Pre-School Fun!!

Well, we did it. We officially registered Hope for pre-school on Friday. She tells people when we talk about registering her for pre-school that "Mommy had a tear in her eye." Yep. I have to admit I did. OK. So I know it's only pre-school and I know it's only two days a week (and only 2 hrs and 15 minutes each day), but still. It's just another sign that our little girl is growing up way more quickly than I'd like her to. Soon it'll be kindergarten and I'm sure I'll be bawling all day when that day comes. Now if we can just get the potty training thing completely under our belts, we'll be good to go!!

Just to show you how ready she is for pre-school: Mark took Hope for a walk today and she saw the geese in their echelon mode (the V flight pattern). She said, "Vacation." Mark couldn't figure out what she was talking about until she said, "V. Vacation. Violin." I think we have a smart one on our hands.

Last night we had our friend Stacy over for supper. It was so great to see her again. It's been way too long!! Hope fell in love with Stacy. It was so fun to watch her play....and Stacy was so good with her. Now maybe we could persuade Stacy to come and babysit so Mark and I could actually have a date night!!! What a concept! The last time we did that was in July of last year. I think it's time, don't you??

I'm going to a baby shower today for a friend who is adopting a little girl from Guatemala. Maybe she'll name her little girl Hope, too, and we can have THREE Hope's running around at Gethsemane. You can never have enough Hope, can you??

OK...on a sports note: I'm still waiting patiently (although it's getting harder and harder to do the patient thing) for Brett Favre's answer about retiring or not. Rumor has it he'll make his announcement this week. On a funny note (although some people probably don't find it funny): packersnews.com accidently ran a "dumby" page on their website last week. It was up for only 4 minutes and then promptly pulled down. The page said that Brett Favre was retiring. So Mark is convinced now that it wasn't an accident but that somebody knows something that we all don't know. I think it was purely an accident. I think they probably have both pages ready to go (Brett retires AND Brett comes back for another year) so when the decision is announced they can go ahead and put the text on it and get it up and running. I think he'll be back. And on a related note: one thing that might convince Brett to come back if he's sitting on the fence: Randy Moss. Did I just say that name?? UGH and YEAH all at the same time. I guess talks between Moss and New England are not going well, so it looks like Moss might start doing some free-agent interviews. The Packers didn't pick Moss up last year and I guess Brett was pretty ticked off about that. But I think if that's a way to get Brett to come back for another season, the Packers should do it. You have NO idea how hard that is for me to say. Randy Moss was a JERK when he played for the Vikings. Last year in New England he was pretty quiet though. Maybe he's growing up??? I think the Pack will be strong again next year and picking up Moss will just make them even stronger. And somewhere I read that Tom Brady said that wherever Randy goes, he'll go. Hhhhmmmm....maybe Brett's replacement?? I don't know if I could see pretty boy Brady in Green Bay though. I think I'd rather see Aaron Rogers. I love that kid!

OK...that's my take on the Packers and Brett Favre right now. I know you've all been wondering what I was thinking. LOL

Don't forget to move your clocks forward on Saturday night!!!