Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Molly was lost, but now she's home!


What a night! Tony and Katie took Molly for a walk around the circle last night and when Molly spotted a rabbit, Katie was dragged to the ground. The beast took off into the woods behind the Quiry's house, but Tony couldn't leave Katie alone, so he went to find Danielle and Matt to bring Katie home. By the time he went back into the woods, the dog was long gone. Poor Katie felt terrible and was feeling like it was all her fault. She couldn't go to search for the dog, so she made a "Lost dog" poster. After hours of searching on foot and by car, we decided to call it a night. The mood in the house was very somber. Well, this morning at 7:30, Mr. Quiry rang the doorbell and told us he heard barking in the woods when he had his dog out. Tony, being the wonderful husband and Dad that he is, changed out of his work clothes and went in search of Molly. Twenty minutes later, he returned with scraped and bleeding arms, but he had the dog! The leash was caught around some branches and had to be cut loose. Do you think that dog looked one bit remorseful?? Absolutely not! Needless to say, the kids won't be holding the leash any time soon!

Thursday, September 4, 2008

Sophia's first day of preschool.


Things went really well for Sophia today. We drove to school after the other kids got on the bus, walked inside, and put the backpack in the cubby. That was all I saw of Sophia until pickup time! At 11:20, I arrived back at school and the kids were playing on the playground. Sophia wouldn't leave and proceeded to cry. I guess she had a lot of fun!

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

The First Day of School!


Lizzy started 7th grade, Matt and Danielle 5th, Katie 1st, and Sophia went to the open house at preschool. They all seemed to have a good time and came home with lots of stories. Everything from "It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be." to "The bus driver yelled an awful lot.". The bottom line is "We made it through the summer"! Yeah!