Teeth

J lost his fourth tooth this week.  As you can see, his new teeth are already popping through.

Summer, Where did you go?

So Summer break has come and gone and all I can think is "Where did it go?"  As you may recall, the boys and I made a ginormous Summer Bucket List.  I'd like to say that our summer flew by as we busily accomplished all the great adventures on that list.  Unfortunately, that was not the case.  We spent lots of time doing very ordinary things like reading books, watching TV, and swimming at our neighborhood pools.  We did have some adventures including swim lessons, a trip to the beach with my family, a week of drama camp for J, a visit from our friends in Austin, a week of soccer camp for both boys, and a two week visit that included time with family in both Virginia and Ohio.  In between these bigger adventures, we did have some fun doing a little painting and t-shirt making and a few other crafty adventures.  I even did a little tiny bit of knitting, but not much--just wasn't inspired to knit this summer.  But mostly, we just hung out.  Hopefully soon I'll catch up on my photo uploading and will share a few here.  Until then, happy 1st day of school!

J's First Day of 1st Grade

Summer Bucket List

Here's the "bucket list" that the boys and I made for this summer.  Do you think we'll do them all?

 

And yes, that is a dog hair on three of the four lists.  Got to love the perks of pet ownership :).

What we've been up to...

J had his Kindergarten performance at school on May 10th.  The boys were weeds and the girls were flowers.

Mother's Day Tea with N at preschool

 

A Mother's Day photo shoot with N and J at the park

A bonus photo of silliness with B and the boys

We also threw N's 4th birthday party (water balloons at the park) that day.

Later that week, we celebrated with M&M and sprinkle cookies at school on N's actual birthday.

The next day was N's last day of school and another party. (No picture)

That weekend, N had his last Soccer Shots class with Coach Ducky.

The next week J had his end of season soccer party and got his trophy.

That week J's class performed "Caribbean Amphibian" at the school morning assembly.

Memorial Day weekend we went on our first family camping trip.  We went fishing and I caught a fish.

The boys were very excited about sleeping in a tent.

The next week was J's last week of Kindergarten.  Here he is on his last day of school.

A little bit of beginning of summer awesomeness :).

Right after school ended, we began swim lessons.

And I got to go out with these two wonderful ladies to celebrate Kim's birthday!  Great times!

WIP: Holl sweater

So I am still knitting--just not very often. I finished knitting the body of Holl, a dolman-sleeve sweater for myself, around Easter. It is knit from the bottom of the front up to the neckline and then back down to the bottom of the back. After putting it in the "I don't feel like dealing with that pile" for a few days, I bit the bullet and started seaming. I don't mind seaming stockinette stitch, but this sweater is almost all reverse stockinette--and that is not as much fun for me because this is the first time I've really had to do it--so I'm not very good at it. It took me several nights of seaming and I don't love my seams, but this sweater is seamed and now just needs the rest of the sleeves knit. I am VERY happy with the fit and am excited to wear this next fall/winter. Just thought I'd share my progress. Please excuse the cruddy photo complete with a dirty mirror, lovely workout pants, a bad hair day and a little cutie peaking in.

Happy knitting, everyone! So what are you knitting these days? I'd love to get some inspiration for future projects.

This is SO Texas...

Pony Pictures.

Yes, last week someone came to N's preschool, dressed him in chaps, vest and cowboy hat, put him on a pony and took his picture. He also got a free pony ride.

That is SO Texas!

Just had to share my little cowboy.
He looks like he's ready to ride off into the sunset, don't you think?