Growing Up

Katie is starting to grow up and next week she will turn 3. Mike and I are having a hard time coming to grips with the fact that our baby isn't going to be a baby too much longer. In the past couple of weeks, she has really started to blossom. The cord has finally been cut and Sunday she went to Sunday School all by herself. She walked right into the classroom and was ready to go. Mike and I were left in the hallway picking our jaws up off the floor. She only said "see ya" when we said "Katie, see ya later!" - she gave us a half-hearted wave and was like ok - quit bugging me. Heck, she may as well have given us one of those head nods men use to say hi! While one side of us was sad to see the old Katie leave, the other side of us was jumping for joy and mentally started looking for a babysitter...........finally!!!!!!!

Today I had to go to the University of Illinois to sign Katie up for a summer speech camp. As we were driving through "campus town" (as they call it here), there were a bunch of good-looking babes in miniskirts and shorts walking to class. Zachary's eyeballs were about to pop out of his head and his head may as well have been on a swivel as he was trying to take them all in.....at the ripe young age of 5. Just to tease him a little I said "boy, there sure are a lot of kids going to class". He quickly informed me that he had decided he wanted to go to school there when he grew up because there sure were a lot of girls who looked like they could be his girlfriends!!

Mike has had it with the rabbits in our neighborhood and has decided to take action. Last Friday I bought a live trap. Mike returned it as it was decided our bunnies are a little over-fed to fit into that trap. We bought a larger one with the hopes of catching the were-rabbits. Well, after 4 days and 3 carrots the only thing Mike's caught is the laughter of the neighbors. So today, he took back that trap and bought a "better one". We'll see in the morning whether it is better or if the bunnies are just appreciating the free carrot buffet they've been receiving nightly!