On The First Day...

Yes, his day went fine; and mine did too. It was actually nice to spend the day with the girls (they don't start until next Tuesday). We just hung out around the house and they helped me with laundry and things.

When I picked Cole up from school he was really excited and he said that kindergarten is sooooo fun. I asked him if he missed me and he said "yes I missed you, but not enough to call you on the phone." Well, I guess that is good. One part of me was hoping that he had missed me terribly, but the other part didn't want him to miss me at all. So, I guess it turned out good! He is so excited, and can't wait until tomorrow until he goes back. All day today he has been asking me and checking to make sure that he gets to go back tomorrow.

While he was at kingergarten he made a picture and it was of me smelling a flower :) that made me feel good because he really was thinking of me :)

It's A Girl!

Congratulations to my GREAT Friend Katie! She and her husband Josh had a beautiful baby girl: Emily Ruth, 7lb. 13oz. 20-1/4" and she is so cute. I got to hold her when she was only 12 hours old. There is something so heavely about a newborn.

My Baby Is A KINDERGARTENER!!!

Well, I did it. I just dropped Cole off at Kindergarten. I think that this is harder on me than on him. On the way to school he started to tear up and said, "Mom, I am gonna' miss you today." I told him that I will miss him too, but he will be having so much fun that he won't have any time to miss me. I started to tear up as I left the room. I left when he was busy playing. I gave him a kiss good-bye and left. He was fine. I am sure he will have a great day. I took lots of pictures. He looked so cute!

It's Back To School Time

We just got back from the annual Grand Traverse Academy open house. The kids had so much fun seeing their teachers and friends. Cole got to see his classroom, and Morgan also got a new room (but same teacher). Cole does not have any of his friends in his class. This isn't nessarily a bad thing, because he will make new friends. There was actually pretty good chance of knowing someone because four of our good friends have kindergarteners this year at G.T.A.

I am feeling a little frazzled as I worked all day, and one of the babies cried the WHOLE afternoon, and I mean that! So after work I rushed to pick up the kids at child care, rushed home, took shower, rushed back into town, went to B.K. for dinner, and rushed over to the school for the open house before it was over at 7:00. I am beat now! I still need to get the kids ready for bed a tidy up a bit.

Work...Sleep...Fashion...

Well, today so far has been a really nice day. It is one of my days off this week, and the kids and I are just hanging out playing and doing housework. It is nice to get caught up on some things. The past three weeks I have worked four days a week, and that makes it so crazy! So today the only thing I have to get done is go to the school and register the kids for after school care.

Work has been going good. I have been moved to the newborn room for the time being. It is a lot of work, but I like it and there is something peacful about the babies, even when they are crying, because you can usually fix whatever it is they are crying about. (If that sentence just made sense)

The kids are done with summer camp now and are going with Cole to his daycare at Munson. They like this because they are older than the other kids and they think that they are helpers. It is nice that they get to be with Cole.

Not really much of anything exciting. Just busy with work and house stuff. Oh, I got an antique window redone. It is one of those leaded glass widows that used to be above the front door on a huge house. It looks so cool and I had Mike hang it in the livingroom picture window. I love it and it makes rainbows all over the room when the sun in shining.

Over the weekend I was feeling a little under the weather. I had a sinus headache and a feaver. On Sat. night I told Mike I was going to take a little nap. I slept all the way from 5:30p.m. on Saturday to 8:30a.m. on Sunday! I couldn't believe it! And Mike took the kids on a bike ride in the evening and gave them baths, and put them to bed and I never even heard a peep!! He was so sweet to let me sleep! I was feeling much better when I woke after 15 hours of sleep and believe it or not, I was tired again and ready for bed at 8 on Sunday!

Well, we are getting stuff ready for school. Today I had Cole try on some of the things I have collected over the past year. The kids have to wear uniforms at their school, so I have gone to Goodwill and yard sales and gotten alot of items like sweaters and shirts and pants. So today was fashion show! It went pretty well, except that the one outfit that was my favorite, he hated and wouldn't even stand up to let me see. He looked so cute. It was a red v-necked sweater with a white turtle neck and navy pants! He looked so handsome, but he would have nothing to do with it, at all! I may have to bribe him to get him to wear it to school. :)

Raining on MY Parade

For Christmas Mike got me a gift certificate for a hot air balloon ride. I have always wanted to go on one and I was so excited! Well, it has been sitting in the drawer until June, when I scheduled the ride for Friday August 12 (yesterday). We have had the best summer as far as weather goes in Northern Michigan, but not yesterday! NO! It is raining and thunderstorms, and windy, etc. The balloon company called on Thurs. night to cancel due to the weather forcast:( I was so bummed, but we will re-schedule. It is just hard because I don't always know the days I will be working during the summer. Oh well, I am sure it will work out.

