busy busy bee...

Yesterday AM:

Target

Walmart

Michael's

Dollar Store

break for lunch, take E to school, naps for A and B

Yesterday PM:

Take E to a friend's house to play

while he's there:

go to another Target and a different Michael's

all in search of Hello Kitty paraphernalia for A's birthday party.

Today:

out on the back porch sanding and priming....hopefully painting later today....

this nesting thing is tiring:)

hello august...

hi august,

it's nice to meet you this year. we have a lot of things to do together...a husband birthday, a daughter birthday, a father birthday, a friend nikki's birthday (and friend Audrey and Jacks who already had birthdays:)), a sister in law baby shower, the birth of a new person....not to mention volunteering in first son's classroom, scout pack meeting, 2 dressers to refinish, children to move into bunk beds, a little daughter starting preschool....and some sewing and...other things...

one day at at time august...one day at a time

i am excited for all we have to do! yahoo! at least first son is already in school and that routine is going well...:)

The Mortal Instruments...

i just finished the first three books in this series of books (isn't everything a series these days????)

i liked them...interesting concept...werewolves, vampires, warlocks and the like in these books, but i enjoyed them. i have to confess though, in the last one, i skipped about 100 pages and then read the last 100 pages...just so i could find out the answers to my questions! don't worry, i went back and read the 100 pages i skipped so i wouldn't miss anything...and marisa, that issue we were talking about, does get resolved, so yahoo!!!!

(***i hadn't realized when i originally posted this that there was a new fourth book in this series, i'm now on the list at the library so hopefully i'll get it soon!)

Snaggle Tooth...

he finally accomplished his desires to lose a tooth! a few weeks ago, he kind of bonked his chin and said his tooth felt loose after that...and i encouraged him to NOT wiggle it so much because i was afraid it wasn't really ready to come out and it would hurt and or bleed a lot if it came out too early.

fast forward several weeks...he mentioned it on and off, but really it was put on the back burner of my mind...kendall and i went out on a date on friday night and while we were at dinner, his mom (bless her for babysitting!) texted me that e's tooth had come out, while eating garlic bread, no less! so we called to talk to him...it didn't bleed at all, really, didn't hurt, just surprised him...wow! what a growing up boy!

i shouldn't be that surprised i guess because at the last dental appointment he and avery had (last month? earlier this month? i can't remember...my months and weeks and days are blurring together) his adult teeth looked SUPER close to the surface...and now he says the tooth next to it feels wiggly as well...i better get on making the tooth pillow...i think i want to make this one...cute huh?

Thanks Mom and Dad!

My parents were able to come down for a weekend visit just this last weekend and it was SO GREAT to see them! Aren't they cute? i just love them! After they left Ethan said, "I wish Nana and Papa lived closer so we could see them all the time!" that would be fun! And Papa has Angry Birds on his phone...so that helps;) just kidding, we love you mom and dad!

first day of school!!!!

well, we did it! ethan officially has one day of kindergarten under his belt!

about an hour before he needed to be there, i started feeling sad about it. i didn't cry then though, so that's good:) he was super excited and we made sure to have his snack packed, his water bottle ready and everything in his book bag that he would need early so we didn't have to scramble.

Blake fell asleep on the couch while we were reading a story before we took Ethan, and i literally couldn't wake him up, so i took him in the car asleep, but that's why he's not in the hugging picture with avery and ethan....


Ethan before walking out the door!!!



The Transformers backpack he loves!


(this is him a few days before school started...he just likes to wear it around the house:))



here he is walking into the gates of the school....not even a backward glance! As it should be!



he had a great first day...he said they didn't get to talk much, he raised his hand a lot and he doesn't know all the names of the kids in his class yet...i told him he has a while before he needs to know ALL their names:) he was happy when he came home and happy when he left, can't ask for more than that!

i was able to hold it together long enough to get home, get avery and blake down for naps and then i walked into the pantry (i was hungry!) and just started crying...that lasted for about 5 minutes or so and then i felt better and now i am just so proud of our kindergartner! he will have a great year, i know it!

funny side note: i couldn't rest while ethan was gone! sheesh, i was so anxious to know how it was all going and hoping that he was doing well and that everything was going well that i just got some things cut out and sewed! it was pretty relaxing:)

school...

we went to meet ethan's kindergarten teacher today...i'm not sure i am ready for this! it's half day, everyday...but still...the fact that he can go, will go, is ready to go, and will love it...amazing.


i'm not sure where the time has gone and i feel emotional about it. i am sure i will feel even more emotional when he goes....i like his teacher, i am happy with what i have seen of the school so far...he's going to love it and thrive i am sure. he's a smart boy, but i guess i just want to hold on a little longer.

life moves on really quickly...how do we almost have 4 children? amazing.

thank you universe for listening to my existential ramblings...sometimes my mind is boggled by how fast these last years have gone.

i saw it...

my sister went to the midnight showing of Harry...i am too tired to do that:) but we did get to go last night...it was AWESOME! after you see it, we'll talk about the ending...but 99% of it, i LOVED! so much. amazing story, amazing special magical effects...amazing.

i can't believe it's over.


j.k. please write something else...it doesn't even need to be about harry...i just need more of your awesome skillz....