A Wordless Summer Wednesday

Maybe just 5 words: Thank God for the RAIN!!!

Meet Snappy.

Meet our new pet, Snappy! He's pretty cute. He just stresses me out because he won't come out of the water & bask! Now, I realize, he is an aquatic turtle...just something else for me to worry about! He is fun to watch! He's a side-necked turtle. Guess we have a new class pet. Our fish is now almost 2 years old! Yes! I have kept something aquatic alive for 2 years. Go Me!

Happy Father's Day!

Making Daddy Breakfast Muffins....

Pics before church.....

Happy Father's Day!

Tea with the Neighbors!

Our house & the neighbor's house. Evidently, it's trash day since the trash truck came. Ha! This is for you Ms. Becca! You are the one with black hair (even tho you're not really Asian LOL!) and I'm the one with orange curly hair & glasses...yikes! Caleigh chose our character people ;)

Looking in on the party!

There are lots of toys that get donated or given away from time to time. There are some I will keep forever. Little People falls in this category. She may not touch them for months, but eventually, they make an appearance again, and it's always a fun time! The creativity they bring out is endless. Do your kids have a toy/toys like that? For our boys, it was trains for a long, long, time. Now, I'd have to say it's Lego's. Although they haven't touched them in a while now, there are still 4 full bins of them in their rooms. They'll stay. I just cannot imagine getting rid of them. Someday they will be the toys living at the top of the closet waiting for grandkids! It was 105 this afternoon on my thermometer. A friend texted me that her car said 108 later in the day. Either way, it was a great afternoon for Little People!

Oh, For the love of tape.....and basketball!

Someone got into the tape without me knowing yesterday....a cute little someone who decided to tape her "Buzz Lightyear Laser" made of big Legos together so it would quit falling apart. Success. Pride. The same little someone was very pleased when her boys came home from their last day of basketball camp & gave her a new bball. Joy! Happy!

Obviously, I am an epic fail at daily blogging this summer. Honestly, I just haven't gotten my camera out as much as usual. Also, I started selling things here & there on EBay again, so my "free time" is going to that. Hope all my 365 buddies are having a great summer! Maybe you'll come back in the Fall too!!! :)

Little Miss Independent

Now, she still wants me to rock her to sleep, but honestly, that's about the only thing she really wants me to do for her much anymore. She's all about being independent & helping & doing things herself. The boys....well, that's another post! They would probably let me serve them forever! LOL! Caleigh has pink eye & the boys have taken turn with a fever/sore throat bug this week. So.....not much going on except for lots of ice cream & popsicles! The boys did make it to their Tae Kwon Do Belt ceremony last night. Most of the pics I got there were messed up due to lighting in the studio, but I may try to post some tomorrow.....Hope you're having a nice summer break! Basketball Camp starts Monday for the boys. Maybe it will start to feel like a summer break then!

Joy.

This was a joyous day!!!
Just had to post the pics!

Wordless Wednesday....They're Up To Something.

These 2 are up to something I think!

First Week of Pre-School

Sweet little working hands.
"I Did It!"

"See Mom, I colored this one Black."

Concentrating!

Snack Time...for some reason, ham was very funny on this day!

Her favorite snack spot recently...

Who doesn't love a cold Capri-Sun??!!!

I realize that most kids are getting out of school for summer break this time of year, but at our house.....Caleigh started Pre-School! She's loving every minute of it & begs me to do more every day. We're using a sweet little curriculum by Rod & Staff Publishers. I love it. She already knows all of her colors, but we started on color name recognition and tracing outlined pictures. She started number recognition and counting....we're up to #6. This is fun. It really makes me wish I would have homeschooled from the beginning with Blake & Bryce. I think she's going to fly through this over the Summer & Fall. Thank goodness my neighbor lent me another Pre-School Curriculum to get me throuh the Spring & following Summer!

Summer is Officially Here.

Searching for baby tomatoes.
And....she's off!


Sorry, spit happens.

Hey...look over there!

Pics are from yesterday, but about the same today! Sunny, hot, bike riding! Mommy got her hair chopped off for summer....

At 96 degrees today, I would say Summer has officially arrived.

So, I picked today to start cleaning out the front azalea bed which is being overtaken by our wisteria bush that refuses to bloom, but grows like crazy! Burning out back at 8:45...ahhh...the hubby should be thrilled with that when he gets home. What can I say? I got bored. He should get home earlier!!! ;)

ZipLine In New York

Bryce on the first Zip Line Bryce on the Practice run.
Blake coming in on the last line.

Happy to have accomplished that!

The Crew.

New York, Texas!

Zip Line Adventures.

Uncle Randy & Daddy took the boys Ziplining after their Baptism at Church on Sunday.

They had a BLAST!!! They were the only kids there & of course, they stole the show! We'll be back. Here are a few of my favorite pics. I loaded the whole album onto Facebook.

If you're within a couple of hours from East Texas, this is really a must to add to your "things to do before I die" list.

Spring Piano Recital

Blake Spring Recital 2011
Bryce Spring Recital 2011

Caleigh...post show performance...2011.

Blake & Bryce performed at the Spring Piano Recital that their teacher holds each year at the local community college theatre. It was very nice! Caleigh went up and played afterwards. Pretty sweet night. :)

Mommy's Helper

If I'm in the kitchen, this girl is there with me. Always. She loves to help & cook. So, when I saw this Learning Tower at a neighbor's garage sale this morning, I had to grab it! It is awesome. I wish I would have splurged for one a year ago. It makes me feel so much better than having her constantly up on the counter...little monkey! She likes it better too....It's much easier to help this way!

The First Watermelon of the season. YUM!

All Dressed for The Day

Well...the babies that is...they're all dressed for the day. Yep, we're still in "baby love" it seems. She even talked me into buying one of her babies a little seat for the car with a buckle "so she'll be safe". Oh My. Here they all are (C & her triplets) watching Toy Story 3. :)

End of The Year Celebration!

Singing her little song!

Blake & Bryce : Preamble & Star Spangled Banner recital.

Caleigh with her diploma.

Caleigh with her preschool buddies.

Blake & Bryce with the other 3rd - 5th graders.

Our homeschool co-op ladies put on a wonderful end of the year program for our kids at the church where we meet every Monday for school. It was really nice! Caleigh got her PreSchool Diploma & sang a little song for the parents. Blake & Bryce recited the Preamble to the Constitution and sang The Star Spangled Banner to open the program. Proud Mama.

Baby Love....

Checking for a dirty diaper! HAHAHA! She said there was "poopie" and handed her to me!
Getting baby dressed. She's named her Chloe. Awwwww!

Getting ready to feed her other baby, then...

She decided twins were a good idea. Oh, to be young!

I just love this one!

Well, if you don't know the history of throwing baby dolls on the floor & totally ignorning them stashed in the corner of her room for over two years, then you cannot fully appreciate my post! Yes, this is the first day she's played with her babies (as they are now lovingly called.) Not sure what happened, but they were hauled out one by one first thing yesterday morning. Diapers changed, fed, rocked & put to bed with a blanket....sure was cute! Hope it happens again soon! Otherwise, those poor dolls are going to have another really long nap!