though she just wants to eat the pages of the books. It makes me very happy to see him so enthusiastic about learning.

I really can't think of much else to write about. My life is fairly boring, but it makes me happy.

Okay, so ignore the fact that she looks terrible because I have no idea how long she was crying before I finally heard her and the fact that the picture is of such poor quality because the room was practically pitch black when I took the picture, but LOOK WHAT SHE'S DOING!!!! She pulled herself up and was STANDING in her bed!!! She's TOO LITTLE! She's not supposed to be growing up this quickly. Someone please tell her to go back to laying there, smiling at me, not able to move on her own. Thanks!

Oh, and she was mighty pissed because she couldn't figure out how to get back down.