The Dog Ate My Blogwork

No, really, he did. Sure we don't own a dog, but it's the only excuse I could come up with for not posting a blog in the 4 weeks since school started. School has definitely thrown an additonal element into our lives of more things to stay on top of.

First, there was the adjustment to everyone in the house getting up at 6:30 am. It's actually great to be able to spend time as a family in the mornings now even though we don't recall any of the conversations because we are all half asleep.

Next, there was the mountain of paperwork you have to fill out the first week. At this point, we have no idea what we signed up for or given permission to, but I am sure the school or PTA will let us know what we did and didn't do.

Then there is the amount of papers the kids bring home on Thursday each week telling us of everything going on, what we should talk to our kids about that happened in school and what activities or groups we should be getting the kids involved in. This is the day designated by the school to make you feel inadequate as a parent.

We know it is getting close to the next phase in life where we will be taking the kids to all types of activities. It's hard enough right now to get home from work, try and spend a couple of hours of quality time together and then get the kids in bed by 7:30pm so they can get a good nights sleep. We have tried to hold off as long as possible because we know how crazy it will get, but they are definitely starting to show interest in doing things. Abigail is very interested in taking a gymnastics or dance class. We are also looking at the Upwards basketball and cheerleading program at our church for the kids.

Many of you know that I have started a new business called Captured Memories doing customized video & photo productions. I have really enjoyed doing video projects for our family, transferring tapes to DVD and also making picture slideshows and thought this is something that most people would like to do for their families, but just don't have the time to invest in it. I am looking forward to seeing how this hobby turns into a business. You can check out some of what I do at my Captured Memories blog site http://www.capturedmemoriestx.blogspot.com/

Thank you to those of you who check in here from time to time to see what is new with our family and I hope to keep it more up to date and have some new pictures for you to see.