look who used all of #2's shimmery purple lip balm...& couldn't be happier -even tho it took 2 baths to get it all out :P

DD4's new words: up, down (while standing then stooping then standing then stooping...), bounce, yeah, no no no no no(while wagging her finger). She's also started singing and dancing along w/ a couple Wiggle's songs; namely "ponies" and "what funny folk we be". I'm pretty sure she said "Wally" yesterday (our neighbor's dog who comes to visit sometimes).

DD3's a regular little chatterbox these days. The vocab is getting larger & the sentences are getting longer. I don't even know where to start w/ what she's saying lately. It's astonishing that a few weeks ago she was talking so seldom (or seldomly understandable) & now I can't keep up w/ her progress!

DD2's growing like a weed...I had to take all the size 6 clothes away so she would stop wearing things that she couldn't button or zip or that were getting too short. She's really into poetry right now. Writing & reading it. Two more weeks of school then swim lessons & teeball & our version of summer "homeschool". DD2 is undecided as to what to do for her birthday. She had wanted to take her 2 best friends to Rodizio but has since changed her mind. I suggested Cinema Grill as something different to do..."maybe". And Micheal's for a crafty party..."no". She thought maybe Chucky Cheese (& G thinks so also) BUT I said that Chucky Cheese is something you do once in your life for your birthday. And she already did it for her 5th. "who says?" "It's a rule @ chucky cheese's." " oh." Well, hey, I might as well take advantage of reasons to NOT go to Chucky Cheese's while she's naive enough to fall for them. :P

So tonight DD1 is going to prom w/ "the Herd" -her group of friends @ Boulder High. They're going to the 14th Street Grill for dinner (should be finished by now) then walking to the Boulder Theatre where the prom is being held. She called very excited that the marquee had been changed to "Boulder High School Prom 2005". The ska band Judge Roughneck is playing. The prom is 9pm-12am. "A Marvel-ous Night" is the theme (as in Marvel Comics). (She went this morning from 9am to 2pm to decorate.) Then they'll drive to the Meadows Shopping Center to park & then shuttle over to the East Boulder Rec Ctr for the after-prom until 5am. After that she & her friends are going up to the top of Flagstaff to watch the sunrise. THEN she'll ride a bus to downtown Denver so I can pick her up to celebrate Mother's Day w/ us. Sounds like a fun & busy night! I can't wait to post the pictures!!

We had a second look @ the possible new house. Took the dimensions of our large bedroom furniture & then actually measured out the master bedroom @ the new house to see if our stuff will fit. I knew our furniture was big but I never thought it was that big -until we started looking for a master bedroom to fit. We're finding that most of the bedrooms in older houses are quite small. Anyway, it looks like it should be a good fit. Bigger than our room now but not huge like some of the newer master bedroom/suites are. I can really see us living in that house.

So we got an early housewarming gift today...a new plasma screen t.v.!! I can't wait to put it in the new family room!! It'll be like our own home theatre....

fun @ the zoo w/ dad 

The Three Piggies Opera...Cory's annual 1st grade opera event. DD2's the shorter "piggy". She was the first narrator in the opera as well as the last!

welcome to the new blog site!

So I'm trying this site on for size. It seems to me that the other site had very little room for posting. Maybe this will be better!

So, what's new? Madster lost her upper right tooth now. She looks just a little cute. Just a little. Like she could be any cuter! 4 more weeks of school too! I personally can't wait. I really enjoy having the girls around in the summer. And I really dislike getting everyone up early in the morning. I don't know why other people complain about summer vacation and their kids being home. Wednesday 4 May is the Concert on the Green at Cory. All the grades perform outside on the grassy side of the school. Madster's excited about it.

Princess Fi is talking more & more & more! She especially likes to talk about the trip to the zoo that she and Wib went on w/ G.

Wib's talking more too. "all done"& "baw baw" (sponge bob) are the current additions. And she's not crawling much at all. She'll be running any day now.

Snick finished the book portion of driver's ed today. She says she's not ready to drive yet. Her teeth look great! It's odd to watch her eat & there's no metal in there.... Next weekend is prom. I'm crocheting a stole for her to wear over her dress. Tonight she & her friends are watching that new Ashton Kutcher movie "alot like love" (?).

Yes, we have snow. It's not a bad thing considering how little precip we've had thus far. Plus, I'm not even ready to tolerate this brick oven called a house. Speaking of houses, we've looked Monday, Friday and today. So far, I really like a tri-level in our current neighborhood. It's on a fairly large lot (~1/4 acre) Today we looked in Arvada. Not bad but nothing that said "buy me" either.

I'm almost finished w/ hospice training. Then the really hard part begins...actually working w/ dying people. Something I have very little experience w/ BUT I love a challenge & I love to learn to do new things. Bonus: the organization "Hopsice Metro Denver" seems to have healthy individuals working there: no internal strife apparent yet.

I think the Nugs lost to San Antonio (from the sound of Garrett's groaning & moaning & yelling & swearing in the lvg rm hahahahaha!) Bummer, tho, 'cuz the Rockies go nowhere fast. No hockey. And I honestly don't forsee the Broncos winning big this year. Don't know much about the Rapids. Well, not to say I'm a big Denver sports fan. My heart remains dedicated to Pittsburgh!!!!!