July time

It's still great having Peter around. He's looking older and wiser every day--must be the constant torture from his sisters. He's doing all the baby things great. He might be in a growth spurt since he wants to eat all...the...time. Not that we don't want him to grow, but Katie could use a little more rest.

Mary Ann went to her first day of school today. She started at a Montessori preschool today. She's been really excited about it for several weeks. She really enjoyed it today, bringing home a sheet of practice letters: p, e and t. She does a pretty good job of writing.

Rose is loving being in an open-side crib at night. She seems to relish the freedom that Mary Ann has had for so long. It's tough to tell which kid is which now when one of them comes down the stairs at night. The hardest thing is trying to corral them at night so they don't just keep screaming and giggling and running around the whole upstairs.

We had a great holiday weekend. The Buschelmans came up Friday through Monday. We went boating, went to the Wollersheim winery, splash park, and farmer's market (well, everyone except me). The kids loved being around each other, even if Rose and Dominic took turns hitting each other. It was a lot of fun when the Beier's came over for supper on Saturday and we added yet another kid to the mix.

I'm working night float this month, so that means I'm at work all day Sunday through Monday morning, and Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights, 8pm-8am. If I get enough sleep it's great so I can play with the kids and get home-work done during the days, but if I need to sleep the kids aren't always happy that I'm home and not playing with them. I also moved into my new office with the new academic year--the chief resident gets his own office, but being a computer guy I wish the computer wasn't slower than any other computer in the hospital...