8.3 Weeks

So cute already, huh?! Good thing we make adorable kids- this one has a big head like the others do too! They get that from their Dad!
Just think, in 31 weeks, he/she will add to this:
and we will be a family of 6!! No way did I think that would ever happen...good thing we make em' cute! The countdown begins...

Labor Day Golf

We scored a few free passes to miniature golf this summer- and because it was super hot or we just didn't feel like going, we never made it!! However, Monday, it was beautiful- not too hot, and humid, so I went to the grocery (alone = heaven on earth sometimes!), and Dana took the kiddos golfing. Leah got 2 hole in ones!! Celeste just wanted to pick the perfect color ball and Alex coudld miniature golf all day long! They had a blast and even brought home lunch for them and a smoothie for me- I am a lucky girl!
Here is their fun:Too bad everyday can't be this fun- they had to go to school the next day- boo hoo!! Kidding- they are all LOVING school right now! Life is still good...

Celeste Starts Pre-School

Finally...1:20 could not come fast enough for her today!! My goodness it was a long morning!
It took her all that time to figure out that she doesn't go to school in the mornings when Alex and Leah do- I think she asked me at least a hundred times if it was time for school yet...

YES!!!!!!!
Here she is all ready to go:

These were at 8:30 this morning- but she was ready nonetheless!

The sun was bright and it is near 90 today- so hot to go to school- thank goodness for air conditioned buildings!!

Celeste and Emma- big Pre-schoolers now!!

She is partners with Charlotte today as they line up to go inside...

I am so excited for her! She has been waiting a long time to go to school! She will be 5 in just 2 months, so she couldn't go to Kindergarten, so she needed something! I didn't put Alex or Leah in school before K, for various reasons, but mainly because they turned 5 and started school soon after- but poor Fall baby has to wait nearly a whole year! She is thrilled to be going and is such a big girl-
Can't wait to hear all about her fun day in just over an hour!!

Raingutter Regatta 2010

Last Thursday was the first day of school, and also the annual kickoff to Scouts for the season....they do the Raingutter Regatta as the activity and it is usually super fun...last year we got soaked, but the boys had fun, and that is the most important thing!
Alex, on the other hand, was not that excited this year...he waited until 4 o'clock to even paint his boat- and had I not sanded it and glued it for him, might not have even floated! BUT, he still had a little fun, and managed to get 4th place...not a huge excitement, but decent enough.
Here is his night of pictures.

School is Cool.

Today Alex and Leah both started new schools. Alex started at the Middle School and Leah at a new Elementary. I think I was more nervous than them...
Alex DID NOT want to wear a polo shirt- but I said he had to on his first day- he picked it out when shopping, I reminded him- this might be his school picture shirt too!
He had to have his hair spiked just right and his cool dragon necklace from Venice Beach. I asked him not to squint, but I think he is about done with me taking back to school pictures- and even asked me to hurry so no one would see him as they passed by....my how things have changed- I guess that is the way with 5th grade boys!
Leah was a bit more eager to pose for me...(you love my red door, huh?! 8 coats of paint- yep, 8!!) Anyway, she looks 3rd grade, doesn't she?
She is still into peace signs, so this one was a no brainer for her first day back to school!
Her adorable new backpack from Grandma. Funny side note: we got to her class today and her teacher just bought the lunch tote with the same design! Good taste, huh?!
All decked out and ready for the first day...
Leah waits at the bus stop- which is right across the street from our house- love that!
And off she goes to 3rd grade...
Alex get to ride to school each day- he could walk, but either way, he is on his own! Too big for mom to be involved...He had so much stuff to carry that I actually had to take his supplies over for him later!
Both should be getting home in an hour or so...I am excited to hear all about their first day at new schools- this should be an interesting year!

Summer Comes to a Close

I failed to mention in my last post,that Alex made it home!! Yah!! He had such a blast and he grew- I mean he GREW while he was away! I guess that means he had a wonderful trip. He will post pics on his blog later today and I will link you to it.
This is our last half week before school starts...Thursday is the big day for Alex and Leah. Celeste starts on the 7th. Everything is ready, and so am I!
Truly I am ready for fall....I am ready to settle into a routine and get things going for the beautiful fall season. The windows have been open the last two days and the breeze at night has been heavenly- oh, how I love this time of year! I know it won't last- it's Ohio, right?! We will have a 90 degree day and then have the furnace on the next....right?! Of course!
And can you believe that next week is the first OSU game?! Uh huh. So happy about that- and very excited to wear new buckeye gear that I got this summer!
Today we are going to the pool for the last time this season...bittersweet for all of us. Summer flew by and now the kids are bigger and better and more fun; we are anxious for fall!

April 2011

Yes, I am serious.
Yes, this was planned.
Yes, we are ecstatic.
Yes, we are crazy.
Let the madness begin...

Welcome Home, Alex!!

We are THRILLED that Alex is coming home today!! It has been a LONG 2 weeks!! He has had a great time out in California and I can't wait to hear all his stories and see his pictures! I will be posting them tomorrow. 9pm tonight can't come fast enough!!

Camera or No Camera? That is the question....

Okay, so I am not good with keeping camera's alive...
In the last 4 years, I have gone through 4 of them....
In my defense, not all of them were my fault...
However, I have managed to break them all...
Now my latest one is still at the manufacturer, and I am debating whether or not to pay the $50 to have it fixed...(this is the one that the screen busted while IN a PADDED camera case, INSIDE my purse!) Seriously, it's not me that is hard on them! They just aren't that sturdy and are super easy to damage...however, the nice one I really want would be MUCH HARDER TO BREAK!
I have stated over and over that I really want a SLR camera, and want to learn photography....but 2 things stand in my way...
1- TIME
2-MONEY
Big ones, right?!
BUT, it's what I want!!!!!!
I have been trying to figure out what to do for some time now...
I have scanned for used camera's- I don't even know much about them- and less on how to use all the amazing features, hence the TIME dilemma I have! I have money saved and I could use it to buy a new nice SLR, but I know that my money would be better off in the bank for now, and so I am thinking of just spending the fifty bucks to have mine repaired...even though I said I would not have another point and shoot in this life!
Timing stinks.
But I am lost without a camera- and Alex has mine (um...the first one I broke that barely takes decent pics, but is better than nothing!) and I am longing to post some pics from these last couple of weeks....I don't even have a pic of me on my birthday last week...terrible!
Anyway....

Leavin on a jet plane....

Today Alex left for a 2 week visit to sunny California! Lucky kid.
I am exhausted, first of all...his flight left early this morning...
I didn't sleep, of course...missing his sweet little face all day...even the girls miss him (though I am not sure if he were here they would fess to that!).Cried for a while at 5am...but happy for his chance to do so many fun things.
He arrived safely, that I know...he has a lot he is going to be doing and he is going to be very busy- SO, the girls and I are going to do the same here....
Tonight we are going shopping, and on a date tomorrow to Culver's...lucky girls, I think!
Lucky me, too- one on one time with my girls- I will treasure it.
Alex took the camera with him too- so no new pics for a couple weeks (unless I have been a VERY good girl and get a new one next week for my birthday (hint...hint...) :)