I never meant to go this long between posts, but....
Okay, so school is finally in for both the kids. Will started KINDERGARTEN last week and Emmie Ann went to her first day at preschool today. That's two mornings a week where I won't have any kids with me! So, I scheduled an interview for a job tomorrow morning. I miss work- that's one thing you never think you'll say- and I don't intend to confuse anyone- I don't want to work full time, but I do like it. I mean, this afternoon I helped Scott make a sock puppet... This is an Education Specialist position where I'd only work a couple days of the week (like Scott's day off so we wouldn't have to get childcare) but still get used to the CA ed system, curriculum, etc. Not sure if this is just a "scanning" interview or what, but I'm looking forward to finding out something about the job and what possibilites are out there!
Will is totally loving school; his teacher's name: Mrs. Learn. I ask him when I pick him up (did I tell you that you have to pay to ride the bus in CA and that you can only ride if you live farther than a mile from school, which like no one does...) how his "day" (half day K in CA...) was. "Good." I ask, "What did you do?" His reply, "Everything." Well, at least he doesn't say "nothing." He tells me who got their pin moved down to yellow or red. Of course, he says, his has stayed on green all day. His favorite part of school is the playground, and he does not want us to walk him inside in the morning. He just wants to be dropped off.
Emmie Ann even told me that I "could leave now" when I took her to school today. She's been ready to go since Will started. She'll wake up and ask "is today the day I get to go to school?"

We've kept busy lately- the CA State Fair and Demolition Derby, Gold Rush in Old Sac, birthday parities, soccer practice, church events, back to school shopping, bike riding...
Now, Demolition Derby... to think we moved 3,000 miles to watch something so redneck... At the State Fair, there is a Demo Derby- and it is packed in the stands. We went with two other families from church- 8 kids total; 5 boys (8 if you count the dads who were just as into it) and 3 girls. Four of the boys are between the ages of 4 and 6. There is something excilerating (especially to the boys) about watching a bunch of already banged up cars drive around a ring, rev their engines, ram into each other, and sling mud into the stands (thank goodness we got there early to claim seats at the top of the stands and avoid the extra dirt).