The girls have been going to Munson's summer camp (which they love!). On Thurs they had a talent show, and I hear that they stole the show. They did a little dance to the Y.M.C.A. song. They were all set with a song from V.B.S., but the teacher wouldn't let them do it because it said 'Jesus', what's with that? I thought if it was the kids' idea they could do it, I don't know?! It was all their own idea, I didn't help at all. Anyway, I am sure they were soooo cute!

Busy week next week. I am working four full days, some even 8-1/2 hours!

Well, I hope that your weekend is great!

A Day At The Beach

So...I never have been very good at keeping up with journaling, etc. Sorry it has been so long since I last posted. Let me see.....what have we been up to.....

Last week was pretty uneventful, except for the couch, and did I mention that we also purchased the matching loveseat? It came on Friday! They look so great! I love to just sit in my livingroom and relax.

On Saturday we just slept in and caught up on housework, laundry, lawn, etc. In the afternoon we went to some garage sales and went on a beautiful drive up the Old Mission Peninsula www.oldmission.com it is so pretty and you can see both East and West Grand Traverse Bay. After our drive we stopped in Traverse City at Sam's Club to get some things that we needed for the potluck on Sunday. We were invited by the leaders of our small group at church. They invited the whole group over to their 'lake house'! It is so nice there. We rode jetskis, swam, and Bob even took us out on his pontoon boat and let the kids drive it. They thought that this was so cool and they are still talking about it. All three kids enjoyed the jetskis, but Tori is very cautious and nervous if I went over 5mph! Not so much fun for me! Anyway, we had a great time, and great food too and great friends! I love potluck food! It is everyone's best recipes! :) We didn't get home until 9:30 and of course the kids were exhausted after playing in the water all day!

On Monday I had to BE at work by 7:30a.m.! This is hard to get me and three kids out the door by 6:45, buy we managed. (I just didn't get any breakfast) Monday was totally crazy at work. Two employees were out on vacation, and one in the hospital, so three out total, and I was in the newborn infant room all day (8-1/2 hrs.) I was exhausted! Each adult takes care of 4 babies each. I survived, and have to do it again all week! I appreciated my day off today!

Today was a nice day, I slept in and did some house work and then the kids and I went over to my aunt Mary's to help her out with some cleaning at her house. In exchange for helping her she gave me an end table for the livingroom, and it matches great! I am so excited!

Well, gotta go, we are going to take the dog for a walk. I need the exercise too!

We have a couch!

Well, for those of you who don't know, we have not had any seating in our livingroom for over a year. Now, this is my own fault; last spring I decided to repaint my livingroom, and it turned out beautiful! Well, I couln't put my old, ugly couch in this new, beautiful room because it would just detract from its beauty. So, I moved the old couch downstairs into the family room, and repainted that room too. Needless to say, we have not saved enough money up to buy a new couch until this week. I have been looking all year at different garage sales and furniture resale shops with no luck. On Sunday we bought a paper and there was a flier for a big sale at one of the local furniture stores. There was a picture of a sofa which was in our price range, and it looked decent, so I dragged Mike down to check it out. We looked around the whole store and I was admiring a sofa and Mike goes "that is the one in the ad that is really cheap!" I said "it is?" and we bought it. I love it and it looks so good in my livingroom! Now we have ordered the love-seat to match. Now I can actually have company over again! I am so excited!

Let's see, what have we been up to? This week I worked on Monday. I had Tues and Weds off and Mike had Weds off so we decided to take the kids to the 'Great Wolf Lodge' on Tues/Weds. This was so much fun! greatwolflodge.com Needless to say, everyone is exhausted now! I think that it is an early night for us!

Today it was back to work for all! This morning as we went to leave at 7:15 a.m.! We realized that the dog had run away! The gate in the back yard had blown open by the wind, and she was not coming when we called! Very scary, but Mike found her down a couple of blocks running around like she had broken out of prison! Silly dog! So I finally got on the road at 7:25, so I was running late! ugh!!!!!

Today we found out who Cole's kindergarten teacher is. It is the same teacher that Tori had, so it is nice because I already know her! Well, I will update more later!