Random Thoughts and Pictures!

The kids have been out of school for 2 weeks now and I am just getting around to looking through all of the artwork and stuff that came home on the last day. I thought I would put a little sampling of my cutie pies and their work on here.

This is a story about me and my job - the second one that Pete did. He is such a sweetie and my kids are finally getting it that I am not a doctor! If only!
Pete in his baseball uniform with his game face on - how cute is this kid? He looks very serious but when I asked him about it he said he was concentrating on doing a good smile.
My favorite of Mrs. Nelson's kindergarten projects - the Kimono project. Anything with the kids faces on it is adorable but both of my kids were SO excited about this one. Molly missed a day of school and was worried that she missed making the kimino - she was in tears for hours about it. Obviously she didn't miss it at all because here she is!
My friend Rebecca is going to DisneyWorld tomorrow for a week and I am so jealous. I haven't been there in a year and a half and I LOVE Disney. This is a little more nostalgia for Auntie Beth - The four oldest cousins in Disney with Auntie Leenie and Uncle Pete (Mom and Dad to some of us). Were we ever that young? Were my legs ever that thin? Why did Eileen pull her pants up so high??????????

My friend Rebecca was telling me how cheap she got everything and trying to convince me that I should start planning a trip so I can go when the baby is a few months old. One problem - I've never been to Disney without my parents and I have no desire to go without them. So much more fun when the grandparents are there to help and make everything more special for the kids! Peter was lamenting the fact that Annie has never been to Disney - I had to remind him that she has only been around for 9 months and most kids wait a lifetime to get to Disneyworld. They have no idea how spoiled they are!

A few other tidbits - with my brother's permission we have changed the baby's name - I just could not get a good nickname for Patricia and only decided on it because I was SO sure it was a boy! So the baby's name is Caroline Beth Harding - Wheeler. Named for my favorite song by Neil Diamond, "Sweet Caroline" and my cousin Beth.

I am having such a good end of week - Bob and I are going out on Saturday night - ALONE! I hate asking people to watch the kids for us - first of all there are alot of them, second of all everyone is busy and third of all my family gives us so much help in other ways that I feel guilty but Meg came over last night and offered to watch the kids so we could use our J. Gilberts gift certificate and go out to dinner. I originally thought we had a wake to go to but found out today that my friend at work's mother who died is not having a wake so J. Gilberts here we come! I am on cloud nine in anticipation. Barnes and Noble is across the parking lot and I have a $25 gift card from Mother's Day on top of everything - ahhhh heaven!

GNM - ILY!