Olivia has been going through some days where she has been very hard to handle. I'm not sure if she's not getting enough sleep or if she's under stress. Every day that she comes home from school she is a crab. She yells and throws a huge fit when she doesn't get her way and she now likes to yell, "mean Mommy, or I don't even like you anymore." It's completely uncalled for and makes me sad. I've been told that this is only the beginning and that I have a lot to look forward to when she becomes a teenager. She needs to learn to respect me and I know why she acts this way. :( Over the weekend the kids and I went to my best friend's daughter's birthday! My brother is currently dating my best friend. :)

channing is really loving school! It's so great for him! Gavin asks everyday when he can go to school! It's so weird just being me and Gavin!
we have been very busy these last few weeks. Olivia is in Jazz dance again and she also joined Girl Scouts. She is excited because her Best friend Emily joined, too. This weekend we are having a garage sale. The kids have a little Kool aid and popsicle stand! they are excited about that!

Today was Channing's first day of preschool! He is in the PM class which is from 12:15-3pm. This morning I took him to school and this afternoon he rode the bus home with Olivia. He just seemed so little getting off of the big bus by himself! Hard to believe Gavin is the only "baby" left! Channing had a great 1st day of school!

For the past few months, Olivia has done nothing but beg me to get her ears pierced. When we went to get them done, she talked herself out of doing it. for the next few weeks, she would bug me and nag at me to get them done. I told her that we would get them done but if she backed out, I was done and she would have to wait until she was older. well, she did it!!! She didn't even flinch. Didn't say Ouch, didn't even cry! She wanted to have 2 ladies there to get them done at the same time. Which meant, we had to wait almost 3 hours for the 2nd lady to come to work!