He LOST a tooth

Caleb has had a wiggly, loose tooth for quite sometime.  Recently after eating an apple (that will do it)  It became very loose and annoying to him.  We decided it was probably loose enough to pull.  My husband has been the designated tooth puller in our family and he does a great job!

I tried my hand at this one first because it seemed so loose but it was a TINY tooth and my son has a large lower lip that kept getting in the way.  Daddy to the rescue again was able to give it a light tug and out it came!

He was SO EXCITED to have lost a tooth and mostly to get a visit from the tooth fairy and be able to put a "tooth" on the I lost a tooth graph at school!

Pictures of the pull!

Last picture with all his baby teeth :) age 5 1/2

Mommy trying to get that tiny tooth out.

Daddy to the rescue the tooth is GONE!

Fall is in the Air

SNAP SHOTS IT'S FALL

The first cold night we threw on coats and hung out on the trampoline

Fall means flag football in the rain!

Naps on the couch with Daddy watching football.

Garage sale

We ROCKED the sale

She quit the sale...break time

Fall means nut collecting, bug collecting, leaf collecting, feather collecting.

Fall if for COLLECTING!

BOYS of Fall the Packers (The PACK)

Hudson, Caleb and Caleb

Fall is for crafting outside in OK LA HO MA!

Fall is for sweaters and closed toe shoes.

Fall is for pumpkin bread, two fresh loaves.

Fall is for hanging out with friends on the sidelines.

Fall means football and so many other wonderful things.

We LOVE the fall

SMILE IT'S FALL!!!!!!

The Doll Gets Glasses

It all started with the words, "If I can't see the word on the board Mama, I just shut this eye."

Whaaaa??? Let me first start by saying the only person in my family to wear glasses in my mother.  My father not only until he got older my sisters neither one.  My husband no!  So for my daughter at 8 to be saying things like I can't see that or if I can't I close this eye, who does that?  Oh someone who can't see!  Poor thing!  I just assumed because my husband and I have great vision my children would.  I also assumed however because we are both right handed our children would be that too and we have for sure one lefty and possible another one!

Anyway all that lead to two eye exams and a visit to Empire Optical for new specs for Khloe.  She was anything but excited.  She actually cried...several times!  She wore them out of the shop and took them off as soon as we got in the car.  Anytime we were going to see friends she asked to not wear them.  If someone saw her she immediately took them off.  Daddy got home from work and saw her sans glasses and said somewhat harshly, "Put your glasses on." Those four words sent her sobbing for an hour.  She finally confessed she just wanted her eyes to be normal like everyone else.  She didn't want to wear glasses and be the only one.  She wants hawk eyes or eagle eyes :) I don't the conversation Daddy and the Doll had but it was a good one because ever since she wears the glasses no problem!  I even have to remind her to take them off ;)

I must say they are pretty darn cute on her and she picked them out all by herself.  

Black Nike specs

Trying glasses on at Empire Optical

Sizing the specs.  They dip them in HOT sand to bend the rims and frames that part was cool

Standing outside right before she took them off!

Please smile so I can take your picture, eyes filling with tears :(

School Days

School has been in full swing for about a month and a half now.  I am going to say this is our best year yet!  I have changed our homeschool curriculum to Living Books, Saxon math is the same and we have added and intense Language Arts, writing and grammar program through IEW.  Our school hours went from about 2/3 hours of work a day to around 5 hours but all worth it in the end to see Khloe REALLY enjoying all of the subjects and things just sort of clicking for her this year.  It really seems to be her year, which makes me so happy and proud!  

On a sad not her long legs out grew our kid size school table so we had to rearrange our school room to fit her and her new needs.  It has been fun but a bit of a challenge with keeping the smaller ones occupied while we carry on with school.  Luckily I have two younger children with great imaginations and pretty good self-displine that they find fun, adventurous, eventful things of their own to occupy the time we spend doing school.

Khloe's first day of school 2012, 3rd grade

Little bird LOVES to paint and do her own work

and then put the dog down for a nap ;) sweet Roxy always such a good sport 

(yes, she is covered in a quilt with her head on a pillow pet)

Caleb then attends a twice a week school so we have two days without our boy and BOY do we miss him.  Pia probably the most.  She asks at least three to five times, "Where's Caleb!"  every day he is gone and when it is time for pick up we are ALL happy but I must say she is the most enthusiastic.

Here he is on his first day of school. ABC Preschool and Kindergarden 2012

He punched through the front door!

Big stuff on his way to school

We could not love our boy more!!

Khloe went to the same school and said when we left she felt like such "big stuff" when she was in school there and now she looks at the kids that were her age and thinks they are so small :) funny how that works!

Found his spot at the round table!

Always a character with the faces, pretty sure Pia thought she should have a chair right by him!

This is the beginning of the year for us full of hope and anticipation and excitement!  Getting back into routine, early bedtime, early rising and days filled with papers, pencils, books and homework.  We will miss you summer but are so looking forward to all of the great things God has for us this year.  Let us not take for granite a single day lived.  Let our hearts always stay thankful and focused on you and in ALL we do let it draw us closer to knowing you and making you know.

Bath Time

  

I treasure the time I still have with my three amigo's all together sudsy and smiley enjoying a bath for 3

the boy

the bright eyes

the doll

all together in a bath fit for three!

Worth the Watch

A friend recommended I watch this video I am SO GLAD she did I have the BEST friends! If you have children school age please take the time to watch this video in it's entirety.  It is funny, entertaining and you will not be sorry you did!  It even did some self explaining and maybe why I was the way I was and "school" where I did well was never really my thing.

My Date with 8!

YoU kNoW YoUR KiDs HOME SCHOOLED  WhEn...

they choose to spend their birthday date with their mama :)

Just kidding I was totally honored when Khloe decided she wanted to spend her birthday shopping ALONE with me!  We rarely get intimate moments where it is just her and I so I thought it rather fitting that we spend the day just her and I. So I am glad that she chose me, can't imagine I will get many more of these.

Honored as I was I officially named the day after her birthday that we got to spent together  

"The Date with 8" she loved that too!

She sort of mapped out what she wanted to do and I added in a few extras I thought she might like and being that she is a lot like her Mama I wrote out a color schedule of the days events she LOVED that too! I know, I know my girl :)

Quick pic before heading out

Khloe reviewing the schedule and approving the events

First stop Barnes and Noble to spend some birthday money.  Calico Critter decisions she picked the hedgehog family thank you Nana and Papa!

Next to buy the NEW Bink and Golie book by Kate DiCamillo she could hardly wait and another Ivy and Bean for our PA trip in a couple weeks! She also enjoyed a fresh piece of Cheese cake and an Izze drink from Starbucks cafe

Birthday Booty

The Schedule

We had such a fun time running around together just her and I!  Listening to music to loud in the car, buying crafts, browsing our favorite books and toys, enjoying a slice of cheesecake and Izze drink.  Purchasing a new diary WITH a lock and key perfect for keeping those little private thoughts.  I loved my Date with 8 I hope my Doll did too!