oh and also

The ONLY child who immediately obeyed and started packing when i asked was...you guessed it! The almost four year old. Who chose every single item and placed each on this table for easy packing purposes completely and entirely on her own. (note the amazing folding job and the interesting selection of items- ps we will be gone 10 days)
For the record she was exceptionally excited to show me the "line" she had made for our trip to Hannah Montana in the morning.

i am going to be riding horses real real soon and you are not.

Sweet Ride

So we just figured out that the Wii can plug into our new DVD system in my new car, which is just going to create all sorts of fun on road trips.

(now where to stash the drums?)