But I'm going to try to pick it up again...

Quick recap of my life of late:

My surrogate baby is one month old today. I'm pumping for him. He's cute. :-)

My kids are healthy and happy, for the most part, except when we make Phoebe do homework. Then she's grouchy.

Phoebe's doing an amazing job with her flute. I'll post more about this later.

Piper and Phoebe are preparing to dance The Nutcracker with Dance Connections. Phoebe is in the party scene, which is about half of the first act, pretty cool for her. Piper is an angel, as it's her first year. Both girls just finished soccer again...

Chloe is Chloe. funny, cute, a total snugglebug, and trouble all in one package.

My qualifying exam papers are off and in the hands of my committee, and I sit for the oral part on December 3rd. I'm such a geek, I'm actually excited for it.

Phil is, for the moment, content with his work project. Makes us all happier.

He and I are headed to Carmel for a weekend sans kids, but WITH bikes, yay!!!

Okay, well, that's a pretty good quick recap.