1st day of school AGAIN

Yesterday was Sunshine and Buttercups first day at their new schools. They both did exceedingly well. I on the other hand was a nervous wreck all day. The new school meant big changes for Sunshine who went from half day kindergarten to full day and also experienced his fist bus ride. He was thrilled by both changes and woke up early this morning ready to ride the bus to school and eat breakfast there. He is loving eating "like a big kid" in the cafeteria and going to p.e, art and computer lab. He is as you can tell from the picture missing his nap a little and fell fast asleep today when he got home. I am so feel so much better now that I know they are both settling in well. Buttercup is adjusting well also and that is the best news, as I was worried about her changing schools at such an awkward time in her life. Lets face it 7th grade is bad enough without the added stress of moving. Luckily for her (and me) she is not like me and adjusts easily to change and makes friends well. So for now all is well here. We are settling in to our new routines and environment, the boxes are dwindling, it is starting to feel like home, and my darling hubby got the t.v. working in time for the much awaited Grey's Anatomy season premiere tonight!!

Packing,cleaning.painting...

That is exactly what has been going on around here. Luckily for us we have wonderful friends and family to help!! It seems like the work is never ending and even on the eve of our move I am overwhelmed with a giant to do list. It is a lot of work to move a family of six, like they say it takes a village. I just wanted to take a minute to say thank you to the "village" of people who have been or will be helping us out. We appreciate each one of you so much and we are so blessed to have you in or lives. Because of you crises have been over-ted, walls have been painted, windows cleaned and Buttercup now has a bright pink and green room!! Thank you all so much!!

Grandpa will you read to me?

My mother's parents dies when I was fairly young and I didn't get to spend much time with my other grandparents so it is a joy that my children have the opportunity to see their grandparents at least once a week. When I catch moments like this one with Bulldog and my dad, it thrills me. My children are so blessed to have grandparents that spend lots of time with them. My children have the greatest grandparents in the world. I know that they will always have plenty of fond memories of time spent with all their grandparents and that is a treasure for us all.

I heart faces "Contemplative"

Photo revisited

A few months ago my friend over at GreyGillFish took this sweet picture of Bulldog. I never posted it but I love it. I was playing with it today and decided to post a few edits of it today. I think he looks so angelic in this picture and of course his eyes are impeccable. It is one of those pictures that I liked in the beginning but it has grown to become one of my favorites the more I see it.

Fix it Friday

original

Fix 1
Fix 2

I love "fixing" pictures from this site. It is so much fun. I used photoshop cs4.

Kindergarten is tougher than I remember

You can't see it that well in this picture but poor Sunshine came home today with a whopper of a black eye. He says he hurt it on a pole on the playground. I thought I had until at least 3rd grade before the black eyes started. I was a little upset that they took him to the office put ice on him, and when I picked him up they didn't say anything and there was no note explaining his injury. I am not a helicopter mom or anything but I thought they could have at least acknowledged he got hurt. Oh well, one thing I am sure of is there are many more black eyes in our future.

Giving Dads everywhere a bad rap

I watched Dateline last night featuring Jon Gosslin. I have always watched and liked Jon and Kate plus 8 and of course I have a kind of sick curiosity about their crumbling marriage. So I was interested to see how he would justify his new life of partying, a new 20 year old girlfriend etc. Well just as I suspected he was full of excuses and none of them made him seem like a good guy in any way. He is the perfect example of why the court system looks down on fathers. He left his wife and kids to party and sleep around, and he thinks he is justified because his wife was "mean to him". I am not saying that she (kate) is a saint and I sure she is difficult to live with but you don't see her out partying at all hours of the night, or on vacation in France without her kids, or on television bashing her children s father. She has been very careful to be polite and respectful of him in public. He on the other hand has taken low road and he should be ashamed of himself, he is humiliating his children and looking like a total jerk in the process. Okay I am better now just needed to vent that a little. What a total loser.

A little time off

Roasting marshmallows is always fun
But eating them is better!!




So deep in the midst of packing we decided to stop for an afternoon and relax. So we visited Nana E and our dear friends itsspelledmaguire. We had a great time and it was nice to be away from our crazy, packed up house for a few hours. The kids had a great time inventing new games with croquet mallets, horseshoes and paddle ball paddles at Nana E's. There is always plenty of fun to had there thats for sure. Then it was on to the Maguire's for a hotdog roast and smores!! More fun there playing with our favorite little girls, running in the country air and of course getting filthy and sandy!! It was a fun night, we are truly blessed to have such great friends and family!!

I Heart Faces-Fix it Friday

The original

My edits

Used photoshop and portrait filter.