Ry's first day of 2nd Grade

Ry was completely thrilled to start school again. She had her outfit planned and her hair style chosen. She is so excited to be speaking french again. She is excelling at reading and said she likes math. Her favorite part is her friends. She has tried to wear these new clothes at least every other day... I have to remind her that she has other things to wear. She plans play dates for her hour after school when she can hang with a friend until 5 when we start piano practice and homework and reading.... She doesn't love school lunch, and loves library and computer. Fridays she has gym, she also is starting a program that second graders use Ipads as part of the curriculum..Hurray for Second Grade...
 

Regular days over, scheduled days are here again

The summer came and went, it seemed to just fly by. My kids grew leaps and bounds in the sun, just like little flowers. It was so wonderful while it lasted but I sure am glad to have our routine back. Here is one of those lazy TACO nights... and what is more perfect than an olive on a taco? An olive on your finger!!!! 

MMMM do tasty... 

Yes once one child is in on the olive snatching action.... others will follow.. 

Two olives at a time... with a dance... and a song.... 

Chicken skin

Munchie has Keratosis Pilaris. A pretty common skin disorder. Not something that bothers her much. She just looks so uncomfortable with it. Any suggestions on how to improve her baby skin! I don't want to do anything non-natural. She has it on her cheeks(both sets), thighs and arms. I am sure I gave it to her, as I have it too. Her chicken skin is on the extreme side!

Huuummm!

Nothing like a little fertilizer to freak a mommy out, call poison control and just make sure I am on my toes! All is well. She only tasted not ate!

Ry said..

Me and Ry went out on a GNO! We hit back to school night then tried to catch a movie. On the way we chatted about her day and how she did with a friend she has been a little bossy around. We talked about how they both want to be in charge when Ry squeals "so there was this plan that just blew my mind... Up" hahaha! She is thrilled about this timed choice jar. Things like this Blow my mind up too!

Gorilla snot, whaaaatttt?

Eden is in the busy girl stage. She watches for moments of complete chaos then finds something to explore and get into! We finally sold the Honda Accord and found a van that is new to us. It needs some clean-up love but that kinda stuff comes easy to us homies! I have joined the ranks of goobers. I am so ok with that. My friend Heidi calls hers a Swagga Wagon. I choose to believe i am secure enough that with that title i am not a goober. The best part..... Its paid off!! It is like better then new to us, ots like.... Awesome to us! So we were trying to go get a few things taken care of and Eden found the super sticky hair gel... Will she always look homeless? All the kids got haircuts yesterday and we also waxed Ry's brows. Now before I get crazy comments, yes I know she is 7 but she has brows that are long and curl weird. She cries when I tweeze so I just wax quick and it's over. That's what you get when your mom is a cosmetologist. Enjoy the phone shots of Eden covered in yuck!

Baby Girl #3

I start to get anxiety right before the ultrasound. We are so thankful for all of our children, we just hate to see then suffer with health issues. So I always feel nervous that something might be abnormal. This little girl seems to be perfect. She is just hanging out in there.  

I sometimes think she can hear my nagging or yelling.. So this is her perfecting her "oh my!"  

This kind of creeps me out. It is her looking right at us... She knows whats going on.... 

To tell the kids what gender of baby we were having, We thought of lots of different things we could do. Sometimes those plans just don't work out and frozen yogurt is the best all time fix. We let each of the kids choose their favorite kind of yogurt. We told them that we would be putting something in the yogurt that would tell them if the baby was a boy or a girl. Then we let them top it all off with all the yummies they like.  

Gator's was easier to spot. He found a big pink bead first.... Ry found hers too, it's just her yogurt was pink and the bead blended in really well. 

We didn't put it in Munchies cause we thought she might mistake it for a yummy and try and swallow it. She just enjoyed the yogurt. 

AAAHHHH HHaaaa she found it! 

Double fisting it! 

Crazy mommy and daddy...