What's Happening

Well, my original intention was to blog each week. That has not been happening. I have tried to only blog when we have some interesting pictures and stories to tell. However, I just realized that sometimes I just like reading about what is going on in the lives of the other bloggers I read. So, this will just be an update of all of us and then I will post pictures from our trip to the zoo.
Drue and Lukas are moving right along in their schooling. Drue should be complete 4th grade and Lukas complete 1st grade by January. Drue was just involved in a writing class with other AZVA students on Monday. She enjoyed being with other kids her age and a teacher in a regular class like setting. It was only a 3 hour class though. And they were allowed snacks while the teaching was going on. She completed a weeks worth of writing assignments in a 3 hour period. Nice for me. Fun for her. Lukas hasn't participated in one as he doesn't really show an interest. He went with Dad that day to get the car fixed. It was good for both of them. Lukas earned $5 picking up dog poop for Papa at the shop. (Our life sounds so glorious!) He was so excited. I later found out that he only picked up a few pieces and made his cousin Nick do most of the work. Hopefully, Nick made more than $5.
Samuel is doing so well on the potty. He still struggles sometimes with using the potty in other places, but if bribed with enough candy, he will do it. No accidents at home and he has mastered both functions on the potty. (So much poop talk in our life.) Samuel has also mastered the computer. School goes so much easier for the rest of us since he has learned to find his own websites and play every game. He loves the Wiggles and PBS websites. It's amazing how much that boy can do with a computer at 2 years old.
Launa has developed a temper and a love for picking on Samuel. She has discovered that biting and scratching him is a great way to keep him off of her, for a few minutes anyway. While waiting for Drue to complete her writing class, Launa laid on the concrete kicking and screaming for about 15 minutes. I was sooooo proud!!! In this past week she has started trying to talk. We were watching and Old McDonald had a Farm video and she said /k/ for cow and a really wierd noise that ended in /k/ for "oink". I think she said "duck" today at the zoo. She is changing so much everyday.
Lance and I are hanging in there. We don't really do anything too exciting. Cook a little food, discipline a kid, take a nap (in shifts), read, have a quick conversation between the preceding things. That is our life in a nutshell. I am in the process of planning another road trip to Florida. Our hope is to be there the last 2 weeks in December. We will try to hit a few attractions, friends, and family along the way. We are also trying to find an affordable motorhome to purchase to make the trip a little easier. We will have to get some schooling in along the way and a table in the back would make it a lot nicer. I found a Wiggles indoor playland in Texas just outside of Dallas. I think that is a definate stopper! Lance was not as excited as the rest of us.
I think that is all. I will now post pictures and a few words about the zoo. Of course, it will be on top of this one.
I will try to get back to once a week updates although they may not include pictures.