Notes From The Shoe

Hello World!

We are a bit sick here at The Shoe...and of course, as is usually the case, Pea Started It. She came down with a fever that she quickly passed to Ben, who somehow mutated it into a fever, plus a drippy nose and a cough. And then shared it back with Hannah and Me! Yay! And I'm pretty sure that Matt's allergy attack yesterday was complicated by the BenHannah Plague. So, we are having tons of fun around here. Fingers are crossed that C and M stay healthy for their last week of school-they have a million fun things going on including beach day, camping day, water day, and movie day.

In spite of being a bit sick we had a great weekend ...we went to several playgrounds and took the kids to Target to spend some of their own money. They have been saving money since the first dollar Matthew conned out of us, and are up to about $70! So Matt allowed them to each take $10 to spend on anything they wanted at Target. Matthew ended up with a pair of batting gloves (we've been watching the Braves and Matthew wanted to look like the pros) and Caitlin got a webkinz and a pair of loop earrings..her new obsession. Oh! and speaking of Caitlin...she went to her first movie on Friday. She and two friends went with a friend of mine to see Diary of a Wimpy Kid and then out to dinner afterward...she wasn't back until 9:15! She said it was "heaven"...and she never wanted it to end. Apparently I need to take them to the movies this summer.

In other news...we've decided to move Ben out of our closet. And...I think we are going to put him downstairs. For those who have met TheBen...you know why this is. The kid is LOUD. He can yell louder and scream higher than any of the other kids. Combined. So, honestly I'm not too concerned about not hearing him if her cries at night. Between the monitor and his lungs we should be ok. Our plan is to start the move this weekend...we'll see how that goes.

I have really enjoyed having an entire month off between school...and am not looking forward to getting back to the grind in June...but I'm going to look at it as the beginning of the home stretch. Summer classes-8 weeks- plus student teaching in the fall-10 weeks, and assuming I pass comps....I'll be done. And I'm NEVER going back to school again! Unless it is as a teacher.

Matt is doing well-in spite of the month of May..which absolutely kills his allergies. He is on a steady diet of zyrtec, saline and afrin. And he's still so miserable. Fortunately the month is almost over. His job continues to alternately stress him out because it's so busy and stress him out because there is not enough to do. So he's happy ;). I know he looks forward to the weekends as much as we do...so we've really been trying to squeeze in as much fun as possible. We are considering an annual pass either to Stone Mountain or to the Greenville zoo; both of which are fairly close and tons of fun.

Anyway, I'm moving on to pictures now. It's a random assortment of what we've been up to...