wow, keeping up with a crawling baby is exhausting! i only watched the K. boys from 7:45 until about 12:45, but it pretty much seemed like all day. Mama decided to keep the kids out there another night, so i had the rest of the afternoon to myself once Robyn came and picked her guys up. Brian and i went over to the Chipotle down the street for dinner and then walked to the library. it was hot, but still nice to get out for a walk together. and the library is always fun.

Mama bought me some baby stuff last week - a diaper bag and some clothes for Hazel. now she has more than just a big stash of diapers.

i called Maplewood this afternoon to let Ms. Monica know that the kids wouldn't be returning to school this year. she was sorry to hear that, but said there was nothing i needed to do as far as disenrolling. she'd just take their names off the rosters. i'll need to go back up to the school in a few weeks to get our unused money from our cafeteria accounts, but that's all.

we've had mixed reaction to our decision to homeschool this year. my mom and stepdad are thrilled, of course. Brian's parents aren't so much. friends seem mostly surprised.

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it's tuesday morning and i have the K. boys here again. i am so tired today and am praying for grace to make it through. i could so use a nap!

we head to Port Aransas this weekend, the Ft. Morgan, Alabama the next weekend. really looking forward to all the beach time over the next couple of weeks. once we get back from our trips we'll be hitting the books "for real". we have about 2 and a half weeks of school under our belt so far. i like to think of it as our cushion for when Hazel arrives.

well, i'm off to get some house cleaning done while the baby naps and the other guy plays wii.