We're ready for the cooler weather!

It has been ages since I've updated and I'm so sorry. Things have been so hectic since school started back... Taylor loves her new class and has lots of new friends. Her old class was split in half, since many of the kids won't start kindergarten next year - Durham changes the age cutoff to 9/1, so kids that aren't 5 years old by 9/1 have to wait another year. The preschool used this cutoff to separate those kids so that they can remain in a class with friends that they will go to school with. That meant lots of slots in her existing class, so she has many new friends this year and a much bigger class (20 kids!). She is writing her name every day and they are focusing on handwriting skills in general - we started homework this week too!

Soccer has taken off and Taylor has her 2nd game tonight. She has really enjoyed playing, but it is very time consuming for the family - we didn't really realize what it meant to be a soccer family, but around here it is taken very seriously! She started off with twice weekly practices and now we're up to twice weekly games. It really is a juggling act, but she is catching on and she sure does look cute in that uniform... Too bad we don't get "cute points"!

Hannah has been making strides - she is doing an "army crawl" these days, pulling herself with her elbows and pushing with her feet, though refusing to actually get her belly off of the ground. Don't get me wrong, she CAN pick up her belly, which she shows in her fancy yoga plank moves, but when she starts to crawl she goes back to the ground. So funny to watch, but she is really moving around now. She can't seem to shake these ear infections - we've been on 4 rounds of antibiotics in just over 2 months and I've requested a referral to an ENT to be sure that we're on the right path. Seeing as we haven't even started the "winter months", I can't see how she'll manage if she doesn't get tubes.

Brad's work has been busy lately and so has mine - our new system went live on 9/1/08, so it has been chaotic on both ends of the spectrum. I'm posting the video for Taylor's dance recital too, so enjoy - we just got the video on Tuesday night, so this one isn't my fault! ;-)

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