Not even in the Top 10

Well, Dan called the B-Billet Monitor yesterday. The guy said he had saved the DC spot just for Dan, and was at that very moment writing Dan's name down for that slot. While we had hoped to go to a lot of other places, this was the best offer. sigh.

We are not looking forward to the traffic, the cost of living, finding housing, the possible commute.... heck, I'm not fond of the whole moving thing! We could have orders within the week, and it would be nice to know what his reporting date is so I can start planning out the summer. That part I do like!

We have no idea what Dan will be doing. We assume he will work in the Pentagon, but we don't know! We will probably take a little trip up there during Spring Break to see what we can see. Okay, to look at housing options and get the lay of the land from a "moving-there" perspective, rather than the touristy one we've gone with before.

My wierd kid

This morning Joshua informed me that he had not done well on a math test this week. He was upset about it. He said it was "hard math". I thought, "Is there any other kind?" He is in first grade, and sometimes I can't understand his homework. Sad, but true.

So, back to this morning. Joshua says he wants to practice, so he will be better at his math. I happen to have a few workbooks floating around, and I located the ones that had math in them. Marian was interested in the alphabet ones, so she ran off with those. I pulled out a few pages of fractions and stuff for Joshua and he happily went through them. And asked for more.

Um, who's kid is this?!! He's done about 10 worksheets now and I'm all out of ones that fit his ability level. I'm not sure if I should be disturbed by his focus and interest in learning or jump for joy! This is so Dan's kid!

My cuties!

The kids felt a bit left out, since Delaney has so many pictures up now. So they all sat on the couch and posed for a picture to be put up here. Callie likes to try to be silly, but Marian usually has the corner on that market. I'm actually surprised that she let me take one of her where she wasn't making a funny face. Joshua tries to smile now and ends up with a dreadful fake smile/grimace, so I was just glad he looks cute. Sorry about the red eyes. I'm not diligent enough to fix that before I post! I'm happy enough to get them up.

Quality time with Baby

Its well past Delaney's bedtime and I've already put her down twice. Everyone else is asleep, including Dan, who only got 4 hours of sleep last night standing duty. Delaney is having a hard time sleeping because she has a cold. I have tried suctioning her nose, but its not runny enough to get much, and she still can't breathe. So Iput her down and she wakes up shortly thereafter because she can't suck her thumb and breathe at the same time. Poor thing. Poor me. I was all set to enjoy my quiet solitude, and yet, this is what we are alternating between!

Yes, she just started walking. Tonight was her first time letting go and wandering more than a few steps without great encouragement.

And then there is this second picture.... she's tired, she's canky and she's not feeling so hot. I expect I'll be seeing this face a lot more than I want to tonight!

Getting into Trouble with the YW

For Young Women we had a joint activity tonight which was a photo scavenger hunt. We got 4-5 kids each in a car and drove all over town looking for the things on the list to take pictures of. It was a lot of fun and the girls did enough shrieking and giggling that I can only assume they enjoyed it thoroughly. I will say however, that if one were driving without a liscense and happened to have 4 screaming girls, 3 of whom were crammed onto 2 middle seats and were sans seatbelts, and were speeding a good 15 miles over the limit in a residential area, you would expect that person to get a ticket. You'd be wrong!