Wednesday

Today we went out for the morning and afternoon because Rich has been on midnight shifts and it's hard enough to sleep, much less sleep in a hotel room! Grace and Ben had Open House at their new school so we took their school supplies in and met their new teachers. Both are very nice, and I think they'll be a good fit for them. Grace has Mrs. Sanderson. She loves her new classroom and found her cubby, desk and mailbox. She has 2 Native American boys in her room...Gavin Little Bracelet and Tyray Iron Thunder :)....it will be great for her to experience different cultures. Ben's teacher is Mrs. Heaton...she seems really nice and Ben was thrilled. He found his desk and is sitting between two other boys. After the school Open House we ate lunch and dropped Matt off at the tennis courts. He wanted to practice his serve and slice. The other kids and I went to the Dakota Zoo. It's not a huge zoo and they don't have overly exciting animals, but it was a nice walking size and the kids had fun. I bought a family membership since it wasn't very expensive and the zoo is only about 2 miles from our new house. After hanging out there for a couple of hours we picked Matt up and came 'home'. The kids are going to bed early since it's a school night (YAY!!). Thanks to Grandpa Jim for getting Tyler's Jeep keys mailed back to him...we got them today so he can drive himself to school tomorrow :). First day of school pics coming tomorrow!