Update

As you all know this is Nicole.
She will be 5 1/2 next 9/14 and she's adorable! She's grown so much and she's just precious!
One of the things she likes is helping with chores at home.
I used her help Friday night and she was more than happy! She did a great job and though she's just a lil girl, she knows how to clean.

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Nicole ayudándome a limpiar los platos el Viernes de noche.

Nicole and Ryan started kindergarten on Wednesday and because of the NYS law, twins have to be separated.
It's worked well with Nikki.
She comes home every day really happy and excited about school and tells all about it!
Ry, on the other hand, has encountered the kinder 'bullies' and he's had a rough start. We do hope things change in the next couple of weeks... or we'll have a grumpy boy for the rest of the month.

He's been asking his mom not to send him to school anymore and it's been a rough weekend for him. I do hope tomorrow things get a little better and he makes some friends, or the bullies don't bother him.

Nicole came with her notebook for writing and the instructions said to decorate it with things they like, sports, activities, family, etc.
So that's what I did.

I think I did a pretty good job and her parents were very happy with it. I incorporated everything she likes and also with the photo thingy you get at Costco, I was able to use the photos also for the decoration.

I enjoy doing this and I'm bummed coz I didn't take a picture of the other side, but it looked pretty nice. It's too late over here to be searching for the notebook... may be tomorrow before we go to school.

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Las leyes de New York no permiten a los mellizos estar en la misma clase, asi que Nicole y Ryan van a clases diferentes. Nicole está bastante adaptada pero a Ryan le costó un poquito los primeros días porque unos borreguitos lo trataron mal.
Esa es la foto de como decoré el cuaderno de Nicole para su clase. Usé unas fotitos y cosas que a ella le gustan. Mis jefes se quedaron bien contentos con el trabajo que hice :)

This is the camera I want.
We got it when we went to LA, but after much consideration and seeing we had a HUGE debt we decided to return it.
It was AWESOME! and Di and I enjoyed playing with it a lot.
Because we're on a very tight budget at the moment I got another job for the weekends :) and this lady pays me REALLY well, so I'm saving up the $ to buy this camera.
Hopefully, we'll be able to get it before November when we go to DC... or NY... or FL... or wherever! (I still don't know where I'm going for vacation...)

As of news from my weekend, Gary came back from his mission and we spent 12 hours together. He'd told me he was coming, but as he doesn't have a phone I didn't know that for sure. The only way to know that was checking for purchases with the credit card. So yesterday I said: let's see if he's inland or not, and to my surprise there was a Greyhound ticket purchase :) and I started jumping up and down! I was so so excited!
(I'm happy my boss didn't see me coz I told him I'm completely out of excitement mood!)
but oh boy was I happy!!!
I hadn't seen Gary in a month and it was a really nice to be with him for at least, just a lil time.

I miss him now.
Wish me luck with my sleeping....