Growing Up

I haven't blogged for a bit now, I feel like I have no time to sit and muse.  Every time I start the kids need something, and after they are in bed I have been busy with other things.  Of course these are all excuses for the fact that frankly I have not been very interspective.  My mind feels like it is on autopilot.  Here is another excuse, Bethy just interrupted me to ask to play on the computer.  Which is actually a great segue (did I spell that right?) into today's entry. 

 Beth has been surprising me lately.  I had a conversation with my mom the other day about an email that Beth had sent to my dad.  She is amazing on the computer, and has been ever since she was 2.  She now can send emails, to her grandparents... with photo attachments,  Skype and play games online all on her own.  I mean truly all on her own.  I don't even know when she is sending emails or what she is sending until she gets a response, and the other day she Skyped with Nana and Papa and  we didn't even know till they told us about their conversation with her later that day.  (She just came in and asked if I have been using the spacebar in my entry!)  She is only 4 and she talks about websites, keyboards, emails, she loves it!  The funny thing is she in more involved with the computer than the rest of us.  Gracie hardly touches it!

On to more Beth news.  She had her first real playdate yesterday.  There is a girl in her playschool that she has been calling Miskayla.  I found out from her mom that her name is Makayla.  They get along real great at school so we set up a playdate yesterday at our house for them.  They ran  into Beth's room and we didn't see them for over 3 hours!  I was very proud of her and as I reflect on how old she is getting sad too.  I can't believe that she is going to be in Kindergarden next year.  Having Gracie in school all day has shown me how precious these first years are with them, when I see them all day.  I miss Gracie now that school sees her more than I do in a day.  I think she misses home too, and she loves the weekends with us.  I can't wait for Christmas break just so we all can hang out and have fun, and sleep in!