My camellias are blooming - at least the ones outside my bedroom window.  The peach tree is blooming in the background, too - harder to see, but....Spring is here!

Ralph is off to Dallas this week, so the kids and I are on our own.  I think the hardest part will be remembering to pick up Allison!  I am hardly ever on pick-up duty (though I am on the send-off duty all the time!) so now I have to remember to stop on the way home and pick her up.  By the time I get used to it, Ralph will be back.  We were so proud of Alli last night.  I put her to bed (the time change made it difficult for her to go to sleep) and she got up and took herself in to the bathroom for a poopie all by herself!!!  Yippee!!!  There is hope yet!