Hope and Other Happenings

I can't believe it's Friday again. It seems like once school starts, time just flies by. Things are moving along very well. Lauryn is doing great in first grade. Although I get a little frustrated at the pace they are moving and the material being covered (today they talked about words that rhyme...I hate to be this way, but ALLISON can rhyme words. For real.)

Anyway, school won't necessarily always be this easy-breezy, so I guess in the meantime we'll just go with the flow and I'll modify/supplement where I can at home.

I realized recently that our poor dog gets no love on the blog. Hope is going to be 9 years old on her next birthday. She is such a huge part of our family but often gets lost "behind the scenes". As the girls are getting older, they play with Hope daily and love to take care of her (their job is to feed her and they take turns doing that in the morning and evening).

Hope is the sweetest dog I've ever met. She is so loyal and loving. She pretty much lets the girls do whatever they want. She's never once growled, snapped, or barked at them (unless they're playing...she loves to chase Allie around the house, barking as they play!)

Here is Princess Hope, wearing her "crown" (I believe it came with one of our many Barbies.)

Hope loves to sleep in the girls' room. She doesn't necessarily stay in one spot very long, though, so we took advantage of this sweet moment. Although by the looks of it, there were probably lots of other places Hope would've rather been. She's also not a fan of being held down by force (can't imagine why!)...but she puts up with it anyway.

In other news, I think gymnastics is definitely the right activity for us.

Have a great weekend!