Now I can breathe...

After wondering all summer who my kids had for teachers the wait is over. They posted the lists on the doors of the school. I am so happy all the hard work of writing letters this past spring paid off. Ian who says he is going to Mrs. Forrest and not kindergarten has gotten his wish and mine. Yahoo cartwheels all around for that!!!! Connor got Mrs. Moore and his best friend so he is a happy boy. And Corrin had her heart set on having Mrs. Garrett and she got her. She also got 2 friends and so that makes her happy since last time not one of her friends was in her class. However her teacher does have breast cancer so we will be putting in overtime praying for her healing. Now I just hope that I can help out during the times that Kolette is in Preschool so i don't have to miss being with her. I thank the good Lord for blessing my kids with great teachers. God is good all the time God is good!

From the mouths of babes...

Yesterday I was getting ready to just go to the store. Told the kids to get shoes on and all that jazz. Anyhow Kolette happened to be wearing a dress up ballet dress. I really didn't care as long as she got shoes on we were just getting bread. This is what Ian had to say:

Ian: No one is going to know Kolette belongs to you

Me: Why?

Ian: She is wearing a dress up dress

Me: Her face is clean, her hair is combed it is ok they will know she belongs to us

Ian: I don't think so

Hmmm sure makes you wonder s/times

Then Kolette says we should have tomato sauce to eat b/c it's Connor's favorite. He hates all things tomato. He objects and she lets out a laugh just like this: MwaHAHAHA! No joke. That girl is quite the tease. Cracks me up how much they know how to annoy the other.

Hot August Nights

Connor and Kolette were so tired after walking all day they took a break while daddy talked cars again!
Corrin is always willing with a piggy back ride. Ian was the lucky one this time.
I was excited to find a car as bright as the kids shirts. The very idea of having the kids blending in in such a crowded place drove me mad. So thanks to my friends Scott and Buffy these "Can you see me now" Harley davidson shirts are just the right thing. I heard comments everywhere we went about their shirts and how people liked them. I am sooooooooooo not a fan of crowds it makes me almost sick. So holding hands and bright shirts makes me relax. We did have a great time but I was so glad to be home.

Just a few more pictures

My Sweet Silly Girls
My sweet Connor Donovan who looks a bit like a Jack o lantern
My sweet Sunshine boy Ian Nicholas and his killer blue eyes
Dang this girl is growing up WAY too fast. My Corrin

My boys
Love that all their personalities show thru in this picture
Sweetness and silliness all wrapped in a cute little Kolette package

Sick kiddos

Just a quick note. For myself I wish I didn't need a kid puking on my carpet to get me to shampoo the carpet. However it looks just lovely. Well it looked lovely till Kolette decided to puke on it. I guess 2 kids down 2 to go and 2 adults. Bummer is we have plans to go to Reno for Hot August Nights. We NEVER go on vacation except for camping usually once a year after twisting Donnie's arm. But we have paid for the hotel and it is non-refundable now so Lord willing no one else gets sick. I am still confused that it is summer and we are sick. Hopefully this winter we will be extra healthy but w/a kindergartner this year I am not holding my breath. It seems like a breeding ground when they go to school and 5 yr olds are not so great at covering coughs or wiping their noses. However my kids are VERY trained but their mom is a bit on the overboard side of it all.

Hope everyone else has a healthy rest of the summer!

Life is good...

I have been trying to gradually get the kids school stuff bit by bit. Last week I got Corrin and Connor shoes. This week I took just Ian and Kolette to get shoes. Kolette just cracks me up. For one she is my clone in looks and one of these days I will figure out how to scan in pics and prove it. This is some of what she said to me in the car.

Kolette: Mama when you were my age how old were you?

Me: I was the same exact age as you almost 4

Kolette: Wow

or

Kolette: When I was a baby was I cute?

Me: You were a beautiful baby and I dressed you all in pink

Kolette: But was I cute?

Me: Yes you were cute

I guess the point is to only answer what is asked of you

Ian is on the other hand much quieter and quite the gentleman. We stopped at Costco for a snack and I split a piece of cheese pizza for them. Kolette was devouring hers and dropped part of it on the floor. Ian offered to let her eat some of his. Days like this make my heart hurt b/c it is so sweet. But I am also aware soon it will be me and Kolette only doing the shopping runs. Bittersweet. Ian is so excited for school so I am glad for him being happy about the change. However he doesn't think he is going to Kindergarten he says he is going to Mrs. Forrest. Silly boy but I guess since the lovely lady has been in his life since he was 17 mos so I can see his point. Now he just needs to get her for a teacher and it will all be perfect:o)

Winning and Losing...

Went to the fair today against my better judgment. It was 109 when we left Nyssa right before 7pm. Yikes that is WAY too hot. So anyhow we start walking thru the fair and I wanted to check out the photography section. A few days ago the day before the fair opened my mom calls me. She wanted me to enter my picture I took of Jaeson holding his bride Emily in one hand while she stood in it. I posted it a few posts ago. Anyhow I argued w/her that it wasn't clear enough. She said it was fine and I should enter it. So I relented and told her I would order the print but she had to pick it up and put it in. Yes I am a heel. So I checked it out and I got 3rd place! I know that isn't huge but there were pictures that I thought were better/clearer and they didn't get anything. So I am happy and next year will be intentional and put one in myself like a big girl.

Now for the Losing part of this whole ordeal. We were walking thru the barns and ran into my good friend. We sat and chatted for a bit while Ian and Kolette were playing w/her 5 yr old. All the sudden we look and they are no where to be found. We look close by and they are GONE! Panic sunk in and she sent her son to look, Donnie and Corrin went one direction and Kenda and I went the other way. NO SIGN of them anywhere!!!!! This is a 3 yr old and 2 5 yr olds. Yikes!!!! So Kenda gets a call and the kids are back some lady brought them back. Scare the crap out of me. Anyhow I lectured Kolette and Ian good and they were both very sad and I hope I got thru to them. I told them s/one will take them home and be mean to them and I will never see them again. No one will love them like their mommy and daddy will. They are so priceless all of them sure makes you panic. Not to mention you are stuck wanting to beat them and hug them all at the same time. Grr... but they are little and they are acting like it. Leashes sound really good right now. but let me tell you they never left my side after that.

Thank the Lord He was watching over all 3 of those precious kids.