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Thursday, September 11, 2008
Friday, September 5, 2008
Five First Days
After I posted my last entry I couldn't believe that my little ones are in kindergarten and second grade. Kathryn has already had 5 first days of school!! I find that crazy since she is only 7! (Alright - she'll be 8 in less than 3 months). It made me pull out all the old photo discs and search through them all until I was able to find each of her first day of school photos. Here they are:
Things To Do
Ok - so the kids are finally back in school and the chaos of summer days are behind me. I've set some goals for myself for this new school year:
1. I WILL finish painting the wood trim and doors on the second floor of the house. The fact the the blue painters tape has been on there for over a year (ok - closer to 2 years) waiting for me to complete the project causes me some worry: -- Since so much time has passed, the painter's tape may be permanently fused to the wall. Depending on how easily (or not-so-easily) it is removed, I may also have to repaint the walls. Ugh.
2. I WILL clean out and organize my craft room! I'll be sure to put out some advance notice of when I'm starting. Please, if you don't hear from me after a few days - send in the rescue units.
3. I WILL redo the office. With the exception of our bedroom/bath/sitting room, the office is the only room that has not been touched since we moved in over 5 years ago. It was also the only room with wallpaper that didn't make me want to gouge my eyes out. But hey - did it really matter that there was wallpaper - I mean, let's face it, I am currently sitting at a desk that my dear husband bought at a garage sale 11 years ago for $2.00!! I hate to break it to him - but even all the way back then - he got taken!
But before I jump into all those verydreadful exciting tasks, I have but one goal: get up to date with this whole blog thing!!! So...I've finally sat down and unloaded all the pictures from my main camera - all 563 of them. There's Phillies pictures, vacation pictures, first day of school pictures and a ton of kid pictures!! I'm just gonna start throwing some in here every day because these are just too cute not to share!!!
Here's Kat's traditional FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL photo. Eeeks - second grade!!! That makes her the a "big kid" in her school hallway!! Oh - the pride she takes in that! :)
And here's Ethan on his first day of Kindergarten. I'm so grateful that he did not feel any of the anxiety that I was feeling. It was a piece of cake for him! He has afternoon Kindergarten, so I get spend the morning with just him which I really enjoy. We are getting a lot of reading done, and he is becoming quite a savvy Uno player!!!
1. I WILL finish painting the wood trim and doors on the second floor of the house. The fact the the blue painters tape has been on there for over a year (ok - closer to 2 years) waiting for me to complete the project causes me some worry: -- Since so much time has passed, the painter's tape may be permanently fused to the wall. Depending on how easily (or not-so-easily) it is removed, I may also have to repaint the walls. Ugh.
2. I WILL clean out and organize my craft room! I'll be sure to put out some advance notice of when I'm starting. Please, if you don't hear from me after a few days - send in the rescue units.
3. I WILL redo the office. With the exception of our bedroom/bath/sitting room, the office is the only room that has not been touched since we moved in over 5 years ago. It was also the only room with wallpaper that didn't make me want to gouge my eyes out. But hey - did it really matter that there was wallpaper - I mean, let's face it, I am currently sitting at a desk that my dear husband bought at a garage sale 11 years ago for $2.00!! I hate to break it to him - but even all the way back then - he got taken!
But before I jump into all those very
Here's Kat's traditional FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL photo. Eeeks - second grade!!! That makes her the a "big kid" in her school hallway!! Oh - the pride she takes in that! :)
And here's Ethan on his first day of Kindergarten. I'm so grateful that he did not feel any of the anxiety that I was feeling. It was a piece of cake for him! He has afternoon Kindergarten, so I get spend the morning with just him which I really enjoy. We are getting a lot of reading done, and he is becoming quite a savvy Uno player!!!
This is Ethan waiting outside of school on his first day of Kindergarten. On either side of 
him are his two best friends, Hunter and David. We live in 3 houses right in a row, and their mothers are two of my closest friends. They have basically grown up together as brothers. As luck would have it they were all placed in the same Kindergarten class. I know for a fact that we all warned the school, but apparently they didn't take us seriously. Silly, silly school.
him are his two best friends, Hunter and David. We live in 3 houses right in a row, and their mothers are two of my closest friends. They have basically grown up together as brothers. As luck would have it they were all placed in the same Kindergarten class. I know for a fact that we all warned the school, but apparently they didn't take us seriously. Silly, silly school.Thursday, August 14, 2008
Hallmark...Schmallmark
Happy Birthday to you! (chachacha)
Happy Birthday to you! (chachacha)
Happy Birthday, dear Aunt Amy!
Happy Birthday to you!! (chachacha)
(Kat felt the chachacha was necessary in the song!!!) 
The kids (as well as many of the neighbors driving by) got a big kick out of doing a "driveway-sized" card!! They are now COVERED in chalkdust so I'll be sending them out in the sprinklers shortly! :)
I hope you are having a peaceful, relaxing, perfect birthday!!!! It's a beautiful day to do absolutely NOTHING!!!! Sit back, put your feet up, and enjoy your family, life and loves!!!
