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In Bondi News Today:

Absolutely nothing thrilling. Seriously, nothing that splendid has been happening, which is why I haven't been blogging. But since people are starting to complain that I don't write enough, I will share all the nitty gritty little details that nobody really cares about knowing, but everyone will probably read (my readers are such an odd bunch!).

Remember in my last blog I mentioned trying my hand at sleep sacks next? Yeah, I didn't do that. But I did make Jericho some great leg warmers. Right now they are big in baby fashion, especially among cloth diapering parents and parents who baby-wear. You see, cloth diapers can be a bit bulky, and childrens clothing nowadays is made to fit over a super thin 'sposie (disposable) diaper. For a lot of CD parents, leggies are the perfect solution, because on a baby, they go all the way up to the top of the thigh where the diaper starts. And since cloth diapers can be so cute, it's fun to be able to show off a little cloth covered booty. Also, when you wear your baby, their pant legs tend to get jacked up to their knees, leaving little naked legs sticking out the bottoms.

At Target you can buy "Not Sox" for about $12. Instead, I bought a double pack of girls heavy knit gray knee socks, cut off the feet, tossed in some elastic, and VOILA! My very own NotSox for a fraction of the cost. Plus, Jericho will never have cold legs, and for hanging out around the house it makes diaper changing SOOO easy since he doesn't have to wear pants! I suppose he could go out and about without pants on... but.... I'm a fashion snob when it comes to the kids, so not wearing pants is just so not an option.

Bill had a screening interview at the school district yesterday. It went really well, and the interviewer told him that he will be getting a letter in the next few days detailing what steps he needs to take next. The coolest thing was that the guy was so impressed with Bill's experience and resume, he told him that he was honored to meet him! How cool is that? He also told Bill that he should really get a transitional B teaching certification, which basically makes it so that you can be a teacher based on your experience before you actually get a teaching certification.

The only thing that will suck about Bill getting a job there is that our current dentist doesn't take the insurance company that the district uses. Anyone who knows how much we love our dentist will understand how crushing this is to us. I mean jeeze, the dental office was one of the first places we called with the news that Jericho was here. Then we took him in to visit them when he was only a few days old. It's real love I tell you (it would be even better if they did free whitening since we're such wonderful patients.... but I think that would probably be asking a little much!)

So in order to stay with our teeth-fixin' people, we are going to do one of two things:

1. Beg the dentist to get the paperwork in so that they can take this new insurance.
2. Pay for our dental out of pocket- not the ideal choice, but we are absolutely willing to do it in order to stay where we are now.

You know, speaking of loving our dentist.... I just realized that our family has had amazing luck in picking out health care providers. I have an ob/gyn that I adore, Bill loves his GP, Jakob and Jericho have a pediatrician who I firmly believe is the very best Syracuse has to offer, and we have a dentist we absolutely adore. How many people out there can say that?

If anyone is shopping around for any of those providers, I'm more than happy to give their contact information! Our dentist takes patients starting at around two years old too, so your whole family can go to the same place. :-)

Change of subject.

Jakob is doing really well in school. He walked himself in on Monday when Bill dropped him off, but then when I dropped him off on Tuesday he started to cry and told me he would be scared to walk to his class alone..... so like the insanely protective momma bear I am, I walked him in. I'm not the only parent who does it still, so I don't feel too much like it's going to traumatize him for life.

He woke up this morning and cried when I told him it was time to get ready for school. I asked him why he was so upset and he replied "I'm just crying because the days at school are so long". I kind of have to agree with him! Being in school for eight hours really does seem excessively long for a five year old child. He's also not thrilled that they don't have as much free-play time as they did in pre-school. I understand the need for there to be learning with this whole "No Child Left behind" push, but I think people forget that they are only five years old! Let them enjoy being little for a while, in no time flat they'll be joining the rat race.

Another thing....when I dropped him off this morning, everyone was outside and there were a ton of cops around. Apparently someone called in a bomb threat! Talk about a blast from the past! When I was in high school we used to get bomb threats pretty much every single day. After Columbine, things started to be taken really seriously, so we would be outside in the dead of winter for HOURS while the buildings were searched. I was, of course, a bit nervous to leave Jakob after that, but I figured if I took him home, I would in some way be to blame for some future psychosis or something because I affirmed his fears or blah blah blah. I left him, but I was a bit on edge all day. I'm happy to report that the kids were all perfectly fine by the end of the day.

Oh and Jakob is also quite thrilled that he finally has a bunk bed (thanks dad!). We don't have space to put it up, but he is happy just to have it. He's been wanting one for about a year, but it took us forever to find one we liked.... interestingly.... we ended up liking the cheapest one we found the most. It was $199 and is FAR better quality than the $600 and $900 ones that we found (which were on SALE!)

The picture up top is one that I had to dig through the archives for since my camera is a broken down piece of junk and no longer likes serving a useful purpose. It's Jakob at Strong Museum last summer (anyone with kids who wants to road trip to Rochester let me know! Jakob has been BEGGING to go back!).

Holy wow, for someone who didn't have a lot to say, I sure have said an awful lot haven't I? I suppose I should be doing some math homework, so I will get on that and bid you all a splendid evening!