Katie is 21!

Oh my! This is another milestone I'm having a hard time absorbing. My 'baby' is so grown up and I am so very proud of her.

Katie asked to celebrate her big day with dinner at The Cheesecake Factory. Works for me! Kate, Mallory, her roommate, and Chloe and I had a wonderful time and meal. EJ was unable to join us because of a track meet. (He missed one last week because of illness and may need to miss Saturday's meet so he felt he really needed to be there - and he didn't get home until 10 PM so there wasn't any way we could have waited for him.)

Katie ordered her first adult beverage and was able to present her new, updated ID. :-) The 3 girls all dressed up for the celebration and were very cooperative when I asked for a picture. (I went in my work duds; so no picture for me.)

We all laughed, giggled, talked non-stop and ate WAY too much. The perfect evening.

I think Spring is Here!

My heat did not run all weekend, we had a soccer game on Saturday, track practice has started with two meets under our belts and the Bradford Pear trees are blooming. Spring in the South is a wonderful thing.

EJ is back to school today after his bout with flu. He was home Wed - Friday of last week. He went and sat on the bench for his soccer game Saturday. He wanted to play, but I think just getting out of the house showered and dressed was a major accomplishment. I'm curious to see how well he'll hold up at school.

The time change has thrown us all off. EJ's sleep pattern isn't normal to begin with. Then he was sick for 4 days and did a LOT of sleeping and then the time changed. He will probably take a lot longer to work back into a routine than Chloe and me.

Chloe will take the SAT on Saturday. Oh my, here we go again. :-)