Harper Starts Kindergarten

My Sassy little Harper started Kindergarten this year.  She is having a blast meeting new friends, sitting at her table and choosing just the right towel to take with her everyday.  She is a trooper but Harper does miss her sleep.  She is the last one up in the morning and usually the first to go to sleep at night.  

Harper's stories are the best.  She comes home and tells everyone about '50's day or pumpkin carving or a little boy who got in trouble.  She does cry when her teacher is out and she has a substitute.  

Harper, you are rocking out kindergarten.  Let's go get a small towel packed int your bookbag. 

C turns 2

When did my baby get to be 2 years old?  The blond hair, blue eyed (I have no idea where THAT came from) adorable child is keeping us on our toes.  C is very sweet, loves to cuddle, and also will use her finger nails to cut you if she doesn't get her way.  I am constantly hearing the kids saying "no hurting CC!" They are very sweet to her and take care of her even though she is...learning to be so mean.

C, there are a couple of cool things you do now that you are two:

1. When you say yes, you actually say "Yesh." It is so cute.

2. You say "no" to almost everything we ask you.

3. You can put on your own shoes.

4. You love jackets.

5. You love to sleep in. 

6. You are a very cool kid. 

The perks of being #4

C, you have got it good.  One of the perks of being number 4 is having all these great siblings to take care of you.  William and Abby can both get you out of the crib when your nap is over or when I want to sleep in and you want to get up.  Your older siblings didn't have this luxury.  Harper plans fun games with you all the time.  Count your blessing C.  I can count 3 major ones. 

We can always eat rice

I am not going to lie, dinner is hard these days.  Abby and Will are not really into eating anything that is not junk.  Harper is a good eater but needs lots of attention.  Most of the time, she would like that attention from my lap.  But that is not available because I am running around, mopping up one huge spill or another.  C likes to feed herself, even if it is hard for her little 1 and a half year old chubby hands.  Tonight she was after the rice directly from the rice bowl.  Kids, get your rice now because most of it is going to be either gooey or on the floor in a minute.

Let's go see a parade!

Last weekend, we went to visit Shay-Shay in Wilmington.  We all love Shay-Shay's house for many different reasons:
Abby and Harper love Shay's three dogs.  The dogs aren't so thrilled with Abby and Harper.
I love the collection of Star magazines.  And the time to read them.
Will loves the pop-tarts.
C is not so sure about the dogs, the magazines or the pop tarts but she is game.

This visit we also got to go see a parade.  For a free event, it sure did cost me a lot of money for the hot dogs, snow cones, fries and lemonade.  These little faces are worth it.

Hair cuts for all of you

Pre Hair cuts

My big girls have so much hair.  Their hair is usually very tangled.  When it is brushed, it is so beautiful.  When it is not brushed, which is most of the time, the girls look a bit...well...homeless.  

After more than one awful hair brushing session, Matt was over it.  He took the girls and got their hair cut off.  The hair cut only took a few minutes but the pre cut hair brushing took almost 30 minutes.

I love, love, love the new cuts.  I look at them and notices that we had given them my hair cut.  Meet my two mini mes.  

we all have the same hair cut

Happy 9th Birthday Will!

I can't believe Will is 9.  He is still my sweet little boy, but he is almost up to my shoulder.  He is tough, has lots of questions and remembers everything (like things he heard about the Ukraine on NPR three days ago).  If you catch him at just the right moment, he will give me a hug or sit next to me on the couch.  Most of the time he is to grown or busy for that. 

For Will's birthday, we took a group of boys to see Sherman and Peabody.  The boys sat in the row in front of me and Matt, only acknowledging that we were there when they needed more popcorn.  We also took Harper and Abby.  Harper got to be in the picture.