Rachel's new hair cut

Rachel stayed home from Excel today because she still had a major cough. She and I went back for the last period so I could fill in for the PE teacher. After EXCEL, I took them to get hair cuts. Rachel was just going for a trim, but then she decided in the parking lot that she wanted it short. The above picture shows her new look. I am happy with it, if she is happy with it.
We decided to have a pizza/movie night, but we wanted to see Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2, and every movie rental place and Red Box were rented out. We decided to stop by Family Rental anyway to see if there was anything else we wanted to see. While we were there, someone returned the move!! We were so excited. We then went to Papa Murphy's to get a pizza and they had a new SMORES pizza - well that had to be dessert!!
After Chris got home, we enjoyed our movie, pizza, and dessert pizza. It was nice to be home on a Friday night with nothing to do but hang out.

Finally well

Today has been such a better day! Rachel has been fever free since we went to bed last night. She was in such a better mood today, and seemed to be back to her old self. After we finished school work, we cleaned upstairs. Rachel was dusting our bedroom, and she said it was hard work. I told her I know because I used to clean the whole upstairs by myself. She said, "Well, that's why you have kids, so they can help you." So sweet. I told her I appreciated her help. She is such a good helper, and always looking for ways to make my mundane tasks easier.
After dinner, I went to a PEACH (Parents Educating at Christian Homes) meeting with Melissa Bonifield. The first 30 minutes a former graduate of PEACH and of Cedarville University (a Christian college) spoke about the importance of music education. I really enjoyed that. Rachel is excited to be starting piano by the summer. Jason is already enjoying the drums.
After her talk, several of the moms had their curriculums set up where we could go around and look at different options and ask questions. Many questions were answered for me, and I really enjoyed looking at so many different things. I am not sure still what exactly we are going to use next year, but several subjects have been decided. Will probably finish making decisions after the homeschool convention in the first of April.