This and That

I thought I'd just give a quick update on each of us to let you know what's going on these days...

Jared returned home late Saturday night from his interview in Maryland. While they were very enthusiastic about Jared and will almost certainly offer him the position, he's decided that it just isn't the right move for his career. The company is just starting out (they literally only have three people right now) and Jared isn't confident that the idea they have will be successful or feasible in the long run. Also, he would be spending most of his time giving presentations to get financial backing, at least in the beginning, which he isn't too crazy about. So, it looks like he's back to the job boards for a while. He'll still be under contract at Organix until the end of January, but we don't want to wait until the last minute to find the next thing. Jared's been advised that for every 10K you are asking for in salary you should expect at least one month of job hunting...

We had a really nice anniversary yesterday. We were all so happy to have Jared home and enjoyed going to church together in the morning and then headed out to Nahant Beach for the afternoon. We all had a good time (even Max!) and were sad to go home (especially Ruby!). Jared surprised me with the news that Kay will be coming out either this weekend or next to keep the kids while we go on an overnight somewhere. We've come up with enough ideas of things we'd like to do to fill a month I think! But, we'll enjoy 24 hours too!

I have received my information packets for both Community Bible Study and MOPS now, both of which will be starting in September. My mission for this week is to find a swimming or tumbling class for Ruby to join this fall as well. We'll also be starting story time at the library soon and I think we might be able to do the Barnes and Noble story time too. We'll see. I sense that things will be a little bit less wild around here once the kids have a bit more structure. While we've stayed busy this summer, we've also had a lot of free play time which has translated into lots of arguing and fighting. Ruby will be happy to have more time to play with kids her age and Mommy will be happy to have her a bit more content with life!

Max has been learning so quickly these days and loves reading his books and playing with cars. He also loves playing tea party and restaurant with his sister. Biting has, unfortunately, gotten worse if anything. He has stopped biting me as much, but is now biting Ruby very hard. We've been really consistent with discipline, but so far nothing seems to be working. I'm considering getting a spray bottle and training him like a naughty kitten/puppy!

That's about it for now. Check back tomorrow for Tasty Tuesday!