Can you believe it's almost the end of September? Now that school is in session, time is really flying by. The boys are still loving school. I'm really happy with both their teachers. They really keep the kids engaged in learning. I love hearing about what they learn. Alexander has really begun to enjoy coloring, which was always a battle. His art teacher showed him how to color more controlled and he was showing me his new technique. He was so proud of himself. Glenn is rocking his math tests! He enjoys math, just not when there are word problems (I don't think anyone ever enjoyed word problems in math). One Friday, at dinner, Alexander did this at the table. I asked him if he was tired, and of course he said yes. He wasn't sleeping, just resting.
Bob and I just celebrated our 13th wedding anniversary. We are still so in love! I won't get all mushy with you. I'll save that for home. We went out last night to celebrate. We went to a local Italian restaurant that we wanted to try, but couldn't bring the boys (it's a fine dining restaurant). It was really nice and dinner was delicious. You forget how nice it is to just talk and enjoy each other and our meal going out with kids all the time. After dinner, we went to a movie: The Family. It's with Robert DeNiro- Italian dinner and Italian family. The boys had our pastor's daughter babysitting them. They really love her and so they had a great night, too. They had to show her the original Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Glenn new favorite movie.
We don't have a picture of Bob and me, but I wish we did, because he looked great (even got a haircut for the occasion). But I had asked Bob to take a picture of me for my new website, since I was all dressed up. My jewelry company, Premier Designs, just release new websites that each jeweler can have. So, I wanted a more recent picture for my site. If you want to check it out, it's at http://lauriedechello.mypremierdesigns.com. You will need to email me for the code to view the online catalog (lauriedechello@gmail.com). Here's the picture I will use that is from last night.
In other work news, I will begin teaching two sections of the same course next month for Kaplan. It will be nice to have the extra money for bills. Also, my department chair was able to get two sections with the same live seminar time. So, I won't have to teach the same seminar twice a week, just once. I was very excited about that. Now that the boys are in school, I have more time to grade papers.
We are going camping in Key Largo next weekend. The campground is a state park and has a couple of good snorkeling beaches. There are 70 nautical miles that are part of the under water state park because of a huge coral reef. So, we're very excited about snorkeling. We're going with some friends who have never camped before. So, it will definitely be an adventure for us all.
