There was a taste of fall today with the temperature getting down to the 30's. I hope my roses are ok-I didn't get a chance to cover them and they all have alot of new growth and many buds. It isn't supposed to get that cold again for the next week.

The open house went well with all of DS's teachers saying he was doing ok. It is recommended that we move him from his B level science class to A level. We are all for this because we know he can do the work, he just needs the motivation.

Frank Capra Jr. came to speak at the magnet school DS attends. I thought that was pretty cool and so did he.

It's a long drive out to the retreat tonight, right in the middle of rush hour. I am hoping that the traffic won't be too bad. Dinner will be quiet, with only 2 of us (or maybe 4) eating. The area is beautiful and it might be warm enough to take a walk.

I feel kind of bad for T. today. E. is going on her first field trip and because of the new baby she can't go and Mom is going instead. That must be really hard. I rescued her from a couple of garden snakes that W. dug out of the ground. He bit the bigger one's tail which really ticked it off and it tried to bite both of us. I did move them both to a stone wall, but I am not sure that T really liked that. She kept a close watch on C. and wouldn't let her out of her sight.