My "back to work" present

Ron ordered me a Canon Rebel xsi camera from Air Miles a couple of weeks ago and it arrived this week! What a perfect going back to work present - Thanks Ronnie!

Of course I had to try it out right away and I ended up taking 130 pictures the very first night! Ohhhhh dear! I think I have a problem ha ha It's such a beautiful camera though; I'm in love! :)

Natalie & Rachel playing in the bath.

Rachel while brushing her teeth

My cutie patootie after her haircut yesterday

Yay - we can see her cute little face again!

Natalie was sportin' a new hairdo yesterday as well!

I survived my first week back at work and it was actually fun! I was totally caught up by Tuesday afternoon so I started working on some other projects. By Wednesday I was helping my staff meet their deadline and then yesterday I found out I have 28.5 vacation days to use up by the end of the summer before I get another 20 in September! WOW! Since Ron only gets two weeks off and he usually keeps one week for Christmas, that leaves me with a lot of time off without him...which is fine but I don't want to take a lot of vacation time at this point since I was just off for the last year. I think I'll just take a few Friday's off here and there, especially in the summer - or even Monday's. So to make a long story short - I'm using my first vacation day today! My Mom & Dad are still going to watch the girls but I'll drop them off at their house in a couple of hours. My plan of attack is simple for today - clean the house and bake Natalie's birthday cake. Then tomorrow all I need to do is decorate the cake and then on Sunday, the day of the actual party & her birthday, we will just need to decorate the house and set things up. Sounds simple enough - let's see how it will follow through :)

Happy Friday! Have a great weekend!