This pretty much sums up how I feel about this summer....

The summer is really flying....

I can't believe that it is already July. Of course June was packed so it went by really quickly.
It's hard to believe that I am already thinking about school.
Today I called the school where Doug & Andy will be going to kindergarten. I was hoping they would still have a K-1 class as they did last year so that Doug & Andy could be in that class. Unfortunately they do not have the students to have that class next year, but it did give me the opportunity to talk to the principal on the phone.
She asked me about Doug & Andy and what their needs and strengths were. I definitely said that I needed a teacher who will push my kids and who understands imagination.

Day Out with Thomas!

Thomas came to a railroad near us! We went with Nana and Pop, and Jim's brother, his wife, and their daughter.

Busy Summer

How can summer be busier than the school year...
We have:

• been attending a summer enrichment camp
• been to vacation bible school
• taken swim lessons
• played with friends
• done a little bit of traveling

Preschool Dress-up day

Now that preschool is over I getting around to posting these. They had a week of "circus" stuff and one of the days was a dress-up day. This is one of the harder dress-up days because unless you have a little girl in dance there are not really clothes that fit the theme that are likely to already be in your closet.
So one day Andy went as the ringmaster wearing his dress shirt, daddy's bow tie and a mustache added with my eye liner. The other dress-up day I went to a local costume shop and found $1 masks. Due to the fact that I did not want to drag the children in to the store (which had TONS of stuff everywhere) and I did not want fighting over which animal they were going to be I forced all of them to be circus ponies. However, they all had a great time with the circus pony masks and the mean mommy was forgiven.

Museum fun

A museum near my in-laws had an animatronics (no idea how to spell this....) dinosaur exhibit. The kids were a little wary at first but quickly got over any concerns.

The Redneck PMS pack

I think she was packing for an epic journey

In case you are wondering... if you allow a just barely three year old to pack her own clothes for a four day trip here is what you get

• 10 pairs of underwear
  
• 8 shirts
• 6 shorts
• 2 pairs of long pants
• 5 dresses
• and no fewer than 15 pairs of socks

Oh, and apparently she did not plan on sleeping because there were no pajamas to be found in the bag.

If you'd been a fly on the wall....

Me: Josie what shape do you want your cake...a circle or a rectangle?
Josie: Pink
Me: No, what shape. Circle or rectangle?
Josie: Pink
Me: It can be pink. I want to know what shape the cake should be.
Josie: Triangle
Me: Uhh....(thinking- I can do that, but what in the world will I put it in or on or cover it with....)
Me: How about heart shaped?
Josie: Yeah, sure.

Birthday Party!

Here are a few pictures from the party this weekend. Andy had an angel food cake to make strawberry short cake. Josie's cake was chocolate and Doug's cake was "golden vanilla." We had it at a park and it was for all three kids. It went great! Kids played on the play equipment. We had plenty to eat and drink. We had crafts, bubbles, side walk chalk, and a treasure hunt. The only hitch was not being able to get the candles to light and I had to re-hide some treasure hunt clues that the kids found early.
Then we went home and crashed for a few hours.