Well I sure slacked on the blogging thing huh?

Here are some pictures of the boys from their first day of school. I know most normal parents only take pictures on the first day of kindergarten...but I never said I was a normal parent did I?

Since Moira and Lincoln didn't go to school, here's a couple picture of then from that morning:

The other big news around here is that Dennis will be switching jobs. He has worked at Chase for about 10 years now and they have been very good to him. But, due to the mortgage industry fallout business has been very slow since August. So, he decided that the best thing to do is start looking for something new. We were told that once you work in sales that it can translate to most other sales jobs, so Dennis concentrated in sales only. And we got a tip from an awesome person (ok, I'm the awesome person haha) that there was going to be a job fair for sales positions in the area. Dennis went to it, and met with about 5 companies. One stood out from the rest, and after 2 more long interviews, a ride-along day, and one last long interview they offered Dennis the job. Woohooo!!!!!!! His last day at Chase is this friday. Then sunday evening he will get in his car and drive to Connecticut to begin 3 weeks of training. Luckily since he can drive there he will be able to come home on the weekends. I know it will be kind of hard on all of us, but in the long run I really think this is going to be a wonderful opportunity for our family.

Not much else is going on. Peep is doing well. I had an ultrasound last week to check the due date, and it is still 4/19. I'm pretty tired most the time, and morning sickness has me pretty queasy. I've lost 5.5 pounds in about 4 weeks. But, all in all I'm feeling pretty good. I had to have a thyroid test done at my first appointment 2 weeks ago, because I've been getting cold flashes lately. That came back low, so I went in for a more in depth test. I haven't gotten the results from that yet. I'll update when I do.

So that is what we have been up to. I'm sorry it's not more exciting!

School starts tomorrow...should I be happy or sad?

I guess I'm a bit of both. We really had a great summer, with minimal tantrums and fights...and the kids were pretty good too hahaha. So, as much as I'm kind of looking forward to a little bit quieter house during the day, and dare I hope?, possibly even afternoon naps sometimes, I think I'll miss the big, smelly, loud, crazy, funny, perpetually bored monkeys. But then I'll take a nap and I image I'll feel much better.

Speaking of school, Moira has been pretty upset that she doesn't get to go this year. I think she just wants the backpack and other cute accessories. I've told her that she can not go to school until she learns her numbers, letters, colors and shapes. It really was starting to worry me, because by 3 years old all the boys knew all of that. And yes, I know you can not compare your kids to each other, but darn it you know you do anyway! I finally came to the conclusion that I think she does know all that...she just doesn't want me to know that she knows. She will give the correct answers when it suits her to do so. I told her that I was going to start teaching her all this stuff so that she could go to school next year. So I guess I'm a teacher this year, and I have the flashcards to prove it. I just hope she brings me chocolate instead of an apple.