The kids (as well as many of the neighbors driving by) got a big kick out of doing a "driveway-sized" card!! They are now COVERED in chalkdust so I'll be sending them out in the sprinklers shortly! :)I hope you are having a peaceful, relaxing, perfect birthday!!!! It's a beautiful day to do absolutely NOTHING!!!! Sit back, put your feet up, and enjoy your family, life and loves!!!
I'm sending you a bigger than "driveway-sized" birthday hug and kiss!!! Love you!!!!!!!
********* muuuuaaaahhhhh!!!! ********
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Two words: I ROCK!!
Ok - the nursery is DONE!!! For all you visitors who have no idea what I am talking about, I'll do a quick recap: My brother (T) and sister-in-law (Chris) had their 3rd child, Tyler, about 4 months ago. They are moving the 2 girls into a room together and giving Tyler the other room. Obviously it was decorated very pretty...for a girl. Not so good for a boy. I decided, thanks to a very vivid dream I had a while back, to redo the room as a surprise. Thankfully Chris spends long stretches down the shore, so I knew I would have about 2 weeks to get it all done. I got the OK from my brother, who was oh-so-grateful not to have to do it himself. The rest was up to me, my husband (who graciously came over one afternoon and helped me by rolling the walls - that's usually his job at our house - I cut in, he rolls - it's a system that works well for us), and my children (who were bored out of their minds for 2-3 hours everyday for 2 weeks!!!) T and Chris already had the bedding - Penn State. Honestly, I didn't even know they made college bedding for babies, but since T and Chris are both PSU grads, if anyone could find it - they could! :) Anyway - since I knew the theme, I just had to go from there. I went with collegiate strips, and then decided to take the Nittany Lion on a "walk" around the whole room. Then I scavenged through their house for final touches. The results: FANTASTIC!!! She should be home in less than an hour and I CAN'T wait!! Hopefully she likes it, because I'm off the clock!! :)
Monday, July 7, 2008
Gone Fishin'
Well, it's my first blog post!! Bear with me as I try and figure out the whole text/photo layout thing - I'm a newbie here!! :)
On our way we tried to warn the kids that there was a pretty good chance that we would not see any fish. I didn't want to discourage them, but I also didn't want them to be too disappointed if the day was a bust. Oh, how terribly wrong I was!!! My little anglers caught 9 fish!!! Their favorite part, however, was not catching them, but throwing them back in the water and watching them swim away! Actually, I think Ethan's favorite part was digging through the tub of dirt and pulling out the "perfect" worm whenever bait was needed. :)
Since I'm posting for the first time, I thought it would only be appropriate to share with you another first for the day: We took the kids fishing!! Really, honestly - they are 7 and 5 and they have NEVER been fishing! Much of that might have to do with the fact that I hate to get wet (always a 
risk factor when fishing), I'm terrified of fish (remind me to tell you stories of me water skiing on the Delaware River back when I was as blind as a bat), and I'm not a huge fan of bugs or worms (both of which are pretty unavoidable). Anyhoo - I suppose the children were pretty tired of casting their Spongebob Fishing Rods in the middle of the backyard, so we figured we might as well give it a try. (Not to mention the fact that trying to entertain the kids for the day at the movies or bowling or miniature golf costs no less than $40.00, but a tub of worms is $2.50 at the 7-11!! :)
risk factor when fishing), I'm terrified of fish (remind me to tell you stories of me water skiing on the Delaware River back when I was as blind as a bat), and I'm not a huge fan of bugs or worms (both of which are pretty unavoidable). Anyhoo - I suppose the children were pretty tired of casting their Spongebob Fishing Rods in the middle of the backyard, so we figured we might as well give it a try. (Not to mention the fact that trying to entertain the kids for the day at the movies or bowling or miniature golf costs no less than $40.00, but a tub of worms is $2.50 at the 7-11!! :)
On our way we tried to warn the kids that there was a pretty good chance that we would not see any fish. I didn't want to discourage them, but I also didn't want them to be too disappointed if the day was a bust. Oh, how terribly wrong I was!!! My little anglers caught 9 fish!!! Their favorite part, however, was not catching them, but throwing them back in the water and watching them swim away! Actually, I think Ethan's favorite part was digging through the tub of dirt and pulling out the "perfect" worm whenever bait was needed. :)
With the exception of the time that I tried to cast Kathryn's rod and I accidentally let go of it and threw it about 15 feet up river into a mess of weeds and whatnot (sorry Brett!), it was a perfect day. Not only that, but I actually touched both worms and fish today!!! We did, however, have to call it quits when the number of ticks we found outnumbered us. I mean, really, I had already dealt with my dislike of water, fish and worms - it was a bit excessive to ask me to handle bugs as well! :)
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