Chloe had a Banner Day!

Wednesday, March 25, 2009, was a good day for Chloe.

Tuesday evening she studied A LOT for her AP US History test (to be counted as 3 test scores!). She spent quite a bit of time in her room reading and re-reading her chapters, making notes, etc. Tuesday night she slept with the book under her pillow! Too cute.

Yesterday afternoon when I picked her up at school to take her to her FIRST JOB INTERVIEW, she told me with a beaming smile that she received a 96 on her history test. I guess that book under the pillow thing isn't so silly after all.

Forty minutes later, she got back in the car with an even bigger smile on her face and almost bouncing with excitement. She has a job and will begin training next week! I honestly don't know who is more excited about the job, her or me.

She will begin working at the very same Bruster's where Katie started her first work experience. She will train 3 days next week and then we will wait to see what her schedule looks like. This job will mean she can save some money for her trip this summer and have a little pocket money for activities with her friends.

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. :-)

Another Milestone!

They seem to be happening closer and closer together, these milestones that mark off the steps of each of my children from child to adult! I don't seem to get any better about dealing with them even though I'm getting lots of practice.

Chloe took and passed her road test today! She is officially a licensed driver. I'm so happy for her. She was a mess before the test. When she called me over to come speak with the test official, I was afraid that she had not done well. She was bright red and her eyes looked like she might be ready to cry. He asked me if I wanted the bad news or the good news first. I replied, "The bad news." "Your insurance is going to go up!" Whew. They both had me going.

She did have a little trouble with the parallel parking, the part she was the most worried about, but even with that she PASSED with flying colors. Yeah. We waited a long time for her photo because the DMV computers went down. She told me they were informed they could leave and come back but she wanted to wait because her hair wouldn't look as good tomorrow. That's my Chloe.