Two down, One to Go...

Ah... can you smell the freshly sharpened pencils???? It's school time, The most wonderful time of the year. All decked out in their new sneakers and clothes, We shoved 2 kids off to elementry school and the other to her first week of Pre-K. Ah... Can you hear the quiet???

Abby was not thrilled with the teacher she was assigned to. Last year she hoped for a teacher and didn't get her, so this year she hoped for the teacher she didn't want. Fate didn't fall for that trick and she was not happy to get that letter in the mail. However, good things can happen. A few of her closer friends are in the same class and for that she is thankful. Although when asked how the teacher was she replied "Who knows... it's the first day and teachers have to be nice on the first day..." She was not thrilled at the fact I was bringing the camera to the bus stop... So, she moved away from me and pretended I was not her mom when her friends came around.

Caleb came to me this morning and told me he was nervous... Which is so out of character for him. Seeing the middle school bus go down the street he was out the door like a lightening bolt screaming for the bus to stop, b/c he thought he missed it. Abby starts running after him and by the time I get out there and tell him it's not his bus, he must have woke the whole neighborhood up. His best friend in in his class and they sat together on the bus. Once he entered the line of kids to board, he didn't give me another thought... I'd like to say he had a good day, but alas, his listening skills got him into some trouble and came home with a frown face instead of a sticker... But, there is always tommorow.

So there you have it... First day of Kindergarten and 4th grade... I must say I love the school time routine we get into and I'm looking forward to Lilly starting. No teary eyes for this mom.

Abby went to her first concert with Aunt Jess this weekend. She saw Ali and AJ, one of her most favorite bands. The venue was not bigger than a high school auditorium, so they weren't too far away, but Abby wanted to get pictures, so they headed up front. Here are some of the shots she took.
I won't upload them all... She took 122 pictures... Yup, you heard it. 122 pictures in an hour and a half. Good thing her camera is digital... Ouch that would have been expensive otherwise! :)

Happy Birthday Abby!

Today at exactly 5:50 Am abby turned 9!

We had a small party for her here today.

Day care just happened to have their Hawaian party today as well, so she was quite spoiled. :)

She picked out the cake her self. Triple chocolate mouse cake with Chocolate brownie fudge ice cream.

Yummy.

More Weekend Pictures

Here' the story behind this picture: I had to clip a hang a nail from Lilly's toes and since I was there, I cut them all. This is pretty much a screaming fit, followed by a dirty look, and Lilly announcing that I am a mean mom. So, when she is done giving me a dirty look, I tell her to go tell Grandma cause she gets no sympathy from me... She says nope, I want my grandpa, and she runs up to him and cuddles with him for a good 10 minutes. Sometimes only Grandpa will do I guess.




Who else but Caleb could get away with an Indian/Cop getup and look so cute.

He looks like a weird hodge podge of half the villiage people.








This is a great picture of Abby that Jim took at the park. Every year there is always an injury on our trips to the park. Skinned knees, puking dizzy kids... Abby fell, but no great injury this time around









Growing up as a kid, I always loved tractor rides. Grandpa always let us steer on our own, only helping out when it was inevitable that we were going to hit a tree or something equally as bad. Oh, it was a great thrill to know that I was steering.

My kids now enjoy the same things. Once they heard the motor going, they could not wait till it was their turn.

Weekend Getaway...

Our trip to Grandma and Grandpa's was interesting to say the least.

First, we leave bright and early Sunday morning at 4 am, in hopes that the kids will sleep most of the way. They were out until we hit state college. Not bad. That is it wasn't bad until we had to pull over. Lilly threw up all over the back seat. We chalked it up to motion sickness, however no sooner did she say hello to Grandma and Grandpa than she start puking all over their kitchen floor. So it didn't start out so great. But we didn't let that stop us from having a good time.


Caleb totally wore Grandpa out. He insisted on playing Catch with him and I think Grandpa and he had a blast, out in the yard hitting a baseball with ping pong paddles most of the morning.

Of course, since it was Abby's Birthday, she had a small party. She received some crafting things, new clothes, doll clothes and 2 new purses. It's hard to believe that tommorow she will be nine already. Where oh where does time fly.

The kids were a little disappointed that there wasn't a pool to swim in this year, but it didn't last long. Caleb was happy to play out side. Abby taught grandma a new card game, and when Aunt Kay came over they were perfectly happy to play with all the new goodies she brought with her.

What happened with Lilly? Well, a friend of ours told us a few months ago to try dramamime when the kids get sick, it is the only thing that will help keep foods down. So, we took her up on the advise and she wasn't back to normal, but she was able to get up and visit after a few hours nap.

We had a delish turkey dinner, complete with pumpkin pie. Made a trip to the park with the kiddos, and then lit some fireworks in the back yard before it was bath and bed time.

On the way home we stopped at Knoebles on Monday. This was by far the best time we had with them there. The kids are all at the height they need to be to ride some of the bigger rides. Caleb went on his first Rollar coaster, and although he held on so tight to the handle bar I thought he we might have to pry it off him, he giggled the entire ride and begged for another run, so we went to another. He rode front seat on both and they didn't phase him at all.

The last time we went, Lilly refused to ride at all. This year, she decided she would try them all once. She went on sploosh mountain, and didn't like it, but throughly enjoyed the log flume.

Abby is a thrill seeker like Jim and those two were riding all the round and round rides that I can't stomache anymore.

My sprained toe kept me from wearing sneaker due to it's swollenness. I didn't have too much of a problem till it was time to go. All in all it was a fun day. Considering this is the extent of our vacationing for the summer, I think it was a great weekend.

Now, it's on to school... Less than a week away!