For My Dear Friend Des

It has been a while - yes, I know that is a slight understatement. There are many things that are the same here in Yuma. One very new thing is that Tommy is going to preschool. Thomas spent every morning of the last month rolling down the driveway on his bike, yelling over his shoulder "Bye mom, I am going to school." I couldn't take it anymore so we are doing a joy school type preschool with some other moms around here. He won't be three until December, but he is just so excited and anxious to learn and socialize.

I tired to enforce my strict "no cowboy hat at church and school" policy. However, that went out the window as soon as he ran into the house his first day of preschool and saw a life-sized miniature horse complete with saddle and stirrups in the little boys room. A fit ensued over his need for the cowboy hat and I gave in. I am proud to report that the cowboy hat made it home...although his pencil, scissors and glue stick were not so fortunate :)

He dreams about said horse every night and asked me if we could borrow it this morning. I said "probably not". He seemed surprisingly resigned to my answer, then a moment later informed me that, "it probably wouldn't fit in our car". How did I get such a smart kid?

So, this is how I spend my days...smitten by a cowboy and in love with a "farmer man" (Seth's occupation according to Tom Tom).