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I will say that after we got this Tigger one on, we had a REALLY hard time getting her back out of it. It’s a good thing we took a picture because I told her we can’t put that one back on again!

Can we just take a moment and appreciate how gorgeous and curly her hair is here?  Sigh.  So lovely.  She had just been playing in the water outside…

We had our floor sanded and re-stained this summer.  They are gorgeous.

I didn’t know I would like it so much.  But now that they are done, I just love the new color.  It really helps break up the sea of yellow that we had going (yellow floors, yellow cabinets, yellow stools and yellow trim.  Although I think the real color would be called oak not yellow.  hehe..)

We also asked a friend of our to help swap out our yellow oak trim and start the process of changing it to white.  It will take a while to get the whole house done, but he helped this past month and we have he has done the whole main floor done. It looks so nice and crisp–another thing I didn’t know I would love as much as I do!  He even replaced the window sills which helps make the rooms so much brighter.

And I especially love it in my studio next to the piano.  Soooo pretty…

And how it pops against the darker floors now…

And as an added bonus this process has forced me to dust and clean areas of the house I haven’t touched since we moved in.  I mean, I wasn’t as keen on that as it was happening… extra work for me!… but now that it’s done I can say it was worth it.  Yippie!

Levi turned 2 last week (on the 13th).  He really wasn’t aware that it was his Birthday, so we didn’t do much.  Although we did let him open a couple of gifts and we sang to him.  Actually, the singing part was super cute, because he sang along with us the whole time and then after we stopped singing he kept holding the last note for a really long time.  He thought it was super funny.  (And so did we!)

He had his well child checkup as well and is perfectly healthy and normal.  I’ve pulled up the stats of all the other kids at 2 and for your comparison enjoyment, here they are:

We were walking through Target the other day and he saw this Mario stuffed toy and thought it was so fun.  He kept saying “Mario!” so I let him hold it for a little bit.  I love how he’s hugging it.  I also love how it’s almost as big as him.

Well, Hello there!

Miss me?

I know, I know… this summer was a TERRIBLE attempt at trying to keep up with my site. I posted very few times.  I’m too ashamed to even go back and count the number of posts.  Let’s just say… it wasn’t many.

But we’ve made it through.  It was a fun, but crazy and full summer. I didn’t have much time to myself.  Actually, I didn’t have any time to myself.  There was always a kid around, which is a fun change of pace… for a while.  I found myself feeling a bit suffocated by kids by the time August rolled around.  Luckily we had my Family’s renuion to break that month up and then we got back and prepared for school to start.  So, August whizzed by.

And now, it’s September 20th.  The kids have been in school officially 2 weeks today.  Last week I was still stressed out trying to get everything I was supposed to have done over the summer done (which I did NOT get done, by the way) and then start teaching and start having the nannies come and keep the house in order and remember to make suppers again earlier in the day.

But we’re finally starting to get into a groove.  This week I’ve actually had a few minutes to myself to practice some piano and even get my BSF done.  Say Wha!?  I know!   I’ve started walking again with a friend on M,W,F mornings right after the kids get on the bus and I’m finding that really improved my day–it’s so nice to get some fresh air, move my body and have some gal-talk time.

So.  My plan is now to try and get back into the groove of writing a little every weekday.  I’ve given up hope of writing on the weekends long ago.  That just doesn’t work here.  I have a bunch of pictures I want to post, so maybe I’ll just start unloading those day by day.

Before I go… how about a picture?  The other day I started cooking and noticed a Bible verse in my egg carton!  It made me smile.

Ok, one more.  This time it will actually have a person in the picture…  Here is Maddie enjoying sitting by the fire, er… well, sitting by the remains of a burned up Christmas tree… She was so amazed to watch it go up in flames.  A friend of ours had us over for a “Christmas Tree burning” since they had 4 or 5 to burn.  It was quite impressive!

Yup.  She finally was brave enough to get her ears pierced!

It was her Birthday present, but she REALLY wanted to get it done sooner so she could start wearing fun earring in the school year, so we went in this week.

She was very anxious about it, but there were no tears (yay!).  She chose purple studs and is thrilled with how different she looks.  😉

Today = pictures!

Tomorrow = more details…

I was getting the kids into the car the other day and I hear Maddie say, Look at me!  I’m adorable!

This is what I turned around to see…

I’ve lost track of which pictures I’ve posted from earlier this summer and which I haven’t… so I apologize if this is a duplicate.  But it’s cute enough to share again.

Chloe left yesterday to her annual trip to Big Sandy Camp with her cousins.  She was anxious this year, but I know she’ll have a wonderful time.  I can’t wait to hear all about her stories and adventures.

Josiah is already lonely without her… 🙂

And let’s face it, I miss her too.  She is super helpful.

Something has happened in Chloe over this summer–she has gone from being a big sister to being a responsible big sister.  I mean she was always pretty responsible, but now she can play with Levi and Maddie and take care of them if they need help.  They’ll often come to her when they are in need and she is (usually) more patient to oblige these days.  It’s fun to watch her mature.  She’s really taking ownership of being the oldest.