barrett: 112 months old

Fourth grade agrees with this guy!  Barrett has 3 teachers this year, and they rotate every day.  He had a few easy weeks, but now they have homework (once per week, not hard enough to warrant the whining).  You'll probably notice his teeth have more gaps!  Barrett had a loose tooth that just would not come out.  I finally took him to the dentist when it started turning weird colors, and they x-rayed him and found that all of the roots were gone!  The only thing holding it in was his gums, so a few numbing shots later, that tooth got yanked.  

Likes:  "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series, riding his bike (it's finally not pass-out hot outside), and playing flight simulator games

Dislikes:  taking his lunch to school - he prefers to buy!

157 months old

Britton has started 8th grade, and is adjusting well to her new classes.  She got library aide for an elective, and absolutely loves it!  She's also in art, instead of band this year.  She's got a ton of algebra homework every night, and is not so happy about that, but she's keeping up and understanding it quickly (unlike her mother).  She's also in National Junior Honor Society this year, and also on Student Council.  

Softball is starting back up this weekend!  That is, if the rain stops and actually allows the fields to dry out.  We've had rain all week, and I think we're going to be seeing a delay in the start of the fall season.  But Britton is excited to get back out there, and even after feeling not so great after her flu vaccine today, she still went out and practiced with the hubs.  

 Likes: softball, baking (she's made a marble bundt cake and sugar cookies this week!), having friends over

Dislikes: the local library's volunteering policy - high schoolers only (she has to volunteer for Honor Society, and really wanted to get her hours at our neighborhood library)