Last Day of Silence...

The boys have been gone all week camping with my parents in Wallsburg. The girls have had school and Ive been here. Alone. The first day I went out running errands with my cousin Mandy. Wow was it easy to just hop out of the car and not have to worry about getting the boys out or strapped back in to their car seats. Be on constant alert for anything that they might touch in the stores or keep them fed, pottied, quiet. You know the drill.

Its been a quiet week! And Ive missed my boys!! I got a few things done that needed to be done without "helpers". But I'm ready for them to come home! I'm ready for the fighting, wrestling, biting, hitting, kissing, talking, playing! Tonight we go up and spend the night with them and then I'll bring them home tomorrow! I'm excited.

"We are not babies!! Us is big boys!"

Today is a good day. I'm feeling very blessed that I get to stay home with these two hoodlums everyday!!! They are so cute!! Today we went shopping and they were actually VERY well behaved. I was looking through the clearance rack at Kmart and Ty treated me and the whole store to a whole verse of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. He even had one lady come and tell him how cute it was and that he did a good job. When we went up to the cashier she kept telling me how cute they were.

Since they were so good while we went shopping I told them we could stop and get a drink at the gas station. Isn't that nice of me? It wasn't because I needed my diet dr pepper fix. Nu uh. It was because of how good they were at the store.

The cashier there couldn't get over how cute they were. She thought for sure they were twins. We got that a lot today. It doesnt help that I dress them alike.

I'm a pretty lucky mama!

(Would write more but Chase just fell into the toilet while going potty and he is pretty distraught about it)

First Day of School 2009

(better late then never)

Jentry started the 6th grade this year (sniff, sniff). This is her last year in Elementary. That makes me so sad. Somehow next year wont be the same with me following her around to each class taking her pictures on the first day of school. (that isn't weird, right? ;o) )



I was going to let the kids ride their bikes on the first day but Jentry was a little upset at that. She asked me how I was going to take her picture in front of her class if she walked. So I loaded up the boys and off we went.

So far 6th grade is going great. She is a little nervous about all of the homework...but I think she will make it through. She always does.

Brinley started 2nd grade this year!! She looooves her teacher because she is a "singing teacher" and they are learning lots of fun new songs! Her teacher is a really great teacher and I'm excited to see how much she learns this year!! She also likes that her teacher is a grandma!