Christopher

Christopher is stomping around the house proclaiming, 'hamburger!'

hmmmmmm.

New Turn

Okay, I just need to take a moment and record the new turn my life has taken...  you know, since school has started again.  But first, on a similar note, I need you to read this.  http://jenhatmaker.com/blog/2013/08/16/worst-end-of-summer-mom-ever-a-sequel  I think I've read it 3 times now, including reading it out loud to My Man, which he loves.  So.  Stinking. Funny.

Also, I'm doing her 7 study this fall and I'm going to see her at Women of Faith in September - very exciting ; )

Moving on, as my children have done, it is now just me and littlest man during the day (after the morning chaos - why is everyone taking their lunch so much?!).  He is so cute.  And SUCH a little man.  And he says things that I'm not sure I would have heard above the noise that is our family the rest of the time.  Our conversations go something like this:

Oh, wow, Mom!
It's gonna be superspeed...
You never give me ________ (I wonder where he heard that)
YOU gotta make me tookies!
Mom, it's on FIRE!  (hotwheels)
Mommy, can you make other one track? (hotwheels or train track)
Mooooom (sing songy), I'm gonna tickle you!!
I wanna WRESTLE!!!
Mom, can I have milk (3,000 times)
Mom, what we gonna do?
Mom, you married to Daddy?
Mom, you my baby boy?

And on a side note, after all things boy for the whole of the morning, he goes to sleep.... AND THERE IS NO ONE ELSE HERE.  I cannot tell you how huge this is.  I literally find myself listening to the silence.  Blows my mind.  I could go on.

And, of course, I miss the kids, but it's just one more reminder that I'm still here, when everyone else is not ; )

Back to School - LOLA STARTS KINDERGARTEN

Where has the time gone?  Lola was 16 months old when we moved here and it seems like Maryanna just started Kindergarten.  It also felt like such a long time that I had her home before she started school, now I have 3 in school!

I know this is how it goes, and this life is a vapor, but sometimes it's so startling - probably more so when it takes my babies off to school ; )

Here are the first day of school pictures.  The kids all LOVE their teachers and have enjoyed their first week.  Powell wants to move his sticker up to 'awesome' ; )  And he says it like a superhero.  Maryanna has chosen her seat and is surrounded by friends.  She also has a teacher fresh out of college who is 22 ;)  She seems to be very dynamic and M has plenty to tell me and show me when she gets home.  Lola says her favorite thing about school is her teacher because she is so nice.  Her teacher happens to be a friend of mine who was in Bible study with me this summer.  What a blessing to send your baby girl off with a friend (if you have to) ; )  She is so funny right now.  Her two top front teeth are sticking out odd angles and will be out any day now. 

 So, Powell brought me a flower before he got on the bus.  *oh my heart*

 These are the unprompted moments that I love!

 So, when Christopher hugged Powell he wouldn't let go!!

Maryanna's 9th year!!

Powell's 7th Birthday Video