Anya's first day of school

Wednesday was anya's first day of 1st grade in her new school. it is a big change from her last school. she was in half day kindergarten last year so being at school for most of the day is a big change. also, we all have to get up alot earlier than we are used to. her day was mostly ok, but her drink leaked in her lunch box, she didnt have enough time to finish her lunch, and when she left school she went out the front door when i was waiting at the back and she was pretty upset when a teacher brought her out the back door. besides those unfortunate events she said she liked it. however this morning she didnt want to go. (sniff, sniff) my baby is so grown up =)

getting all settled

I know we have been off the radar for a week or so, but we are finally getting settled in. we got our keys last tuesday and immediatly started unloading our uhaul. the truck showed up with our furniture the next day which made it difficult to unpack because we had staged all the boxes in the garage. anyway, the house is quite a bit smaller than our last one so we are keeping alot of stuff in the garage. maybe this is the sign i have been waiting for to start purging our stuff. anyway... we celebrated asia's 3rd birthday saturday with family. both sets of grandparents we here and also two of mike's brothers brought their families. all 5 horenziak grandkids were present and accounted for.

the next day another grandkid was added to the count. tim and rachael welcomed their first, a baby girl named madeline. congratulations!

here is our new address in case you missed my email:
106 Ficus Circle
Dayton, OH 45431

off to unpack more boxes, see you later

wednesday august 6, 2008

today mike took the girls to the zoo while i attempted to finish the packing. afterward we met aunt chris and uncle howard for dinner in New Castle, DE. wednesday is kids night at Damon's (a restaurant near the airport) and they had 101 dalmations playing on one of the big screen tvs and a balloon guy was making animals for the kids. Asia picked a pig and Anya picked a butterfly. the balloon guy had already made a Road Runner and he gave it to us too. the girls were very happy.

going away

today we are hosting a going away/birthday pool party. it is finally starting to sink in how close to leaving we actually are. the movers are coming next week and we are packing a truck and leaving that weekend. we should be moving into a house in Dayton on the 12th (cross your fingers) we told asia that she could have a birthday cake of her choosing for the party. she picked a caterpillar cake with a green body and orange head. the head didnt come out as orange as i would have liked but he is a cute little guy. asia also picked the colors for his stripes too. she liked "helping" to frost the cake. "helping" is a nice was of saying she tasted alot.