Happy Friday! Everyone who knows me has all heard me gripe about not having enough time to myself….but now with both girls at school, I find myself moping around and missing them like crazy. Not that I’m complaining now…it’s just going to take some getting used to. 
hehehe Wow…it sure is quiet.
I’m happy to say that we’ve survived our first week of school. Actually it’s only been a few of days. hehehe
Ashlyn’s enjoying first grade. She’s making new friends, getting to know her teacher, getting adjusted to the longer school schedule, and gaining more independence (buying lunch). I always worry that she won’t eat enough at school. Ashlyn has always placed playing as a priority over everything else. The first day she bought school lunch, she told me she didn’t get a chance to eat it because she ran out of time. After that, I started packing her a lunch so she wouldn’t have to line up for food. But her lunches come home only half eaten. *sigh* What can I do?…she’s just going to have to learn to take care of herself and manage her own time.
Summer’s transition to preschool has been heart-wrenching (as I anticipated). Unlike her sister, who barely looks back to say goodbye, Summer has been crying every morning…begging to stay home, kicking and screaming as Aric buckles her in the car. She eventually calms down after Aric drops her off (even apologizing to the teacher for crying). The rest of the day goes smoothly though and she comes home happy. But yeah, the mornings are tough.
I’ve been puttering around the house. Cleaning up here and there, but a bit apprehensive to start any BIG cleaning project like organizing the girls’ closets or clearing up Aric’s office, etc… 
I’m proud to say that the TV is never on when I’m at home. I’m enjoying the silence….the sweet sweet silence. 
Anyhow, what’s a pegpower post without pictures? We had such an incredible summer. We spent most of it in NorCal with my family and two weeks touring Japan and Taiwan. I finally uploaded our vacation pictures (ALL 2,188 of ‘em!), and I picked out some to share with y’all. 
—-> Highlights of our summer break (warning, it’s still a hefty album). Enjoy!
September 8th, 2007 at 11:16 pm
Oh MY they have grown SOOOOO MUCH since we’ve last seen them! It seemed like yesterday since I was cleaning the blood from my ears after Summer’s delightfully painful shrieks of joy….aaaah…good times…good times…Great to see ya back, Peggy!
September 10th, 2007 at 8:33 am
welcome back! you’ve been missed!
September 10th, 2007 at 8:53 am
Glad to see you back to blogging. Now ive got something to read with my morning coffee.
September 10th, 2007 at 12:14 pm
1. The girls are soo cute!!!
2. Glad you’re back
3. Tell your mom her hair is “CUTEEEEE!!!” Love it!!!
September 10th, 2007 at 3:53 pm
welcome back!
the girlies are getting so big.
can’t wait for the pics and more of your updates!!
September 10th, 2007 at 3:54 pm
Yay, you’re posting again! And I know what you mean about missing the kids but enjoying the silence!
September 11th, 2007 at 1:42 pm
Okay so I really missed your photos, thanks for sharing!!! And I’m so jealous, I really need to get myself out to Japan!
September 12th, 2007 at 12:46 pm
Yes, first thought that came to me was OMG the girls are soooo big! I miss them! And, my pal Summer is in school already?! Wow… time flies!
September 13th, 2007 at 2:03 pm
glad to see you back! never left a comment before, but i liked reading your site. we have kids about the same age (except mine are boys).
February 26th, 2008 at 12:26 am
How appropriate this blog is titled “Catching Up.” I’ve just spent the last hour and twenty minutes catching up on everything in your life. You had been on hiatus for so long, I had forgotten to come back and check up on you. For that I’m very sorry and I haven’t been a great subscriber to Pegpower lately. But now that I know you are back, I will come back often.
),learned to ride my bike all over, ran a dinosaur dash, went back in time to wearing Z Cavaricci’s during an 80′s nite, had a terrible scare with fires raging in the horizon, learned to play my 4 guitars, re-tiled my house, went to school for the first time, got a new ferocious little dog, and I have noon-duty at school in a couple of hours!!! WHEW!!!!!!
And wow! was that a read?! catching up on 6 months! I feel like I’ve gone to Dancing with the Stars, built a birdhouse (and bought it too
Seriously Peg, after reading all of this, I have to give you an award for being the best mommy in the world. You are awesome, astonishing, awe-inspiring, beautiful, breathtaking, caring, dynamite, exceptional, fabulous, fantastic, far out, fearless, generous, gorgeous, grand, impressive, loving, magnificent, majestic, marvelous, mind-blowing, moving, super-cool, stunning, terrific, undaunting, wonderful, wondrous, and ZAMAZING!!!!!
Ashlyn and Summer are blessed to have you in their lives. You make me wanna be a better dad.