Update

So sorry it has been forever since I posted. Busy around here getting ready for school and all the other stuff that comes along with the kids. I cant believe summer is almost over. I have shared some pictures of Matthew and his "girl" friend. They are so cute together but Matthew does not like to share and she wasnt taking any crap from him. You will also see some pictures of my van--not in good shape. A deer decided to run out in front of me on my birthday---no one was hurt (except the deer). All is good though--thank god my salesman loves us--he gave me a van to drive for the 2 to 3 weeks while mine is being repaired. It was not driveable after the accident. We were only a mile and a half from home. Oh well! We are going to Frankenmuth this weekend so I will have more pictures to share soon!! Hope you all have a wonderful Labor Day weekend.

Just some fun pictures!!

Wow--where has summer gone? I cant believe I'm making school physical appointments and setting up time to meet with the teachers. Summer is about over. The kids have had a lot of fun this summer and I think they are ready for school to start. I know James is. Hope all of you are having the wonderful summer we are...... Camping at the fair...eating cotton candy!!

Fun on the train!!

This is what James looked like when I picked him up from daycare one day. He didn't want to wash it off.

Sally and Matthew just being silly!!!

I'm still here!!

Sorry I have not posted lately. Alot going on. I will share new pictures soon. The kids are doing great. Matthew's vocabulary is growing everyday along with his attitude. HAHA Sally is 3 going on 13 and she is proud of her bossiness. She is doing better with potty training this week so please keep your fingers crossed that this time we will be on the road to "NO MORE PULL UPS". Oh yeah, Sally is going to her first overnight birthday party this weekend. She is so excited. I think she will do OK but I will go and get her in the middle of the night if I have too. James is ready to start school. He asks everyday if today is the day. I'm glad he is excited to go back to school. Well for now that is all---I promise more will follow in the next couple of days!!!

Hope you all have a wonderful rest of the week!!

Honest Children

So until today I never realized how honest children really are. James who is now 5 was the most honest I have heard him be. Some of it I cant share with you but I can share the one that happened at the dinner table tonight. I put the bowl of tuna casserole in front of James and he looked at it and then looked at me and said "what is this"? I told him and his comment was "well whatever it is it looks disgusting". I laughed and then asked him why. He said 'I don't know it just does". Well he ate it and asked for seconds so he must have gotten past the look of it. It made me think about how innocent and truthful children really are.

Below are a few more pictures from vacation. After these I will move onto other things....I already have some funny ones to share with you. I will give you a hint...we are working with Matthew on potty training. Yes, my almost 4 year old wants nothing to do with it but my 19 month old is totally into it. Oh well!!
James and Jordan on the race cars at the Cherry Festival!! Yes in the Barbie Car!!

Sally loving it too.....not in the Barbie Car!!

James ready for bed!!

Sally by the fire eating a smore!!

James and Matthew by the fire!!

More Camping/Vacation Pictures

Sorry I'm sharing the pictures slowly. Some nights uploading pictures can take a while. It was rainy and cold a few days of our vacation so we had to find things to do. This was not all bad because it gave us the time we needed to rest. One day we took the kids bowling. They had a lot of fun. This was the 1st time for James and Sally and they now ask me everyday "Can we go bowling today??" It is so neat to see them experience new things. We even took them to Red Lobster for dinner one night. This was the 1st time we had taken them to a "fancy" restaurant and they did very well. Sally wanted nothing to do with seafood but James was willing to try anything. His new favorite food is shrimp. Matthew on Sally's Princess bike. On this trip Matthew got a new "boy" bike.

This is Dozer. He belonged to the campground owner and every night at dinner time he made his way around to see who was going to feed him. He was a very nice dog and the kids loved him. Even Sally liked him after a few days.

They loved doing it themselves.

Just a spectator!!

Hanna was not picking her nose at least I don't think she was. HAHA Love ya Hanna!!!

Vacation-Eating Ice Cream

We all had a wonderful time on vacation. The weather was a little wet and cold for a few days but it was fine with me....it was relaxing and just nice not to be home and not working. As you will see below the kids are enjoying ice cream and just so you know they had ice cream at least 10 times in 9 days. Spoiled aren't they!!!

Vacation - Part 1

I cant believe we have been here for 3 days already. The last two days have been beautiful and very relaxing. We went to the pool for a short time but the water was cold. The kids are getting all kinds of exercise. The 4th child in our pictures is Hanna. She came along for the trip and has been a big help with the kids. It has rained on and off today but we spent part of the day at the mall and then wondered for a while. Dinner is about done so I will have to get to it but I will update again later.