3 wks already?

I can't believe how much time has gone by since I blogged last. I didn't get to blog much while in Disneyland because Tim's computer is really slow & I couldn't upload any pics. The time we spent in CA is amazing. I loved the fact that I was able to share Schane's first time in Disneyland with Oma & Opa. Everywhere we went she was amazed. She did have one grumpy day as well as her mom. I will be sure to send her to her dad's when she is older & we are grumpy together.

Schane's favorite ride was probably CA Screamer. She still talks about it. Her eyes continue to light up, she talks a mile a minute, well she does that anyway, & everytime she talks about it makes me smile & laugh right along with her. The place she liked least was A Bug's Life. You would have thought that Opa would have learned his lesson years ago when he took Hannah & Miriam but no such luck. I told him afterwards that he couldn't even think of taking Nora because if two of his granddaughters didn't like it then I'm sure the third wouldn't either. I took many, many pics & will forever cherish the memories that we made.

Besides being busy every day, Schane' lost a tooth while eating in our hotel room. I just happened to be reading at the pool & she came running up to me & showed me her tooth. At first I didn't believe her. She will often pretend that she lost a tooth so I just thought it was just another joke, but no, she had the proof in her hand. She seemed amazed the next day that the tooth fairy was able to find her in Disneyland. No note was written this time.

We got home on a Sat & Mon was the first day of school. Schane' seemed to adjust pretty well with the new schedule. I transferred schools this summer so we are now able to walk to school in the am & pm. Many kids walk without their parents but they are always with friends. Since Schane' doesn't know anyone yet I walk with her. Even though the school is two blocks away I continue to sweat quite a bit. It's only 107 in the afternoon so I'm not sure why I'm sweating.

School seems to be going pretty good. She has a math & spelling test every Friday. The math test is timed & she seems to have a bit of trouble with that. Last week the teacher only did 45 seconds & she realized that wasn't enough time for the kids to finish. When I talked to the teacher this week she said that she will be moving it up to 1min 30sec. We worked real hard on the math this week & on the time & she still had 3 left to finish. Maybe she'll do better in the classroom.

I decided earlier in the month to take Schane' out of swimming lessons for Aug. She will start up again in Sept. Deb & I keep teasing her that if she continues to swim as well as she does then she can participate in the Olympics & we'll come watch her swim. Don't worry though I'm not one of those crazed moms that will force her to continue. Well, right now I am. I am making her take swimming lessons until I feel that she is strong enough to hold her own if something happens to her & can help other people if something happens to them. So often we hear of to many drownings or near drownings her in AZ & I want her to have the ability to be able to help others as well as herself.

As for the cheerleading, we are scoping out a different instructor on Tues night. Her last coach is moving & is going to be approx 2hrs away. As much as we love Coach Cathy, we really do not want to drive that far.

Schane' also wants to get back into volleyball. See, she can do that in the Olympics too! So that will start in Sept. Church also starts on Wed nights in Sept so we will be quite busy. I will take her out of things if I think she is getting overloaded. Which she might be anyway because she also sees her dad one eve during the week.

That's about it for now. Other things have been going on but I don't have anymore time to write. I'm not at home right now & I need to be leaving so I can get home & go walk to the school.