There must be something in the air...

or the water, or it could even be a sign that it's been a long winter. It looks like the Rinkel baby won't be the only new addition to the Chippewa Estates subdivision. There will be two more babies joining the crew of kids we already have on the block. Out of 8 houses we have 5 houses with 12 kids under the age of 6. Two of the other houses have 4 kids in 7th grade through college. That leaves one house with no children and they are moving within the year, hum, I wonder why? Carrie is due the week before me and Chantel is due the beginning of October.

Mark made it home safely from Las Vegas last night. Today he's been busy working on homework. He had fun in Vegas but was kept busy at the Expo. The kids were happy to see him. We've spent the last three days outside playing in the 60 degree weather which makes the snow were getting today depressing. The kids were having a blast going outside and I think the teachers at the school were happy for the break. Valynn and Mason have been practicing for soccer that will be starting after Easter.

I am happy to say it looks like we just about have Kyra potty trained. Knock on wood she keeps it up. She will still have the occasional accident during the day and we're still working on the pooping but for her age she is doing great. Maybe tonight I will dare put her to bed without her diaper on because she wakes up dry, she just doesn't want to go potty right away in the morning.

We got Valynn's report card on Friday. She did great as expected. There are still a couple of things the teacher says she needs to work on but Mark and I are questioning if that really is the case or the teacher just felt that she had to put something down for Valynn to improve on. For example, she needs to work on her rhyming words, that's something she's been able to do for a couple of years, in fact, Mason can even do rhyming words. We'll see what the teacher says at conferences in a couple of weeks.

This is Valynn and Mason's last week of school before Spring Break. We're actually staying around here for a Easter which will be a nice change of pace. I have a couple of things planned for Spring Break to keep the kids busy and hopefully the weather will be nice again so we can get back outside.