Back to school!!!!

Wahoo!!!! It is that time of the year.

The girls are completely thrilled that they are back in school. It has been quite a summer and school is just what they needed. They really missed the heck out of their friends.

Katie is very happy that she is actually switching classes this year. You know, one room for math, another for English...etc. It is the Big Time.... :)

Emily is so happy to see her buddies. She is a social kind of girl. I keep reminding her that her teacher is a bit different from her Kindergarten teacher. Her 1st gr teacher is a bit more strict. Katie had her for first grade. So...we know....

Her are a few pics from the first day - it was free dress. Most half days are.

Emily and her best-bud Sophia.

Emily at her desk. Front row. 1st grade!!!!

I hope that every day ends this way!!!!


The sisters. Kate had a great day. That back pack of hers weighed more than Allison. Can you see Allison trying to make a break for it???

The 2nd day (and just about every day after that) is uniforms. Don't they look adorable?

Our tween-ager. 10yrs old. 5th grade. Unbelievable.

I think that the girls look so sweet.

Our school girls......

Here's to a great year!!!

An update post....

Emily completed her first season in softball. Her team had a get together at Alfonzo's. There, the awards were handed out. You may not recognize this reference, but Em won the "Charlie Hustle" award for her team. Her coach said that she was the only team member who could cover center field and 3rd base. And she did!!! When I told Eric about the award (a reference to the GOOD old days of Pete Rose) he laughed, because he knew it was SO true.
Emily is very proud of her very first trophy!


HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALLISON. August 3rd. I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT THIS MONKEY IS 2 YRS OLD.
We celebrated the good old fashioned way. Family and cake. It was a good time.



We got the girls' bunk beds up. They are loving it. Thanks to Uncle Matt and Ashtin for the hand-me-down.

You can guess that Emily uses the top bunk like a stage. It is perfect for her. She looks so little when she sleeps in it.

Katie loves the privacy of her little "cave". She is at the age where privacy is prime. But she will lay on the top bunk when she talks on the phone. Unfortunately, Allison also loves Katie's cave-bed and we find her there often.

I'm feeling a little buggy....

Cricut, that is!!!

Thanks, sweetie.

Eric let me get one. He was all for it when I suggested that he could call it my Christmas gift.

Now...off to do some paper crafting.

***smile***

Elsie challenge....

5 goals for me.....

Or...

What I want to do before I turn 40....

1. Lose weight. Goes without saying.

2. Get my home organized.

3. Get a new job. One that I LOVE!!!!

4. Get all of my photos organized....I didn't say scrapbooked...ha!

5. Get our upstairs finished.

Are those too much? I hope not.
I have grand plans. I just need to put them into action.

How will she eat???

Well....Emily and Katie continue to lose their teeth!

Last week, Katie lost 2 teeth within 24hours.

Sunday, Emily lost her a tooth that makes her have that cute, toothless smile. She has a sweet lisp in her talk before, but now....wow.

We make her say things just to hear how she will pronounce them.

The Tooth Fairy is going to need to take out a home equity loan!!!!!

By the way...How many teeth does it take to make the tooth fairy's house?? Emily was wondering. :)

Eric started a new job on Tuesday. He is a loan specialist at Cornerstone Mortgage in Belleville. He is excited to be starting in a new office.

I won a prize!!!

Well. I frequently check on this blog called http://glitzitnow.blogspot.com/ (Glitz Design).

They had a contest about what was the weirdest thing in your purse/bag right now...

Well, I had recently found an old diaper bag from 2 or so yrs ago. Guess what was in it? Emily's ear tube.

The doctor found it out - as it should have been by then - and sitting in a little wax in her ear canal. He sandwiched it between 2 medicine cups and taped them together. He asked if I wanted it. Of course I wanted it. I didn't know what I wanted to do with it...probably scrapbook it.

Well...that ear tube won me this cute prize.

Yay!!! I love to win.

BTW, the girls are doing well. Summer is weighing heavy on us. Boredom is setting in. We are keeping cool. Emily and Allison had a virus this week. Allison had a touch of the croup. But we are all doing better now.

This moment....

A snapshot of this moment...
Yourself: overwhelmed
Your Partner: working
Your Hair: bedhead
Your Mother: home
Your Father: going to the farm
Your Favorite Item: pillow
Your Dream Last Night: none
Your Favorite Drink: sweet tea
Your Dream Car: enough
Dream Home: organized
The Room You Are In: dining room
Your Fear: harm
Where You Want to be in Ten Years: here
Who You Hung Out With Last Night: family
You're Not: thin
One of Your Wish List Items: car
The Last Thing You Did: breakfast
You Are Wearing: nightgown
Your Favorite Weather: 70's, sunny
Your Favorite Book: DaVinci Code
Last Thing You Ate: Scrambled eggs
Your Life: overwhelming
Your Mood: OK
Your Best Friend: Eric
What Are You Thinking About Right Now: scrapbooking
Your Car: Green Bean
What Are You Doing At The Moment: listening to kids
Relationship Status: happily married

How about you???