Hello

I really don’t know if I have any readers any more. It’s been months since I last posted. Yes, that would have been Aug when my son went off to school. And though people might believe that when a child goes to school you get more time… WRONG. What happens is your world speeds up… you jump from a having a nice slow paced day with both of your children to realizing that you now have to get everything done before 4 o’clock so you can spend time with the child that you just gave to the school system. Don’t get me wrong the school system is great but from being a stay at home mom to giving up your child for 8 hours a day… well… lets just say it’s a huge adjustment. You might ask who the adjustment was for and if you are pointing your finger at my child you are wrong… just direct it to me! Yep… that’s right!

So here I am; 5 months later getting back on track. Funny hu? Well, there’s no excuses but just the plain old fact that this mama was sad and yes I would say maybe a little depressed but now I’m back, in full swing! And here I am! (Waving hello)

Boat Race

First Kiss

If they knew what they were doing I would call it a make-out session. Of course, after the initial shock, I had to get a picture of Maddie’s first kiss (I think this was the 5th) and then we stopped it. We might have to keep an eye on the two of them.

Kindergarten

I like to think that this is his way of saying, “Mom, I got this.” When he got on the bus he said, “Mom, wave to me.”

Of course, I followed the bus and went to his class to make sure he made it. ;) The boy next to Caleb is Drew. He lives down the street. We do not know him very well but that will change will all the time they spend together.

End of the day... looks pretty happy. He ran straight for Eric gave him a hug and then looked for his friends. It was really cute!

Water Olympics

Mom put on water Olympics for the kids. They each had to participate in 3 events. They didn’t compete against each other but did events at their own levels. After their event, all the adults would score them. Everyone received 10’s. They were giving gold medals.
The kids were also given charts that included swimming, reading, learning and a few other things. The kids would get stars for each thing completed. Mom did a amazing job at putting this together!!!

5 hours a day in the pool or more…

What a awesome time!!! We lived in or besides the pool from early morning hours till the evenings. Caleb regained all of his swimming skills and both kids excelled in the water. The videos below will show them doing flips into the pool. They also did back flips off of Papa. The whistle that Papa is wearing was a huge hit. All the kids loved to swim to him and blow it.

It’s been a long time since I have posted anything. Eric has had the last 3 weeks off. Well honestly, he has had anatomy. He loves anatomy and is very good at it. He was able to make up his own schedule and he finished his dissection way before the 3 week marker so it is what I call vacation and it was awesome!!!

Posted below are random photos of the last 3 weeks… I forgot my camera on a number of them so I’m kind of bummed about that. Here’s the events from the last 3 weeks.
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We were at a BBQ/birthday party and the kids were having so much fun. All the boys were having so much fun. One time Caleb bounced out of the blow up and landed on the grass, hoped right back up and joined in on the fun. Caleb was getting so much air that Eric ran home to grab the camera. Madeline also loved the slip n slide and both kids got a kick out of the water balloons.



Caleb has been asking Eric to build a bird house for awhile now so Eric just had to build it with him. The spent a couple hours going to the store, measuring, cutting, and then building it. It was really cute to see them work on this together.


We have been having fun at the library. We picked up a book on how to build airplanes. They are intense airplanes that require a lot of direction, cutting and glue. Eric and caleb put these together.


Another book we picked up was how to draw. This is Caleb’ first official drawling. I’m seeing my side of the family in the picture.



We went to Castlewood State Park with Doria and her family. We had a picnic and enjoyed playing in the water. Eric and Caleb took off down stream and found all kinds of bugs and such.



DAMN YANKEES -THE MUNY
Eric and I had a awesome double date at The Muny. My friend’s husband was given 4 tickets from work and we were the lucky ones that went with them. We had a picnic dinner next to the water with live music and then we went inside to find that we were sitting in box seats. We watched Damn Yankees. It is now my favorite show and I am beside myself for living here for 3 years and not going before. The acting, singing, dancing, backdrops were amazing.

This is the first time we took the kids to the Sting Ray exhibit at the zoo. We were there for over a hour. The kids loved it!



Madelines loves butterflys!


Hermann, MO
We took off for the Pettijohn’s house. They live about 1 hour away from us now. We had a lovely weekend hanging out, swimming at their local pool, (the kids LOVED the diving board) and I put on Keely’s baby shower.