Moving On Up

Natalie and Owen have both moved up to their new classes at school. Everything has gone well and they have both adjusted without incident. Last week was considered the last week of the "summer" program, so they had fun themes like crazy sock day, wacky tacky day, and backwards day. Monday was crazy hair day, and Owen's teachers decided to spray all the kids' hair. Mom almost didn't recognize Owen when they brought him out at the end of the day, with his spiked blue and red hair. Unfortunately, the red spray does not wash out of blonde hair very easily, and he has since had pink hair. This is slightly annoying since Mom had plans to have his picture taken for his 2-yr birthday. But the themed days were fun, and now it's the start of the new school year with new teachers. Also last week, Mom, Dad, and Natalie experienced some excitement in the neighborhood on Monday night when big trucks and a crew of workers came to move a house a few doors down. (Owen slept through the excitement.) A builder bought the land and rather than tear down the existing house, they sold it and moved it to another location in Houston. So crews came with all kinds of equipment and raised the house and pulled it away, right in front of our house. It was really neat to see, and Natalie enjoyed being out at night and fraternizing with all the neighbors and their dogs. Other than that, it was an average week. Natalie started her new ballet class on Saturday, and she was very excited to wear her new leotard and warm ups. On Sunday, we all spent some time outside, and it was so hot we were all glistening with sweat. We're looking at three weeks to go until Baby #3 arrives, and before then we are looking forward to Owen's birthday celebrations, which start this weekend. Two years already!