Today, 8-6-08

Nathaniel finally got his We're Back; a Dinosaur's Story in the mail, and he's watched it daily, over and over... but that's okay, because he really loves it, and he's singing with the songs and acting out parts of the movie. He then moved on to Cats Don't Dance, which we found at Netflix. He watched it a few days and was ready to send it back when he found Balto, which will hopefully be here tomorrow (also via Netflix).

We had to take Nathaniel to the doctor this past weekend, with stomach problems, but he's doing a lot better, back on track. For a few days there, he wasn't eating and wasn't moving around a lot. For the past couple of days, he goes out on the porch with me in the evening, after it's cooled off some, and walks on the treadmill. Well, he walks for awhile, then he wants to put his stuffed animals on it and watch them fly off the back end. But he's getting a little more exercise, which is good.

It looks like the school is finally going to let him and Hillary ride a bus. We'll have to meet it half way, but at least that cuts the trip in half, which will help, especially on the days I don't sub and I have to make two trips (one to take them to school and one to pick them up). It's a pretty sad time when you may have to switch what school your children go to because of gas prices.

Hillary got in her copy of the new Stephenie Meyer book Breaking Dawn, and she loved it. I've not read any of the Twilight series, but she loves them, as much if not more than she did Harry Potter. She said some people were disappointed with the new novel, but she was tickled with it. It's a huge book, but she got through it fairly quickly, and is now re-reading it for her favorite parts. She said the next book may be Midnight Sun, which is Twilight, but from Edward's point of view. The stories are first person, all from Bella's point of view.

That's about it. Summers are pretty boring around here. Watching TV out here at moms, getting online every now and then, cleaning house, mowing the yard, taking care of the pets... that's about all we do. Once school starts back it'll pick up a bit... we can add driving to and from school to that list.