4th of July

4th of July is one of my favorite holidays.

The week of the 4th is just a blast for us because its also the kids birthdays. Pierce was born on 7/5 and Cecily was born on 7/6, so its just a fun, fun week for us.

This year however, wasn't the best.

We were packing and moving everything out of the house during the week of the 4th and the kids b-days. The kids probably won't even remember it, because they don't skip a beat, but me however, it will bother me for years to come.

Why am I like that?

In fact, I was emotional about it all that week. moving is just hard in general but it was just worse for me. We are planning on doing a birthday party for the kids a few weeks after, but still, its not the same.

I remember growing up hating my summer birthday. Everyone is out of town, everyone is busy, it was just hard getting people together for something like that. Anyway, we still had a good time, took the kids to a parade, went swimming, went to dinner, stuff like that.

It was a day all about the kids, I love those kinds of days.

We love Mother Goose

One of the things I will miss about Frisco and not living so close to there anymore is the Frisco Library and the fun things they do there.

They have an amazing storytime/reading program, and just about everyday they put together a storyhour. You would just have to go and see it to believe it but it is awesome and the kids didn't make a sound during it all. It is so stinkin darling, its like a mini kids show, even the adults were enjoying it. I loved it.

Mother Goose sure caught their attention.
After storytime, we sat and read book after book on the floor and played computer games for the next 2 hours.

After the library, we walked to the popcorn store and the kids got to pick out whatever flavor of popcorn they wanted.

Cecily chose Dr. Pepper (daddy's girl)

and

Pierce chose Cotton Candy (mainly because it was pink) Ha ha.

Horseshoe crabs, Jellyfish, Crocodiles, you name it

i know i keep saying I will be better at this but i just need to tell myself i cant right now.

i think thats fair.

dont you?

one day.

And so we begin with like 4 weeks ago.

June was just a cray month for us. Jake and I were gone quite a bit for work trainings and during that all, trying to find a new place to live. Not sure if some of you know, but I am opening a store up in just a few short weeks and to live closer to the store, we decided to move. I swear we move just about every 2 years. In fact, now that I think about it, its just about every 2 yrs.

what is wrong with us?

Or Jake I should say. cause i dont like to move.

So, during the packing and all, the kids and i did some fun stuff. so much to do here, i love it.

here below i took the kids to Fairpark to the Aquarium and the kids were totally digging it. They got to hold all kinds of different sea creatures and did not want to leave. This little Cecily is fearless btw. i don't think i've been to an aquarium that was so "hands on", it was alot of fun. not to mention all the other cool museums you can go to, like the Butterfly museum, Dinosaur, Pharaoh's museum, they have a ton of cool stuff. (we will be doing those next week)











Little tiny seahorses

My Masterpiece's

So I just realized I wrote this post months back but somehow it didn't post...

These little drawings below are from the most adorable kits Grandma Sheri bought for the kids for Christmas.

My kids LOVE doing projects and crafts and this was by far the best gift for both them and I. They got to draw them, I got to hang them.

How it works is, its a kit that comes with several sheet of this special paper, you draw what you want and send it in and within a few weeks, they print, frame, and send it back to you.

Pierce's drawing (He's such an artist and so clever) drew the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. He's pretty good, huh?

Cecily's drawing (learned this from her brother) are "Mean girls." Don't ask me why but it had something to do with their other Grandma, Maminou, who makes up these ridciulous stories of mean girls, witches, and mummies. So, thats where some of my childrens drawings come from. I know, lovely huh? Ha ha Gotta love it.

First but not the last

Last Saturday we were invited to go out on the boat with our cousins the Morphews.

First time out on a boat here in Texas and we LOVED it! The kids didn't quite understand the whole boating thing but were intrigued that they were going to go on a big boat and be pulled by a tube. They compared it to Great Wolf Lodge and going down the slides on the tubes. I said it was kindof like that.

They could not sleep the night before because they were so excited!

I arranged for my mother to watch Charlotte so we could just enjoy the day with Pierce and Cecily and we certainly did that.

We got up early and headed out to Lake Texoma.

It was SO beautiful out there, probably one of the most beautiful lakes I've seen thus far and the kids had the times of their lives!

Cecily was FEARLESS which I have slowly come to realize frightens me. She was laughing and smiling on the tube the entire time and did NOT want to get off. Even after they got flipped. Pierce was the same way.

The kids tubed, played, swam, caught fish, and chased after turtles till 6pm! They were exhausted when we got home. Today made us realize as well that we REALLY want a boat!

We had SO much fun!!!



















Flipping of the tube





Showing off for the group. He's good at doing that!



I love this picture



The CUTE Trouble-Makers!

Too School for Cool

I cannot believe we are at the end of the year already and my little boy is going into 1st grade now!

Today was a sad day (for me)
and for Ms. Ingle.

The Kindergarteners had their little graduation and end of the year party. There is not much to say but that it was a sad day but yet happy day for Pierce graduating.

I was so pleased to see that he is at a reading level J which is very good. I think they want them to be at a level E or something like that before first grade starts.

So I was proud to see that he is way advanced in his reading and writing!
I cried today.
and.
cried.
watching his.
teacher cry.

I hate it when i do stuff like that.
No one ever told me you would be so emotional as a mother.

Yes, he recieved the Artist Award. I was expecting he would get that one. What a fun award for him, he loved it!

The end of the year party/Last day of school...


I asked Pierce if he wanted any pictures of him and his friends and these are the ones he hand selected... Camryn, Gwen, and Alissa







See ya later freaks!

he was feeling a little too cool for pictures