Spring Break!

Today's officially the first day of our spring break. Never mind that they've actually been out of school since February 12. They're going to spend the morning at Meme's while I have PT and go to the library and grocery store. It should be a nice morning for all of us! Boo has already told me she wants me to pick her up when I get back because she "won't get to see me very much today." Awww...she's my sweetie. I always know that Boo will want to come home with me, that Hanny will want to stay there, but I'm never sure about Doodle. She's my wild child, although you'd never know it unless you get to see her in her comfort zone. Boo likes to be the only child any time she gets the chance. Sometimes she even likes Doodle to come home too. Who knows what the afternoon will bring today?! :)

We're counting down the days until we head south for the week. We hope to have warm weather so we can spend the entire week outside. It's a great time of year to go fishing and have a weinie roast. We're lucky enough to get to celebrate Jonathan's 16th birthday with him while we're there, so that should be fun. He shouldn't be that old! We'll have to come up with something fun to do...

Doodle has recently become the house secretary. She LOVES to answer the phone and also loves talking - as long as she knows the caller. This is quite an accomplishment from 3 months ago when she almost ran from the phone if it rang. I think she's gained more confidence in the last month of being at home than she did while she was going to school. She talked to Donna last night and explained to her just how "not sleepy" she was right before bedtime. She always wants to answer it in the morning because she knows that's when Papa calls. She's plenty comfortable with him, maybe too much so. One day last week she answered the phone, heard him on the line, said, "I don't want to talk to him. I'm not doing this." and hung up on him. He hadn't realized what she'd done, so he was still on the line when I pushed the "talk" button again. She's a stinker! If she answers the phone and hears a voice she doesn't recognize, though, she rushes the phone to me and says, "It's not for me!" I can see that the phone will be busy - and the cell phone bills will be high - during those teenage years... Guess I'd better enjoy using the phone now! :)