Wishing and Hoping

Life on a Saturday evening is so much fun. Especially when your dad thinks you are old enough to use the lawn mower! Kendra has waited patiently for her turn with the lawn mower for the past 2 years. Jerome frequently is able to help dad with most of the yard, and Kevin has been mowing the back yard starting this summer. But Kendra, has been running around the yard wishing and hoping that she could have a turn with the lawn mower. This weekend the big day had arrived and she was able to "circle" the back yard once with the lawn mower and her daddy at her side. She was so excited!

We had spent the day at Sea World with Grandma while daddy was at work. Much fun was had at the park, and great excitement could be heard waiting for the Shamu show as Grandma had bought new books about polar bears.... "Did you know......" and "Wow!".... could be heard for the entire 30 min wait. We had a great time and enjoyed the "not as hot" weather as it is finally starting to not be 6 million degrees outside (only a small exaggeration!). Daddy is now on day shift and we LOVE it! Oh the difference of a two parent family each and every evening!

I started to only do the essential laundry each week, and let the kids actually wear some of the other clothes in the closet. This has given me much extra time, and now I only do "all" of a child's laundry when they run out of other outfits. For the boys this means that I only wash pj's, socks, underwear, and shorts weekly. When they run out of clean shirts, then I wash all of their clothes. For Kendra I only wash the undergarments as she has way too many outfits (one month later and we still have clean clothes to wear!) But I must say that I do not buy all of the clothes as we play "pass around" with several other families with older and younger kids. This had lead to a full closet, but now I smile as I still don't have to do the laundry for her yet. Mom said that I'll die a dreadful laundry death when it comes time to do the mountain of laundry she has... but that will be for another weekend!

We have a busy week ahead.... Jerome has 2 days of speech therapy, Kevin has an allergy appointment and there is Cici's Pizza Night for the elementary school. I am sure I'll make it to the end of the week, but likely it is to feel like a long week.

Disney on Ice

We went to Disney on Ice when they came to Orlando... No, the tickets were not free (as everyone assumes that Lowell got us free tickets). We had a blast.. Lowell had to work, so we asked my mom to join us. The kids loved it! They went dressed as their fave Disney characters, Buzz, Woody and Minnie Mouse.

We also went to a Men's formal wear store to have the boys measured for the tux rental for the wedding. What a hoot! The kids LOVED it. Did you know that in a tri-fold mirror you can see your reflection 7 times.... I did not know that before we went, but found out while we were being measured. Evidently a tri-fold mirror was a new thing for my kids, because they couldn't stop dancing in front of it. I felt sorry for the clerk who was trying to measure the kids! Jerome insisted that he wanted an all white tux. Too bad for him the wedding colors are brown and teal, so he is stuck with a brown tux!

Just Tired

After getting back into the swing of things at school (today was only our 10th day even though we are almost through our 3rd week), and surviving the mountain of laundry after being out of town for Labor Day, I am just plain tired.

The kids are enjoying their new teachers... and all seems to be working out great! I am so happy with all of their teachers, so thanks for the extra prayers.

My class could use some prayers.. I looped with 17 from last year, but have 7 new ones who seem very very LOW academically. Hopefully I can get them on track soon!

Lowell is now on day schedule with work, and was home with us 3 nights this week, and scheduled to be home every night next week. YEA!!! This is something to celebrate!

We had a great Labor Day weekend at my parents' rental house in South Florida. The kids were able to do their chores at the rental, and loved the "double" allowance earned as my mom paid them too! What could make a trip better?

No other real news to report. We are preparing for our trip to Kansas City where the kids will be in their biological great aunt's daughter's wedding (did you follow that?). They are very excited, and cannot wait to ride in a plane! We are happy that their great aunt paid for the trip as 5 airline tickets are not cheap!

Have a good week!