school girl.

tuesday was "do what ever you want day" for 2 reasons.

1. i was exhausted after vacation and the thought of a schedule or planning made me want to vomit. and

2. it was officially[at our house] the last day of summer.

emily choose the following things for this day:

eat cereal from a bag.

watch 6 hours of television

play in the water table with warm water.

go to a grandparents house.

eat spaghetti, a hot dog, and ice cream for dinner.

and wear cowboy boots all day.

she is such a silly girl and it makes my heart warm that she enjoys simple things.

and as much as i hoped it wouldn't the day came. the day this sweet baby started prek. she was such a trooper. she loves school. she couldn't wait to see her friends, play, meet max, learn, and have a snack. 

the sweet boy above missed his sister today. we both did. he got so excited when her teacher opened the door at carpool pickup. we celebrated a great 1st day with lunch at the pizza house and a little surprise. [the smurf wii game.]

she was totally excited about her surprise! can you tell?

when asked about school she said, "max was just a puppet dog." & " i can't wait to go back. tomorrow right?" she fell asleep at 8 tonight.

i can't wait to see what the year holds...

slice of heaven.

we live here. no really... we do. it's about 1/4 a mile from our house. we were granted access to this beautiful piece of heaven, in our deed. sadly, we had never taken our kids. we told our friends about it and they asked if we could all picnic at the river. we said sure. and our kids played for 3 hours. they swam, jumped, laughed, ate sand, and had the best. time. ever. we hope to head down a few more times before it gets too cold. i'm so thankful we live here-

 

love this place. :)

i'll be back-

we are leaving at 7:15 in the morning for our annual labor day beach weekend. it's sad because it will possible be our last 4 day weekend. [emily is in prek this year & her school doesn't start back until after labor day. next years public school will begin in august] but i'm sure we will make do in future years with 3 days. because what is more important than education? [vacation! i know!]ha! i plan, now plan is a word i use loosely, to bust out a few good blogs. including but not limited to a trip overview, a consignment sale tutorial, and possible share what all we have been up to the past few busy weeks, and what we have accomplished on our summer list. anyway. i'm headed to bed because the house is clean, last load of laundry is in the drier, i just started the dishwasher, and everything[except what we will forget] is packed......

but be excited i will be back with a post about this beautiful place....

i say it over and over...

but it's so true. these two are growing up way too fast! i mean, i am home with them everyday so to me some days draaaag along. and others i'm like, is it really time to cook dinner? geez! so i've decided i am going to take a picture of these sweet & sour minis once a month and "update" what they like, hate, are doing, etc. i know super boring but i want to be able to look back and say o! yea! remember... and actually remember. plus when i make their "year book" each year it will be a quick reminder. i hope.

so when you see this sort of "update" you now will know why it's here. ha!

before i go...

[warning] i'm about to explode this blog with posts. we will be having a very busy & exciting week ahead. we are going to the beach, starting prek, turning 18 months, and i will be catching up on the past 2/3 weeks. be back soon. :)

a haircut and a bee sting.

it's pretty simple. coleman got his first haircut today. he had these "wings" coming out behind his ears.

 and all though he is the custest little boy. ever. that had to go. so at 17 months & 11 days old coleman..."got the wings clipped" ha. get it.. okay here are the adorable pictures.

the first snip

here he is after his first haircut. so adorable! i could just squeeze him.

e also needed at cut so she tagged along. [as did papoo for back up.] she no longer has a mullet. thank god. i had planned to take a picture of the new cut, but as we left a wasp came out of no where and got emily right on the finger. she handled it like a pro. i quickly gave her benadryl, and a band aid. she is re cooperating at her mimi and papoo's. so alls well that ends well. i will make sure to get a picture of her hair soon, because it's so stinkin' cute too. she is getting to be such a big girl.

out of town.

we went out of town 2 weekends ago. my in laws have a piece of heaven a few counties away, and we are so blessed to be able to visit.

 it's very hot there. and they have only 4 "restaurants". the houses are beautiful. my kids love it here and it's a beautiful and so peaceful. check it out!

i want to sit on these porches and talk to my friends. i want my kids to play in these yards. i would love to cook a meal in, what i imagine to be, huge kitchens.

we. love. it here. our kids really love it here. we had the best time! we played outside. we rode all things of the four-wheeled variety. we ate at 3 of the 4 restaurants in the town. ha! we usually visit the local thrift store, but they were closed. so we went to a yard sale.[gymboree for 50cent. can you say score!] we basically just soaked up all the time we could with our kids. they are growing up too fast. they are so precious and i hope we can spend many more weekends there. playing. laughing. and just enjoying time together.

alright, i have to run. this pile here....

is awaiting it's rightful place on ebay. later.

little farmers.

steven's "grandma" lives on a farm... well, kinda. they actually sell produce and just have cows, chickens, dogs, and a rat. but it really is farm like there. tractors, animals, the coolest old house ever, dirt roads, and fields. lots and lots of fields. so with that said c and e had the grandest time being little farmers.

first we went to the chicken coop.

 

"we got one golden egg!"

second we fed the cows.

they are all pregnant and due in september. but very well tempered.

 

third we tried out the tractor. c would eat, sleep, live, breathe a tractor.
[or anything with wheels really.]

lastly we enjoyed a small breeze on the front porch, on an old swing. and maybe for a second all was right with the world. :) or so it seemed.

i fail.

we are so crazy doing 8.5 billion things around here. i haven't had the chance to make these promised recipes. don't think i haven't dreamed about it though. no literally, last night i dreamed i cooked for an army.

we have been finishing our playroom. well my parents are. we [steven and i] aren't very "building inclined" so my awesome parents, who are, have graciously given their time to finish it. you can check out todd's awesome skills here.  i hope to have everything to a proper place soon[and posted pictures of it]. my living room will thank me.

i also spent the past week "fall cleaning". i call it "fall" because we are getting ready for the fall consignment sales so every july i clean everything. closets, rooms, the basement. everywhere.

 [i also have a "spring cleaning" in january.]

i can't believe how much stuff gathers in just a few months. 4 trash bags and a room. full. in the basement. we are going to have a yard sale. and then sell the remainder in the consignment sales.

i'm sure all this information is so interesting. right? so i will skip to the cute minis and all the fun things they have been up to. the list goes:

bowling

water parking

magic show & juggler watching
riding horses at walt and sara's

going to gymnastics camp with the besties

playing at the park

reading

playing with friends

and getting ready to start school
and much more.

 

while emily has been busy [she has her own calendar] i have enjoyed spending time with c. he is growing so fast and learns at lightning speed! i just can't get enough of him.

i promise i will cook good food and document it. soon.