My Birthday

I had another birthday last week. My kids can't understand why I am not overly excited about my birthday and even once said I don't like my birthday. But it was a great day. Some of my favorite happenings of the day:

~ Starting the day off right, at the gym. It always seems so hard to get there so I enjoyed it at least this one day.

~ Getting a phone call from my Mom early in the morning to say happy birthday but ended up crying telling me how proud she has always been of me. Ahhhh. So sweet and so nice to hear.

~ Going to get a pedicure all by myself. Loved the little bit of alone time. Thanks to Julie for offering to watch Maddie.
~ Picking Maddie up from Julie's and having her step right on my toe and mess up my pedicure.
~ Going back to the nails store and begging then to fix my nail. She wasn't too happy about it either. Oh well!
~ Having a fabulous lunch with my oldest and one of the best friends around! Thanks Julie! And watching Julie try to sit down. Too funny! She may have been in some major pain but she sacrificed it to go out with me. She will have to explain that one.
~ Having a salesman come to the door and ask if my folks were home. I guess I don't look 33, at least to one person.
~ Going to scouts with Joey. This may not have been a favorite activity but it was how I spent an hour of the day.

~Having a babysitter and going out to dinner with Geoff. Then we went to Yogurtland and I was excited to have Geoff go for the first time, since I love it. He got a tiny bit of strawberry yogurt with strawberries on top. I had to laugh. They have about 12 flavors and so many different topping but that is all he could come up with. You really do need a plan going in and I guess it was just too overwhelming for him. I loved it though!

~ Went home and had a little party with the kids. Then homework, bedtime and all that work!

It was such a fun day and I can say I liked my birthday this year. Thanks to everyone who made it great!

New cousin

This little sweetie is the newest member of our extended family. Reed and Hailey welcomed their first baby, Mollie Mae. She is the cutest little thing. I just love holding newborns. I loved her little hands and long fingers and of course her newborn baby smell. I need to go see her again , soon!
The kids all took turns meeting her up close.

Maddie is wondering why we are making her hold this thing. She wasn't too impressed.

Katie liked her the most. She didn't want to give her back.

Back to School

The kids are back in school. I was ready and they were ready so it was a happy day!

It was a bit rushed trying to get out the door on time. We had to take a minute and do pictures before they were off. I guess we were in such a rush I didn't notice they were in front of the half painted wall. But back to school means back to painting for me!

Nicole 5th grade

Joey 3rd grade

Katie kindergarten

Katie at her desk on the first day. She was so excited to finally be going to real school. She started the year in morning kindergarten. I would pick her up at lunch time and she was so mad that she couldn't stay. The school gave us the first two weeks of school to decided if we wanted all-day or not. I knew I wasn't going to have her go all-day. I wanted her to come home and be with me for one last year before she was gone all day. She came home the first week begging to stay. I let her try staying all day the next week and she is an all day kindergartner now. I was the one not ready but she definitely was and she loves it. She is such a big girl now!