Made It

Well, we made it through our first week of school. We had hard times going to sleep and getting up, boredom at school, wasp stings, and getting back into doing homework. I think we have a schedule pretty much worked out. Caitlin has to be at school early because she is a safety patrol, so she gets a ride in with her best friend. We have guitar, piano and dance on Tuesdays. We also have dance on Thursdays and Fridays. Flag football will be starting soon on Saturdays and we have dance performances thrown in there every so often. I like that the homework looks like it's going to be pretty standard every week so we know what to expect.
To think, I used to think those mothers were crazy when they would tell me that I would be busier as my kids got older.

Socks and Birthday Wishes

This Friday morning has seemed more like a Monday morning. The kids had trouble just getting up and going this morning. As the rush is going on to get everything ready to go, Ostin realizes that he doesn't have any socks in his drawer. I told him that there were some socks in the dryer. Later he comes up and asks me to tie his shoes. I looked down and saw that he had on two different socks. I told him and he says, " That's okay." Then I tell him that one of the socks is Caitlin's and it's on inside out. He says " I don't care." So Ostin went to school with two different socks on, one inside out and not even his. It just wasn't worth the whining this morning.

On a different and happy note; Happy Birthday to my sister!!!!! We love you Tanya and hope you have a great day. Tell the girls to give you kisses from all of us.

Lunch Monster

School started this week and the kids have all been taking their lunch. Caleb has been asking for more and more in his lunch. I thought I'd show what their lunches consisted of this morning. Now, Caitlin and Caleb both have a morning snack time that is included with the lunches, but I can say, without a doubt, that Caleb is a growing boy!

This is Caitlin's and Ositn's lunch.

And this is Caleb's lunch. Yes, that is two sandwiches
and two packs of goldfish along with a huge bag of chips!

April's Baby Shower

A few weeks ago, I traveled up to Georgia to co-host a baby shower for my sister-in-law. (Yes, I'm just now blogging about it.) I have never participated in the planning of any type of shower so I was a little nervous. I had such a good time doing all the crafting involved though. We had great time and got to see a lot of people. I will apologize now, I didn't get a picture of April. Well, I did get a couple of general people pictures that she was in, does that count? I didn't think so. April, I'm sorry. I would offer up an excuse, but really I don't have one besides just not thinking about it at the time. Enjoy a few of the pictures anyway.

The food table.

The "flowers" I made for April out of baby socks.
I love this idea and just kind of went all out.
Thanks to my mother-in law, Dana, for helping me
put it all together.

The presents.

One of the pictures with April in it.