Lately

Good morning!  Today is a BIG day around here.  I'm up extra early.  Didn't sleep at all last night.  My big boy Alexander is starting Kindergarten this morning and he's ready and excited!  I'm ready and nervous that I forgot to give pack him something.  Schools really don't do well at preparing first time parents sending their kids off to a full day of school.  How do I even drop him off?!  Do I get a pass and walk him all the way to his classroom?  Do I drop him off at the front door and hope he finds his way?!  Oh boy.  It's going to be an interesting start to the year.

Lately,

I'm obsessed with this candle from Bath and Body Works.  It may not be September yet, but I've had the smell of pumpkin spice for a week.  So ready for hoodies and chilly nights!

We finished the living room.  I'm at a loss at what to do with the mantle/fireplace area.  I've already taken all that down and replaced it with our Mr. Skins collection from Yankee Candle.  I think I'm going to keep the mantle seasonal?  I didn't feel the picture looked right there (too small and it's a 16x20).

We kicked the kids outside one afternoon to ride their 4-wheeler's. 

The next day as Nick and I were putting the basement area together, we set up the pool right outside the door so we could work and keep an eye on those rambunctious kids.  It worked perfectly.  They played for three hours!

Towards the end of them playing, Xander starting putting his head under the (grass filled) water.  Big thing here!  This boy HATES water on his face!

We couldn't end our day without an injury.  Somehow Sterling's big toenail was half off and bleeding everywhere.  I convinced her she needed to lay on her bed to give her toe a break.  Really, so she would take a break!  Ha!

Hoodies and chilly nights?  Why not Christmas movies too?!

Thursday night we had Kindergarten open house.  

So handsome.  So ready!

After the open house, Sterling and I ran some errands and came across an ice cream truck.  Sure, why not have a Tweety Bird ice cream?!

Xander also put his first big boy puzzle together all by himself!  He's always done the puzzles with bigger pieces, but he's moving on to the regular sized puzzles.

After showers we played Giggle Wiggle.  Sterling's mastered it and is quick!  She loves it and wants to play everyday.

We had a lot of very ripe bananas so I made our favorite banana muffins.  So yummy and moist!

The kids have really been big helpers around the house since moving here.   As we were sweeping up the kitchen after dinner, Xander was dancing around the broom and the top of the stick stuck him in the eye pretty hard.  I was SO worried he'd have a black eye on his first day of school.  But, he won't!

Nick and I played 5 second rule.  You have to name three things in less than 5 seconds.  I think to much so this was a challenge for me.  Nick, he spit things out quick!

Story time just got easier!  We love to read in this house, but since moving here, it's taken a back burner.  The kids loved this.  And I was able to put away things that had been waiting to get put away.   

 

Sterling and I are going shopping today.  We need to get a few stands and decor items.  She hates shopping so this shall be interesting!

Have a great day!