I'm Back....

I'm back... Things have finally calmed down somewhat for me at work so I"m back to catch you up. I looked back at my post and I don't remember even telling you all about my work project. Back in early fall I learned that I was accepted into a program at work called ALP (Aspiring Leaders Program). You have to apply and be chosen to serve in this program. It was created to teach you about being a leader. There were only 30 people from our entire company in my class (there are usually 2 classes per year). We had a kick-off seminar in Oct where we get to meet w/ company leaders and begin our learning. We were broken into teams of 6 to begin our team projects for the next 5 months. We were given a real business problem to solve. We had to present our solutions at the final seminar in Portland Maine in March. It was a great learning experience for me. For the rest of the year we are given a mentor to work on self-study materials with. I will start that soon but it won't be nearly as time consuming as solving the business issue with my team.

So I visited Portland ME about 3 weeks ago. It was beautiful- definitely add it to your bucket list if you have never been. It was a lot of fun and work while we were there.

Audrey is doing great. She is learning so much at preschool. They have been taking each of the letters of the alphabet one week at a time to learn to write them well, how they sound, and what starts with each letter. She is on letter "W" this week so they are almost through. They have been learning to count money and tell time this month too. She really seems to enjoy school- which makes us extremely happy. In just over a month from now (May 5th) we will register her for Kindergartner! She is growing so fast....

She is behaving really well for us lately too. The reward system seems to really be working for her (fingers crossed!)

She started this thing lately where she gets really hurried trying to tell us something so I told her a few weeks ago to stop and think about what she wants to say and then say it so lately she start to say something then she'll say "Momma- I'm going to think about it for a minute then I'll tell you"- It is really cute but also a great lesson for her to slow down and think before she speaks!

A couple of weeks ago we were driving home and Scott popped a bubble that scared me and her. She said "Momma- I said, no I didn't say but I thought, that really scared me". It was so cute.

We are so glad spring has finally decided to arrive and I hope it is here to stay. We really enjoy being outside so it is nice to have that option.

Audrey has been to 2 birthday parties since my last post. One was a pottery painting and her lizard she painted turned out great. The other was a swimming party which was a nice party in the middle of winter!

A couple of pictures from my trip to Maine and few of Audrey.