Quick Update

Busy busy busy!

• Tobias is enjoying his time at school and was excited the first time he came home with "homework". He had to cut out 10 words out of the newspaper that contained the letter "o" and paste them onto a piece of notebook paper.
• My darling Tobias also received 2 stitches on his index finger because he cut it while using his Swiss-army knife that he received for his 7th birthday. He was being careful, but the knife closed on his finger while he was using it!
• Connor is doing well, but has a large bruise on his chin. It seems Toby tied him up and then pushed him over to see what would happen.
• Marianne and baby Patrick are doing well and leaving the hospital today after a week. I hope to visit them again soon.
• I've been up to my eyeballs with several websites that I maintain for charites and friends.
  - The Basel Childbirth Trust for English-speaking families in Basel.
  - My Cards and Candles website where Melissa and I sell imported scrapbooking and paper craft products.
  - A new site I am working on for a Fasnacht (Basel's yearly Carnival) Clique here in Basel that Roger belongs to.
  - A website for the Montessori school that Connor attends.
• I still do occasional work for my "real" employer - Perot Systems
• Melissa and I have also been putting our heads together to come up with some great new Autumn and Winter products for Cards and Candles and preparing for a coming Parenting Fair where we will have a table set up for sales.
  
• Then there are the Yahoo groups I moderate such as the Cards and Candles Craft Forum and the Basel Parenting Group.

There are lots of local fairs and parties planned for this weekend, so I'll have more pictures soon! One last bit of information - I've booked my USA trip to visit Mom and my homestate of New Jersey for late February 2006!