Summer Days

We were able to make yet another river trip last Friday. It was a lot of fun for all of us. My sister and all her boys were there. Ella had a blast taking care of baby Luke and swimming in the water. She's already asking when we are going back.

We officially started the beginning of our school schedule with Ella. We moved her bed into our room. Around 10 I make her get in her bed and I read her a story. Then I have to lay in my bed until she falls asleep. It's really nice having a couple hours before bed to myself. Now I just need to get myself up earlier so that I can get her up earlier. I'm glad we finally buckled down and started the process. It's the best thing for all of us. Plus she starts preschool NEXT month!!! That is just around the corner... She told me she needs a backpack for school, so we'll have to get her to the store to pick one out.

We don't have any big plans for the 4th weekend since we both will be working. I have to work 2:30-9 on the 4th. Hopefully we'll be super slow and I can leave early. Although I wouldn't mind be really busy and make good money... It's unlikely but we'll see.

We had a great Friday off together. We ended up taking Ella to the university's marine biology lab. They have star fish and sea anemones that you can pick up and touch. It was very hard to get Ella to want to leave. She is still talking about the star fish!

I had to work this past Friday because work was so busy the one Friday I had off. That was short lived, but I do get this Friday off because another girl is working that shift. We are thinking it would be a good day for a river trip.

I took Ella to her first eye doctor appointment yesterday. The doctor said her eyes look perfect and doesn't need to come back until she's 4.

We are getting very to close to being completely potty trained. I am trying to decide whether I should buy one more Costco box of diapers... Unfortunately we haven't made any progress on the schedule change yet. Charley is planning on moving Ella's bed into our room and we are going to start from there. To get her to sleep in her own bed (even if it's in the same room as mine) would be huge! I'll report how that goes later on.

Got enough floss there Ella?

Nothing too exciting has been happening on our end these days... Just the same old go to work and pay the bills. I really need to start getting Ella on a normal schedule so that she can get up in the morning for preschool when she starts in August. It's hard getting home from work late and trying to get her to go to bed. Her bedtime right now is about midnight and she wakes up at 10. Yikes! I need her to go to bed around 9 and get up at 7. I don't even know where to start.

My schedule at work changed a bit starting this week. I'm actually very thrilled about it and feel as though it is a major blessing. I now have Fridays off. Charley's only day off... I'll be working a short shift on Sundays instead. Which is fine with me because at least I didn't lose any hours and I still get to work with one of my best friends one day a week. I think spending Fridays as a family will really good for us. I've already been thinking of the day trips that we can take. And we'll also be able to get things done around the house. Charley told me that he was excited because now he'll be able to mow the lawn once a week since I'll be home to watch Ella. It's the little things, right?!