Oh goodness! At 6 years old Katie casually tells John and I that her boyfriend gave him his number. I reply “Do you know the rules about calling boys?” Katie, “No.” Me, “Boys call you, you don’t call boys. That is the polite thing to do.” No response… Me, “so is this Osiel?” Katie, “No. It’s David.” Me, “Oh so you are with David now?” Katie, “I am with David and Osiel. I can’t decide.”

Really? Is this conversation REALLY occurring now????

Oh how these tours are bringing back all those fun memories of my college days.  I am so glad I get to share this experience with her.  Most of us will agree college was one of the more fun times of our lives.  I must have laughed half the weekend at all the stuff I used to get away with and crazy things we did back then.  I so look forward to having that all herself.  Needless to say we had a ball and even got a little shopping in too!!!

I am so not ready for summer to end. And here is a perfect example.  Nothing finer than watching the kids running around playing and hanging out with good friends.

Gotta love glow sticks for running around in the dark!

Best Swing EVER!

Too much fun

Love watching them have fun

Hmmm... Fun or no? Not quite sure yet.

A little scary with no teeth! ha ha!

Swing baby Swing!

Ok. Now we are having fun.

I'm flying!

Boys.

A little girl time

SSSLIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Katie: I’m BORED! I want to go to Monkey Joes.

Mommy: Sorry honey, Monkey Joes is closed now.  I need to go to Target though.   Do you want to come?

Katie: Can I buy a toy?

Mommy: No.

Katie: With my own money?

Mommy: Sure.

Katie: Never mind.

Mommy: You don’t want to spend your money?

Katie: No. I am saving it to buy a phone.  How much is a phone?

Mommy: Probably $100.  But you still have to pay the monthy service which costs money.

Katie: Uggh… I can’t wait till I can get a credit card!

(John and I laughing-then of course a nice responsible conversation about credit cards and getting a job to pay them!)

Well the new school year started a week ago and Hannah was in full swing.  She seemed to be loving it making all kinds of new friends and very excited.   The next weekend being labor day she had a long break and on top of it missed her first day back because of a sniffly nose and a soar throat.  But back to school today I told her as she seemed to be feeling much better. She made a little fuss saying she didn’t want to go but then she seemed to be over it fairly quickly.  Shortly afterwards I noticed she disappeared.  Very unusual. So I went upstairs to see what she was up to.  I noticed her door was closed (which it never is..) so I politely knocked and asked if I could come in.  She turned the door handle and I noticed the lock un-popped.  (I didn’t even know it was locked.)  She immediately went back to her work of putting all her favorite toys in a little basket and filling up a small purse with some of her favorite rocks etc.  I asked her what she was doing and she replied, “I am moving to another city.”  I asked why and her reply was “because I don’t want to go to school.” I would have busted out laughing but she looked up at me just after announcing this with little crocodile tears in her eyes.  – A confusing feeling wanting to laugh and so sad for your child at the same time.  Needless to say I sat down to help her pack and told her how much we would miss her and did she REALLY have to leave?  After all school was only a couple of hours but if she moved to another city I would never see her. And who would take care of her? Then she asked which city Miss Stephanie lived in… ha! One of her favorite babysitters. I told her our city and she would make her go to school too because Miss Stephanie knows how important school is…  Needless to say she made it to school without a tear and it became more of a game to figure out what she would need in her new city.

At first it was just the basket and purse. The suitcase came later.

As you can see she has all the nessesities.

Who can live without a good car and a couple of good books?

Nothing like a little bling for a road trip.

I was at the studio and called home to say I was on my way.  John was cracking up as he was talking to me.  I didn’t quite get it till I got home.  They were running around yelling “I’ve got boobs!” “I’ve got boobs!”  Hmmm wonder where they got THAT term?

I've got boobs!

Just call me Marilyn.

My baby on her first day of school.  Such attitude. She did GREAT!!!!

First Day of School 3 years old

The week before school started H and I took a little trip to Wilmington before school.  She loves horses so loved taking the carriage ride around town. Then we found this cute little shop with just about every candy known to man!  I would say that and the ice cream made for a great last Mommy day!

My beautiful girl.

Our conductor for the trip

I wish I had a statue like this for my front yard. How cute!

I just want to live here! ha!

Hannah and Hammy

Ah if only the little one would want to go in here with me. Someday though!

Love the horses.

Her favorite part of the tour of course!

Gee. I wonder why she is so excited?

Remember these?!

Yup. That's pretty much our house.

Mmm Mmm GOOD!

That store had all this cool old stuff we played with! Love it! She had Katie cracking up!

I saw this patch on the way home and couldn't resist taking her picture in it.

Little H will love me for this one.  Obviously we are potty training.  On the counter are her potty prizes for when she goes all day in her undies and goes in the potty.  Proud little one!

Prizes galore!

Nothing like a little bribery to make you go to the potty.

Dora was the super prize!

Look at me!

I'm so charming. Even on the potty.

The girls and I were sitting watching SpongBob Square Pants when the Bubble Popping Gang comes on in a very Broadway snapping way.  Hannah announces I like them.  I like the bad guys.  I ask “why?” Hannah “Because they look cool.”

I think we might be in trouble….

Such a fun day.  It brings back all my memories of college which I think for most of us were some of the best times of our lives.   Lacey is so bright I know she will be successful anywhere at any of these schools!  Here are just some of the pics from the day.

UNCG

UNC Chapel Hill

We had a great week having Uncle Caid and Cousin D in town.  On our last day we took a trip to the zoo.  All the kiddos including us big kids had a great time!

A little improptu slip n slide party at the neighbors. SO MUCH FUN!  And even Sunny got to join in!

Ever since they have been advertising the Smurfs movie on TV H has been obsessed with the Smurfs.  So when she saw you could get them at build a bear off we went!

What a fun trip for everyone.  The kids had a ball, the guys got to surf and even the Mommies got a night break.  We LOVE it here too. 

almost forgot to add these… OR DID I?

We were so proud of her.  She really loves swim team and cares so much that her team wins.  She was so excited when she got this award.  Although it’s kind of funny because we had to explain to her what the MVP award was and then she was super excited that she helped her team so much.  

The girls working hard on Daddy’s birthday present.

forth of july

Puppy playdate

Kindergarden

Sunny

I had scheduled this shoot fairly last minute knowing Katie was going to lose her top tooth or even both teeth very soon.  I sprung it on John the day before.  His only request for Father’s Day, that he didn’t have to be in the shoot! ha! So I told the girls the shoot was a surprise for Daddy for  Father’s Day.  Guess that qualifies under the white lie category!

One day after picking Katie and her friend up at the bus stop we decided to head out to our favorite farm and go blueberry picking.  Good friends good times.

One of Daniel’s favorite things to do is come and go strawberry picking with us.  This time even Uncle Douglas joined in the fun! Yum.