July 2009

No big productions in July. We celebrated Jeff's birthday, of course, but otherwise it was business as usual. Jeff was working 80-90 hours a week throughout most of the summer and I was working every day so it was super busy. Olivia had dance camp for a few weeks in the summer but otherwise it was just the daily routine that kept us busy. I felt really sad that I had to work so much this summer but I needed to get my client list built up for the fall. I worked MWF with the home health company and Tues/Thurs with a pediatric clinic in Richardson. They had me scrambling and confused throughout most of the summer. I contracted with them and then they contracted me out to another home health and also the Early Childhood Intervention program which is similar to home health. Plus I had to see their kids in their clinic and their homebound kids. And there was a different paperwork to go with each contract. It was extremely confusing! I met some great kids and even brought one with me to my MWF job! I quit the Tues/Thurs job in mid-August and was SOOO glad. I missed my own children over the summer, but they did have a great time at daycare. Olivia's class got to go on 2 field trips every week and both of the kids got to play on a big water slide and eat pizza every Friday.

Olivia's class:
Aidan's class:

In July, Aidan also got to shoot his first REAL gun. He was pumped!!! He is all about guns, swords, bows/arrows... really just weapons. He's been begging to Jeff to let him shoot one of his guns so Jeff let him shoot Olivia's gun. Jeff and Aidan were both thrilled! Such a man moment. Jeff explained everything to Aidan -- all of the rules and what everything was called -- and Aidan soaked it all up. They had a great time together!