black and orange

Nope we didn't dress up for Halloween 2 Months early

The elementary school celebrates the High schools school spirit day. WEIRD HUH!?

I was impressed that on a Whim we had orange and black to wear

Playgroup

If you lived where we live this may be what you would do for playgroup

Drive 10 minutes through a typical suburban city

continue the drive for 8 more minutes through a long winding foresty road

Listen to the boys sing in the back of the car

Try not to think about how sad it is that Swifty has yet to be able to come to our beach

Try not to think about the fact that KB is going to be very upset to know she went to school and we went to the BEACH

Park

Get out of the Car

put on Sunscreen, swim diaper on baby Hieselt (who really is not a baby anymore), make sure we have a camera

walk down the sidewalk

run in the sand get to the water and. . .

STOP!

Come back to the bag and get your floaties
If your a toddler with kind of scrawny arms and a big brother that thinks once you have floaties on you know how to swim so Moms excuse that she needs to stay close to you wont work you for go the floaties and run straight in the water only once you see a ball that needs rescuing of course

Once your in you love the water and even dare to jump, run, and sit in it

of course you will get board and will find a watering can to fill with water

which wold mean that you would need to dump it out and let your mom take her token picture, with 1970 quality lighting, of you dumping it ( wherever there is water and a bucket this is the only shot you can get of Buster)

Of course you will be very sad when it is time to put the watering can and the ball in the bag and go home
pack up, tag team with other moms so you can get your stuff to the car and let the kids play in the water a little longer.
chase the little ones away from the water more than 3 times in order to get them going the right way
Change into real diapers and clothes in the car and fall asleep on the way home


Disclaimer: if you don't live here you can always visit

FAIRIES

What do you do with your cut off tree branches?

We made a fairy house!

S-M-R-T!

Not only did I have my little girl home for three days but Swifty also had all 3 days. With our luck did we go some place AMAZING? Well, no, we hit the BUTTER BEAN FESTIVAL on Saturday it actually had some fun things such as carnival rides, camel rides, a greased pig contest ( ordinary pigs are stinky but an ordinary pic greased up in Crisco and hot sun is really stinky), and some fun jewelry and crafts that KB and I really wanted. Because our kids are the proud owners of two parents with college educations who in the rush of the morning looked at each other and made a logical decision that a credit card would be sufficient at the small town craft fair we got to look at all these fun activities. OOPS :) we had a good time anyway, plus we made sure we hit a place on the way home that does take plastic.

OUT

KB has had a loose tooth (her second) for a few days but she hasn't really talked about it and you don't even see it really wiggle. This morning as we were very late getting out the door for school I yell KB lets go. I feel bad rushing her knowing she is brushing her teeth and do you really rush that? Needless to say we were LATE. Next thing I know she comes running out with pure excitement, no frustration that I am rushing her, and says mom I just lost my tooth. I said while brushing your teeth and she says no after. when I asked her what happened she tells me I was sick of it wiggling so I just pulled it out. WOW, I used to wait until that tooth was hanging on by one little root strand and even then food had to knock it out. I wish I was more like her, in fact when I grow up I wanna be just like her!

Lemonade

Today on the way home from school KB and the neighbor girl we walk home with decided to make a lemonade stand. Keep in mind KB has never made a lemonade stand, in fact I don't think I have ever made a lemonade stand. So when we got home we made lemonade, got a bin taped some paper to it and my kindergartner wrote LEMONADE .25 after she made her sign and put on her dress up she giggled and said. . .

This is going to be the BEST Lemonade stand I've ever done.

I guess it was a good thing we had NO standard to rise above. Tee Hee, don't you just love her!

1st day of School

August 11th was KB's first day of school! I can not believe she is in Kindergarten and I can not believe she goes ALL DAY! I tell myself everyday how lucky I am to have had an extra year with her. Although I am not ready for this ride and dictation of my life, she is. KB is loving school and when she is home she is soooooooooooooo much happier to be here it is great! Here she is on the first day I am not sure she is fully awake yet.

Walking to the car with her rest mat...

... and her lunch box! She had picked a different backpack and then one day at target as we were getting her school supplies she saw this lunch box and said mom hold on go back to the other isle, so I did and she says that blue backpack I LUV it, and it has a lunchbox to go with it, with a water bottle. So we went with the matching lunchbox and backpack, I mean how could you not?

In the car on the way to school! I think she is a little nervous

KB and I really lucked out (notice I did not say Swifty) on the first day of school because Swifty got really sick. Since dad was sick and home in bed anyway, I put a movie on for the boys (that way Swifty really could rest) and I took KB to school. It was just the two of us. When we got to school I noticed that all of the parents had parked and walked their kids in so I did too. I tried to get more pictures but KB asked me to leave the camera in the car because it embarrasses her, can you do that at 6 years old? So I left it in the car and took her in. I sat and talked to her and some other kids in the class while they waited at their table. When it was time to go to class she asked if I could walk her to class so I said I could walk her to the door and then I would need to leave she said great. It was so hard not to cry, BUT I didn't, at least not until I got to the car. We missed her this week, but my boys are much calmer without her around, and it has been fun to spend a little more one on one time with them. Now for the life when weekends mean something special!