Mon Aug 20th

Today was indeed a great day.  Larry & I celebrated our anniversary by going to the dentist's office with the kids for cleanings, going to Mundt Music & buying a $50 french horn mouthpiece for Savannah, going to get Sarah's haircut, doing yard work....oh, and we did go to Olive Garden for lunch, too.  ha ha!  I know...the romance isn't quite what it used to be, but we were happy to spend the day doing all that together!

At the dentist, we learned that Samuel's grooves in his teeth are super-dooper deep, so they're going to go ahead & fill a couple of them tomorrow b/c they're beginning to get "sticky", meaning there is some decay in them.  Bummer....I'm not too thrilled about that, but it'll be fun to watch how he responds to the silly gas tomorrow!  They're going to seal a couple of others at his next cleaning to keep this from happening anywhere else in his mouth.

Tomorrow is also Savannah's 11 year check up w/ the pediatrician.  She's already said that she hopes they don't have to draw blood.  (Sorry kiddo...they probably will.)  I'm anxious to see how much she's grown since last year.  I know she's gained some weight (finally!) and gotten a little taller, but she's still very petite for her age.  I'll post her height/weight tomorrow night to give you an idea of what I mean.

We found out tonight who Sarah is going to have for 1st grade.  We are pleased.  Our very top choice was Mrs. Walker--who Samuel had last year, but apparently she had a lot of requests (b/c she's an awesome teacher!!!).  We got our 2nd choice instead.  Mrs. Walker actually told me last spring that if she had a 1st grader, this is who she'd choose for her own child, so I know we'll like Mrs. Mitchell.  I'm looking forward to getting to know her.  Tomorrow night is "Meet the Teacher" night, so we'll get to eyeball each other then & find out what we've got in store for us this year.  Sarah is ready to get back to school.

Thursday morning, Sarah has her annual check up w/ the allergy/asthma doctor.  That night we'll have Samuel's "Meet the Teacher" time.  We won't find out who his teacher is til we walk into the school, though.

Friday is my first inservice & then next Monday it's back to school time for the kids!  Life's about to get busy, busy, busy!  I'm not ready!!!!  Where did the summer go???