This is Sophie

We got her today. The kids love her so far, but they really scare the crap out of her. Everytime we take her out of the cage, she crawls between any little hole she can find (usually between my legs) because she's scared.. Hopefully that will pass within a few days. She makes the cutest sounds when you pick her up. Brad was holding her and she sounded like a pigeon cooing. She also squeaks, but we haven't heard THAT noise since the guy in the Petco picked her up for us. She's a guinea pig.. in case her fur got in the way and you can't tell. :) And Samuel named her after the little girl in the BFG.

Update on my plants and other things!

So my peppers and eggplant seeds are catching up!!! My cucumbers have fallen into last place, which is depressingly sad because that is the thing I was looking foward to eating the most.. but they still have time! Maybe they just need a little encouragement, love, and a kiss... or something. anyway here's some new pictures of the plants...



Well Ben was chewing his Trix this morning and said he had a toothache.. So we looked into his mouth and sure enough.. the kid has a huge cavity.. :( Poor thing, we've been putting ambesol and we gave him tylenol, gonna make him an appointment tomorrow.

My printer needs a breather

So, the kids' latest report cards have them struggling in a few areas (which totally makes me feel like an awful parent) and so I've been printing out worksheets to do with them all morning. I know I spend a lot of time with the kids, but I know that I could be doing better, and am going to focus more on them. It's always been a task to do because I can't concentrate on one without the others feeling left out, but I'll find a way. Maybe with Brad helping one and me helping another, and SOMETHING distracting the third.. lol...Anyway, This morning Benjamin and Brad and I worked on a few worksheets with him, I kept asking him questions and he made me so proud by answering them all. We did a shapes worksheet and colored the shapes different colors so I was asking him "what color is the star" "what shape is blue" etc and after a while he was done.. stopped answering correctly, and we know that's a sign he's had enough so we ended his session lol. It feels good to do these things with the kids though, so I hope my printer doesn't run outta ink anytime soon..

My plants!!!