Last Week of Classes

You'd think that after you finish school you'd be done with celebrating things like "The Last Week of Classes" or "End of Fall Semester" or "Last Day of Lecture" ETC. But when you're a professor it just never ends. So, around these parts, those markers of time remain major celebrations. Especially now that we're a family of four and juggling *so* much *all* the time. And wowsers, let me tell you: It has been a heck of a semester. This was the last week of classes; the end of fall semester 2006 -- the most over-extended semester of my life so far; the final week of my/our final semester before going up for tenure (the end of my/our "probationary period"). Ugh, eeks, whew! all at the same time. Braydon made martinis to celebrate. Earlier we snuggled on the couch with the boys and watched their new favorite video: A Dora/Diego episode where they save a penguin and bring him back to the South Pole.



I haven't posted in a couple days so here are some of the latest details of our tiny little life (the fact that anyone finds this interesting is just plain fascinating to me, but nonetheless, here goes for anyone who wants to read it):

• Owen is teething... a mega molar is coming in on the top right. You can see in the picture above that his hands are shoved in his mouth. He can't stop chewing on things --mainly his hands-- and drooling.
• Kyle is still obsessed with the Hallelejuh Chorus and the trumpets and timpani drums. When it isn't playing he'll sing it -- solo -- and he does pretty darn good considering he's only 2.5 years old.
• Both boys have colds/runny noses. Braydon is now coming down with it. Triple ugh.
• Things have been so insanely hectic around here that I haven't cleaned out the fridge since Thanksgiving, so there are still remnants of the T'Giving meal in there: tupperwares with the dregs of the leftover squash and stuffing and turkey soup. It is getting super nasty.
• Our Christmas shopping is done, but we still need to complete getting all the bambinos' toys assembled (and batteries installed), get all the gifts for everyone wrapped, and get everything shipped. We're working 'round the clock to do this... which means we're getting very little sleep (what else is new?)
• We had two good cameras. A few weeks ago one broke when Owen "accidentally" flung it onto the tile floor and the lens got slammed. Then a week ago our other camera died. So we now are back to our very old, not very good camera. Which is sad, since we're so into photo-taking-and-blogging. This both-camaras-dying-phenomenon has really cramped our blogging style over the past week (as you may have noticed).
• It seems like when it rains, it pours, doesn't it???

TGIF!!!