Peace & Quiet--- ahhhh :)

I don't think I have ever had this home so quiet in the middle of the day. Melanie & Courtney started public school today. They were so excited. We started mid week because Monday was a holiday, Tuesday we went on two field trips (one to Fort Vancouver with Courtney's homelink class) & the other to see the play "Little Women" with a homeschooling group. Grandma Coates came with us to "Little Women", the kids fought over her attention. I really enjoyed the play, but it was probably a bit too advanced for the kids. Plays like "Annie" & "Beauty & the Beast" hold their attention longer. Then on Wednesday, we went to another play, "High School Musical". We had never seen the movie before. We all enjoyed the play & now want to see the movie. Dayton was pretty good during both plays, he loves to clap when everyone claps. I had to give him my wallet to play with during the last half of "High School Musical" as he was just getting too restless. He was in pure heaven playing with my wallet, pulling out all my credit cards & putting them in different slots. -hopefully, he didn't lose any cards :0
When we got home yesterday afternoon, Melanie wasn't feeling very well, so she went to bed. She was so sad, because she didn't want to be sick and miss her first day of school. Last night, she still wasn't feeling well, but said, "I hope I feel better tomorrow, I really want to go to school, I keep praying I will get better." Well, when she woke up this morning, she said she was feeling better. I don't think she was 100% better as she only ate 1/2 a waffle, normally she eats 3 - 4 waffles. I kept asking her if she was sure she was better. She said she was. Well, I drove the two anxious girls to the bus stop (our mailbox) this morning. They were so excited to ride the bus. It has been a beautiful day today - no rain! Which is so nice, then the girls can play outside on all the new playground equipment at recess - playing in the rain isn't much fun. I hope they had a wonderful day there. Then after that I went Visiting Teaching all morning. When we got home, I fed Emma & Dayton lunch & put them both for naps at 1:00pm. It is now almost 3:00pm. I have had two hours of peace and quiet in the middle of the day -- which is totally a new thing for me... I could get used to this :) I am just starting to hear Dayton wake up... so this will be the end of my blog.. Here some cute pictures of the girls waiting at the bus stop & some pictures from Fort Vancouver (It is really quite an interesting field trip). This summer, Don & I want to take the kids to see lots of the sites around here (End of the Oregon Trail, Mt. St. Helens, caves, etc.) as it will hopefully be our last summer here.



Anxiously waiting for the bus on their first day of their new school.

Pictures from the fieldtrip to Fort Vancouver