#4 went back to school today after her 10 days off.  The other three go back tomorrow.  Fall break is over and I survived!      #1 starts drivers ed tomorrow.  He's got to be to school at 7am for the next month -  month and a half.  ewwww 

Tonight, #2 did supper for us.  She did a baked potato buffet with all kinds of toppings.  Then she made a cherry cheesecake tort for #4's birthday.  My baby is 10 today.  I no longer have any single digit kids now.  Yesterday, we went shopping for her birthday.  I told her we'd buy her clothes for her birthday.  Her party with friends is on Friday.  A bunch of giggling, squealing little girls, that ought to be fun. 

Saturday, three of the kids volunteered to help at the Ironman.  #4 and WE worked at a nearby water station while #1 did security with his Jr ROTC group.  Can you believe members of the media bullied they way past him to get to wherever they were going?  People are so rude.  First they tried to imtimidate him, and when that didn't work they just used their size to push their way past him.  I'm just glad this whole thing is over for another year and all of them go back to where they came from to drive their own neighbors nuts and leave us alone.   There are a lot of wonderful Ironman stories, like the man who carries his son, who had cerebral palsy through the entire race or the guy without legs who fights all odds to finish.  I'm just trying to remember those people and not the one who was pounding on the table and screaming obscenities at the volunteers at the kid's water station because they didn't have the right flavor of power gel.  Some people just don't get it.