Totally Silent

The Nutcracker went without problem. Sally was TOTALLY silent!!!! For the WHOLE thing!!!! She is so funny - when she's supposed to be quiet and it's getting hard - she'll put her finger to her mouth so you can praise her a little. Her face just beams. She ate her weight in popcorn, though. :-)

The performance was great! I just LOVE the ballet. I could watch for hours. The people behind us had no clue what the story was and the Mom was totally screwing it up for the kids. It was all I could do not to say "please, come sit up here so I can tell you the REAL story." :-) Plus the Mom was screwing the story up in her nice "outside" voice. :-) Lord, give me strength.

Jack could hardly sit still. Talk about ADD. As I tucked him in last night he told me I smelled like I had gone to church. I *think* he was talking about my perfume. But who knows - and I wasn't going to give him the satisfaction of stalling. :-) That boy could stall the DMV. ;-)

We're counting down days till Aunt Jill's. We're to have lunch with the Wild Boys tomorrow and then pack our suitcases tomorrow night. The weather forecast is looking very good for Bill's plight.

When we get home I have to get serious with some plans. I start tax season on the 2nd of Feb. So that gives me January to do some major work on transition for Sal into middle school. I need to go see the school and sit in a couple of classes. I need to contact her regional arc person and see about respite. Try and figure out who I'll ask to accompany us to the IEP meeting as an advocate.

We have a 3 year eval in December and from that meeting I should be able to figure out what I need to ask for at Middle School. Sometimes I really envy those people who don't really have to worry about transition. But then again - what excitement would I have? :-)