I'm so angry right now. I feel scammed. Well, that's because I was scammed. I sold some things on Craigslist yesterday and today a guy came over to pick up one of the items. It was a Star Wars game, listed for $15. The guy was eager to get it, even wanting to come over last night. So tonight he shows up, 20 minutes late, and then asks if I'll take $10 for it. I ask him if he doesn't have the $15? I can see there's a bunch of bills in his wallet. He says he has two $5's and I just give him a funny look. Then he says "$11?" as he's holding two $5 bills. I say OK and as he pulls a $1 out of his wallet and what comes with it? A $5. Liar. That dirty sucker lied to me! Now I don't mind bargaining for items on Craigslist. I get that it's a big garage sale and I should expect bargaining. However, I think you should do the bargaining beforehand not when the time, place and price has been agreed upon. And I certainly don't think you should lie to anyone! How rude! I have two more exchanges to make - one tomorrow and one on Saturday and if either of them show up "without enough cash" I'll kindly tell them where the nearest ATM is. I have more items I want to list and believe me, I won't be scammed again. Even if it was just $4, it's the principal of the thing!

OK, now that I have that off my chest, let's talk about happy things, like Annika going to her preschool open house tonight. She got to meet her teacher and play with the toys in the room and see some of the other kids. She has a mailbox and a cubby hole for her jacket and backpack. And her teacher seemed really nice and patient. And they have lots of fun toys to play with, including an indoor playset complete with slide! Annika was shy and didn't want to answer any questions from her teacher (like what's your name and who did you bring with you). But when we walked in she was not too shy to immediately start playing with the toys. Her first day is on her birthday and I talked with the teacher about that. Annika gets to bring in treats for her birthday! I think she'll like it there. At least I hope she does. I have to admit I'm worried. And I hope she warms up to her teacher too.

I got home from work today to an empty, quiet house. After doing my after work chores (clean pump parts, put away pumped milk, change clothes, etc.) I was just about to call Kris when he called me. They were on their way home from the county fair. How fun! Kris and his parents were there while his Dad judged the horses. And they even ran in to Grandpa Dan at lunch time and ate with him! I'm so jealous! Annika got to ride on a pony and see lots of animals and eat lots of junk food (she had bits of 4 different milk shakes today!) and I had to go to work! James got to be spoiled and spend lots of time outside. Those are two of his favorite things!

Tonight we gave James some Sweet Potato puffs, the kind that dissolve in your mouth. He was pretty good about picking them up and getting them to his mouth. It was getting them to stay in his mouth that was the problem. They would start dissolving and stick to his hand since his hand was wet with drool. He did eat a few though and seemed to like them. We'll keep trying new foods with him. So far he is a big fan of the cereals but does not care for green beans or pears at all. I know it's super early, but I don't want him to turn in to a picky eater! Annika will eat just about anything (except pickles) and I'm hoping to have the same luck with James!