With September came the first day of school.
Doesn't James look happy on his first day of 7th grade? I think so. They others were probably happy on the first day of school too. Too bad I forgot to take pictures!
Favorite after school snack: Ants on a Yacht- You might ask "why a yacht?" Because we're too fancy for logs.
Here's Gary after a LONG day of church meetings. He probably fell asleep reading to one of the kids and they just abandoned him there. He's pretty darn cute, don't you think? This may be the only recent picture I have of him. Sorry Hubbycakes!
I painted the kitchen cabinets and the wall. I didn't think of taking a BEFORE picture until AFTER. Timing is everything, I guess. The cabinets used to be mustard yellow with white trim and there was green paint and wallpaper above, a French street, I think. After 4 years here, I thought it was time to make it my own. Still not sure I like the shade of blue I chose, but it's an improvement.
I made this massive wall thing of all of James' cub scout awards- and left half of it blank. I wanted to make sure it looked like there was plenty of room for the boy scout stuff. (Motivating? We'll see) So then I figured, I could make something like that of my own. It's a lot smaller- a 5x7 frame. You may or may not recognize some of these pendants and pins: bronze and silver medals in American Social Dancing, YW medallions, my Girls Camp Tree, a blood donor pin from the Red Cross, and the Gospel in Action award.
The kids and I went to see a 2 man play at the library. It was based on Prince Caspian. They called kids out of the audience and Mia got chosen. There she is in the bunny ears. She got to be in the battle to save Narnia or something like that. It was cute! Was I freaked out that she was wearing SOMEONE ELSE'S head band. YES. But I am just freaky like that- I fully admit I have a phobia of head lice.
Rachel and I were out shopping one day and we found this old fashioned sleigh. It was in a random place and so of course, we had to take a picture with it. So cute!
One day, Rachel was feeling crafty, so she made herself a paper sister and dressed it in one of her costumes. She loved it so much. She buckled it in the car and everything. Then when she abandoned it, I thumbtacked it to my laundry room wall. That's where my favorite kid art goes. (That's because the kids always knocked it off the fridge and it was not fun to always be rehanging things, but I digress.) So one day, she came in to help with the laundry and she was horrified "Why did you nail my sister to the wall?!" she cried. Whoops! I hadn't meant to traumatize anyone.
Here it is! This one was going to be a post of it's own, once upon a time. I was moving the fridge for my painting project (see above) when I found the little stick that goes in this frog (it makes a ribbit sound if you rub the stick on the back.) It had been missing for at least 2 years. So, what once was lost, now was found! Come rejoice with me! I felt like that lady in the bible that finds her lost coin and calls the neighbors to celebrate. You all just got a late invitation to the party.
