update

Ballet went well. It's SUPER close to home. We got new ballet shoes and a black leotard on Sunday. I sewed the straps on the shoes on Tuesday morning. The class seems to be challenging and that's the way I want it to be. This year she'll actually need to practice between her lessons. Hopefully she'll make friends with the girls and expand her friendship circle to include girls her own age.

I contacted the local Girl Scout council to find us a Brownie troop this year. I tried more than 5 times last year to find her a troop via email and no one ever got back with me enough that we actually found a troop. I'm using the phone this year and I hope to have better success.

Public school starts next week so it's our last chance to play with those kids during the daytime.

Claudia and the boys came over yesterday and we had a big dinner here last night. Shrimp scampi, rice pasta, pasta sauce w/ meatballs and baby greens salad w/ veggies. For dessert there was ensalada de fruita fresca con mil para los ninos y para us grown-ups a piece of tres leches cake from Whole Foods to share.

The 14 year old dog went to the vet for her annual checkup yesterday and got a clean bill of health. She got a thumbs up for loosing 3 lbs since last year and the vet would be happy if she lost another 3. The dog and I both need to start going on regular walks again so that we can get in better cardio-pulmonary shape.

Gotta run, Paul's angry at ME since the boys next door are not home to play with and his other friend around the corner doesn't want to play AGAIN!