Our Playmobil Toy Surprise

Bear bought this toy for Jenna...we thought the box was heavy! LOL Look what was inside!
A Simon prize!!!!

I like how devious he looks here!

First Day!

My cingular bars LOL!

My first grader!

My fourth grader!
A great day for both girls...the bus did get lost but they finally got them here.

Back in the swing

Abby's room before paint

Jenna and Kate's room with drying paint! Our new disc swing

Daddy's helper!



The new house!

Well we are finally back to normal around here. Of course it's just in time to start a new routine. School starts on the 25th and the open house is next thursday. The girls are excited to go back but not looking forward to getting up early again! We have first day outfits, new sneakers, and full backpacks. I'm still hunting for one thing off of each of their lists. A white folder for Abby and an index card box that she can actually open herself for Jenna. White folders seem to be like unicorns around here. I'm not super sure who makes up the class lists but evidently they know where to buy the white folders LOL!
We are continually doing things around the house. I am allowing myself to let some of it lie so that we can do some fun stuff before the school year starts. We did get Jenna and Kate's room painted and most of their decorations hung. We have painted Abby's room but need a second coat because the old owners thought orange was a great bedroom color and the white that Abby wanted isn't covering it too well.
Mark is waging a war against the weeds, trees and bees. We are losing the tree and weed war but the bee war is going alright. There are more dead ones that alive.
I went to a baby shower for Kelly (Andy's wife) recently. It was fun! They got all sorts of cool presents. Talking to the other moms was neat and the video shower was certainly a first for me. I'm starting to be the one that has the oldest kids now. I know when Katie does her activities I am usually the one with the oldest kids.
Abby is taking ballet, jazz and modern this year. Tuition is roughly a mortgage payment and that does not include recital stuff. I guess it could be worse. She could want a horse.
Jenna decided on violin lessons and they start in September. I really hope she likes it because she is so excited!
Katie goes back and forth between gymnastics and ballet. It depends on the day. I'm most likely going to sign her up for gymnastics first and do ballet later in the year.