We've decided to study the Gospels between now and Christmas; Matthew 2 is the story of the wise men. Everyone understood gold, but Madi was having a hard time getting her mind around the concept of "frankincense." D.J. was explaining that it was very expensive and that it smelled good. He then went on to explain how it was used in other religions in ceremonies and was describing how the priests would swing it around and spread the smell. Madi then said, "Oh--so its like a car air freshener?"

Star of the Week

I mentioned on the last posting that Josh has LOVED being the "Star of the Week" at school. He gets to sit in the special "Star of the Week" chair, gets to lead the singing, gets to tell about himself, gets to bring his favorites (favorite book: Skippyjon Jones, favorite toy: jets, favorite treats for the class: rainbow Goldfish--I helped with that one--it was MUCH quicker than the alternative). He's only mentioned that he's Star of the Week about 14 zillion times.

Friday morning, Josh woke me up--he had obviously been thinking about this one for a while. He told me, "Please don't call me Josh anymore. My new name is Star of the Week." Today ends his reign as Star of the Week at school. However, that's OK by him--last night he told me that his new name is "Super Josh."

Nothing To Report

There's not been anything too exciting lately--thus, no blogs. However, I can use a little bit of non-excitement. Here's a little run-down:

• DJ got released from the hospital; we now have a hospital bed in the middle of the family room, but it's more to protect his back than anything. He's been through physical therapy, etc. Had the 45 staples removed from his stomach.
• Reagan ran a great campaign for student body vice president. We had poster- and button-making parties here, complete w/ soda, pizza, and cookies, and lots of kids. She lost by 23 votes. Aargh! However, water polo is going great--she has a tournament in a week and a half. She also was just made a junior counselor at her school.
• Tre' is still water boy for the high school team. Last week was an away game he was invited to. He had just enough time to make the bus to go with the team. However, they pulled out 5 minutes early--he called me, and we tried to catch them, but couldn't. I didn't even know where the high school was, just that it was down by San Diego. Bummer!
• Madi is Madi. She's sweet, she's cuddly, she's happy-go-lucky. We had to order yet another pair of glasses for her; this is the 4th pair in a year. She just can't seem to find them (picture her saying that in her little gravelly voice.).
• Josh is the "Star of the Week" in kindergarten. He's told me that about 1700 times each day; in fact, he gives that as the reason he ought to be able to do anything he wants. We made a poster with pictures from this summer; he's brought his favorite book and toy. We "get" to bring treats on Friday. This is the highlight of kindergarten so far!
• In the middle of all of this, I decided to accept a job with a company that I've been pursuing/and who's been pursuing me for 6 months. They made several offers before I accepted, but accept I did. I've been going in for the past week with the old CFO to learn systems/procedures/etc, while still keeping my old job going. My old boss is in China for 2 weeks and didn't hire my replacement before he left, so there will still be some overlap after.
• Grandma and Grandpa Peterson came out for a visit. Oh! The Treagan soup (homemade chicken noodle soup), treats, and fun we had!

Maybe it's not so boring after all. At least we didn't end up in the hospital.