Life right now is very busy and very hard, but it's also very, very good. Cory is finishing up his contract work with the behavioral health center because there wasn't much coming his way and the pay wasn't so great, especially considering all of the paperwork he had to deal with on a weekly basis. So, since at this point we still need that extra income and because we really want to kick extra butt getting rid of our debt, Cory has started delivering pizzas. He started over the weekend and is working on a part time basis of 20-25 hours a week. Between that, his full time job and his private counseling, he's working a lot of hours. It helps to know it's not a permanent thing, and he's finding the pizza delivering to be pretty enjoyable.

Ella is an absolute hoot right now. You can just see how observant she is of the world around her and how she's incorporating her observations into her actions. She waves and says hello to lots of different people, shakes hands, raises her cup in cheer, shuts off and turns on lights for me, Watching her interpret the world is so much fun.

Lately Cole has been very interested in drawing, and he's trying very hard to draw recognizable objects - animals, houses, mushrooms, whatever strikes his fancy. He and Accalia have been checking out lots of How to Draw books from the library so they can get ideas, and they'll sit together comparing their drawings. Cole's also at an age where he gets easily frustrated when he can't do something, and it's so neat to see Accalia jumping in and helping him out when he gets stuck.

Accalia's loving her big sister role lately and has been showing such a helping, nurturing side with both Cole and Ella. She's also shown a bigger need to have alone time and will often disappear upstairs to play by herself. We've also gotten into reading the Goosebumps books and watching the new series based on the books that just started on Cartoon Network.

There's not much going on tomorrow other than Accalia going to the art studio. Maybe we'll do more decorating for Halloween. The kids are eager to play with the neighbors and try out some new games I was explaining today.