The First Day

Wednesday marked the first day back to school for our kids. Kylie of course being in 2nd grade feels like a seasoned little school goer already, but Tyler had his very first day! You saw how the night before went in my post below so I'll tell you the the morning of the 1st day went!

It started with waking up at about 6:15 and getting the kids up by 6:30. Kylie is always hard to get from her bed so I have to raise my voice as loud as possible without waking everyone else up..haha! Tyler rolled right out of bed with that excited anticipated look on his face. I gave them both every choice under the sun for their breakfast and Tyler chose Lucky Charms which was really no surprise to me, Kylie went with waffles!

They finished the breakfast and went off to make their beds, brush their teeth, wash up, get dressed and get their hair all ready. Tyler wanted to spike his hair, but it's a tad too short for this yet, however he managed, yes he managed, didn't really want my help, to get the front flipped up a bit at least! Kylie is difficult with her hair, never knowing what she wants and always changing her mind! However, she finally decided and they were ready to go!

To my surprise Tyler wanted to ride the bus to school on his first day and he got on with no hesitation! They were excited though because before they got on, Papa got to stop by and wish them good luck on their first day. I of course met them at school to get some pictures, mainly of Tyler being his first day of school. He seemed to be right at home!

After school was out I did go pick them up, just in case they had a bad first day. I think I was more nervous then anyone! However they both had a great first day, loved their classmates, their teachers, and everything!

I got misty eyed watching them get on the bus, and once they were off I actually full on cried. I will probably do that every year! I was sad thinking that Kylie is in the 2nd grade already, and sad thinking that Tyler was starting school now. I got even more sad thinking ahead to when my other two start school and Kylie and Tyler are that MUCH older! My how time flies! I just want to cherish it now and sometimes wish I could freeze it!

Here they are eating their breakfast...

Ready to leave

Tyler's 1st Day Outfit

Kylie's...

Off to the bus

Tyler's First Bus Ride

Tyler in his class

and I popped in for a quick picture of Miss Kylie too

School Year's Eve

It's officially School Year's Eve!! The new school year kicks off tomorrow for Kylie and Tyler. I decided it would be fun to make tonight a special little night, like their last night of freedom, ha ha! I just quickly made a few little decorations for them along with a yummy dinner and some brownies for dessert! The kids really enjoyed it and thought it was fun. After dinner they picked out their outfits for their first day and I gave Kylie a quick touch up on her toes. I'll have pictures from tomorrow to post soon so check back!
Everyone eating their dinner..

Kylie the 2nd Grader

Tyler the Kindergarten Kid

Kylie Picking Out her Outfit

Tyler even tried his outfit on

Letting her toes dry

Karissa's Pedicure..sort of!

If you know Miss Karissa, you know she only needs a split second of time to get into anything! She is so quick and knows when you aren't paying attention or probably won't be paying attention for at least a little while!

So she hears me get on a phone call the other day and decides she needs to give herself a little relaxation. Her feet must have been feeling awfully tired! I finished up the phone call and of course my first thought is wheer is the QUIET Karissa? I walk from my bedroom to where I can see our front door propped open about 10 yards away and find her relaxing in a nice foot soak she has created for herself!



..... yes thats a gallon of milk to her left! Somehow she managed to get herself a little tub, open the fridge and grab the milk and go sit down to make her little foot bath all while Im running my yap on the phone paying no attention to her! :-} It wasn't anything you could get upset over, just laugh and take the pictures. She was enjoying herself afterall and she really only dumped a couple cups worth of milk in there..haha!

My How The Garden Grows!

So in May we decided to plan ourselves a little garden, well let me back up! We bought ourselves some seeds in April and started trying to do in indoor germination. Ha..this turned out to be a nightmare! We did finally get some to sprout, but after we placed them outside in the little mini green house we lost ALL of them to the WIND! I suppose that comes with our lack of gardening and paying attention to all the elements mother nature has to offer us. Anyway early May we made ourselves a small little garden space outside and bough some mini plants to pop in the ground. We planted strawberries, 2 different kinds of tomatos, anaheim peppers, bell peppers, watermelon and cantaloupe. There was a late freeze and we lost both cantaloupe and 1 of our 2 watermelon plants. In early June, we popped a few pumpkin seeds in the ground in place of those lost plants. To date, the strawberries have pretty much been laid to rest although the rest of the plants are thriving. Our one remaining watermelon is growing finally after that little freeze we nursed it through, no fruit has sprouted but the plant itself looks good. The pumpkins are amazing, the leaves are HUGE! We love our anaheim pepper plants and will grow these yearly! They taste so good and each plant produces numerous peppers so well worth it! We were pretty disappointed with the bell peppers as each plant has only produced one pepper and small peppers at that. The early girl tomatoes which are like a cherry tomatoe plant are doing great! They taste so good! The big beef tomatoes have a lot of big green tomatoes growing and we can't wait until these are ripe for the eating! We have had fun trying out our green thumbs and at least now we know we have the ability to grow things! I got a few pictures this morning when I was in the garden...
Here is a shot of the entire garden, it's small, but great! The weeds on the outside of the bed are crazy, but the garden itself has none!

Here are the crazy pumpkin leaves..

And the first sprouted pumpkin!

Anaheim Pepper

Our thriving tomatoe plants

Some of the yummy cherry tomatoes