July 21, 2005--Dane and Aubrey
These guys are living it up here in *Fran Sancisco.* They've made new friends, mostly the girls in a fellow dental student family (ages 2, 4, and 6). Dane loves playing with them but informs me he still wants to find a boy friend. He's met a couple around the complex, but maybe he'll meet more this summer at one of the camps/lessons he's signed up for. As of yesterday, Dane and Aubrey are signed up for 8 swim lessons each (Aubs'll be a Jellyfish, Dane a Pollywog). Dane's also signed up for Skyhawks Mini-hawks Sports Camp. August 15-19 he'll play soccer, basketball and t-ball from 9am-noon every day. He can hardly wait. We just picked up a 25cent mitt at a rummage sale.

Still trying to figure out finances, loans, aid, to determine whether/how to send the kids to pre-school in the fall. There's plenty to do here if I don't (and wait until Dane attends Kindergarten Fall 2006), but there's something important I value in school/social scene. Even if the kids are in a co-op for two half-days a week (or something), I think they'd really benefit from the additional interactions. That said, though, if it doesn't work out, San Francisco's an exciting place to explore, educating the kids at beaches, on hikes, in water, in museums, and in parks while they play. There's always the thought in the back of my mind that they'll be in school for the next 13 years anyway (or 30 if they're like they're daddy!) so I think I'll be fine to just not stress too much about it.