Friday Yet?

This week is dragging!

Owen is still not into school at ALL! He was telling me today how much he hates school and it's boring and he doesn't want to go. :( Poor kid. He looked so pitiful today at drop-off that I couldn't stand how cute he was! The kid really is cute. :) Not that I'm biased.

Today is school picture day for Jared. He was insistent that his shirt have a collar, which made me happy. I had a hard time choosing a color and we ended up with navy. It's hard to know if a lighter blue will clash with the background that they use, which I guess is why people choose a background! I only ordered a small package - last year's smile was hideous! Sort of tight-lipped and very fake. I plan to take them in November for portraits and Christmas card photos.

Tonight Jared has soccer practice - I'm so glad that he has the same coach as the last two years. He's much more comfortable with it - he's very resistant to change! Who isn't? But knowing that he was moving to B-league was change enough - new coach would have likely put him over the edge. He's mad that he had to get a new number this year! He's the 9 - and their uniforms are red and black - very cute. I need to get a good picture of him on Saturday. Everything that I took last week was too far away. Maybe I'll just take some at home so that I don't have to lug the camera - but I should take video this week....

The kids and I made a Target run last night after dinner. Brian had promised Jared a Game Boy game if he got onto the bus without crying for three days. So he chose the Shrek 3 game but also some Star Wars guys. I was in a rush and didn't put back one or the other, so he got one Star Wars guy last night, and he'll get the other stuff when he gets more stars - he earns stars for doing his chores, being nice to his brother, etc. I think we'll go 5 stars for the Star Wars guy and another 10 for the game.

He and I also chose a new puzzle. I got a cute cartoon-y one this time - funny. He chose Pirates of the Caribbean (surprise!).

I need to spend some serious time cleaning out this house this weekend - it's just too full of STUFF that we don't need. I'm getting a big box for Salvation Army and a big bag for trash and just going room by room!