Life is good.

Hope everybody is doing well. We're all pretty good here. It's still busy, my concert is Tuesday and that means school is crazy, but the end is near. 20-some days of school left, all standardized testing is done as of yesterday, the weather is (mostly) warm and beautiful, and life is good.

No matter how what kind of days we have at school - and believe me, we've had some scary/sad/plain old agitating events this year - we can come home and hang out with our girl. This usually involves reading, reading, and and playtime outside. Or convincing her that no matter how many times she begs, we're can't go outside again. That kind of thing. Maddie's growing like crazy. She can climb up on the couch (as long as she can get a good grip), learns more words every day, and will try eating pretty much anything we put in front of her. Except mushrooms. She's really loving toys and stuffed animals, and Elmo apparently rocks the house. She names almost all the letters and numbers by sight, and is getting good at counting. She sings parts of songs and does lots of motions. We're having a blast.

We're hanging in till the end of the school year. Then we're all 3 home and loving life. (It's not why we became teachers, but BOY does the 10 month contract life have its perks.) Looking forward to playing, little trips here and there, the beach, the pool, and warm weather.