Family Update

Mr. Oz:
Working steadily at his job at Senske. He is currently a foreman for their maintenance department. Not his first choice, but he's making it work. Thankfully he has been getting some overtime the past few weeks... to balance out the few weeks where he struggled to get even 30 hours. He has advertised on Craigslist for tilling gardens and he has his first job this Saturday. He recently mentioned to me something to the effect of "maybe I should just be doing this job on my own ["you mean like owning your own business?"], yeah, I could make more money that way..." Etc... so maybe he's starting to decide what career path to take.

Spiderman:
Loving the warmer weather! We have taken some walks, gone to the park, played with Cooper in the backyard... and it's been good! Last night his Daddy finished reading "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" to him. We are celebrating by watching the *new* movie version of it tonight as a family. He has been registered/enrolled in Kindergarten for the fall. He will be attending Nampa Classical Academy (a new school that is just opening Fall 09). The school will be in portables for the first year as they begin building the three buildings: Grammar, Logic and Rhetoric. There will be grassy areas and playgrounds this fall. They are starting with the Gymnasium building so that hopefully by winter they can begin using it. We are trying to work out the whole uniforms situation at this point... caught a 30% coupon for Kohls and started purchasing some of the required pieces with it! The school is 4.5 miles away (10 mins) and so I will be driving him to school in the AM and then he will take the bus home, door-to-door drop offs. Currently he is showing off his black-eye... trampoline accident... but he hardly cried! He's such a big boy!

Baby:
Going on 3 1/2 months now... coos and laughs and giggles, which everyone loves! Every Sunday we don't see much of him because his extended family likes to have him sit with them during the service. :) He's into his 3-6 month clothes which include some really cute outfits that I loved putting on his big brother when he was a baby. He's completely chunky, but looks just like Spiderman did. It's really cool to see the same eyes, same nose, same pudgy cheeks (that I unfortunately share as well!)... Not quite ready to sit up, but he really wants to!

Da'Mama:
Getting ready for an upcoming transcribing job... preparing for my students' Spring Recital (piano and voice)... researching and planning to take a course to get licensed to teach Kindermusik starting this fall... bringing out our summer clothes and putting away the sweaters... cleaning the house... trying some new recipes... enjoying some movies and books... and making some new friends at church (including a weekly trip to Storytime with a friend and her son)... A pretty great life!