Hello cheeks....

Fun with Jacks and Nealy

I love my baby sister sooooo much.......

Oooh, check out her belly button. I think I'll dig around in it for a second.....


Okay, I'm done here. Gotta bounce.....


Fail.

Off to school

Jacks pretty much goes to school year round, but the start of a fall school year is always a big deal. Especially when Jacks has a brand new back pack and a new Drake Middle School tee shirt in Roaring Tigers' colors. He's so proud.

Jumperoo

Umbrella Stroller

Little one is getting bigger, and she took her first stroll in the cheap-o umbrella stroller, which is much lighter and easy to manage than the huge travel system stroller that her car seat locks into. Also, I hate that big, bulky stroller. Hate it. Hate it. Hate it. Even more, I hate the car seat that locks into it. Hate it. But, what am I gonna do, get a new one? That's costly and wasteful, and I'm trying to reduce my carbon footprint here, people. I can deal.

Gosh, I guess that's a whole other blog post.

So, let's focus on the issue at hand. Have you ever seen a cuter, more content baby in an umbrella stroller? Good grief she's precious.......

Think Pink

We went to a pink out party today. Everyone wore pink, we ate pink food, we played pink games. As one party goer said, "If it ain't pink, it ain't here."
Nealy will have a pink out one day. This was ADORABLE.
Joe even wore pink. He isn't ashamed to wear pink. I overheard him tell someone, "I don't have a pink kink in my think."

one more thing.....Little Sweetie is getting TWO teeth! You can see them trying to cut through on her bottom gums. Our friend Katie F noticed them today, and I had not yet seen them. I think they are brand new as of this morning. Aye me, mah bebe is growing up so fast!!!

Work is back in session

Well, I haven't blogged in a while. That is mostly because my blissful maternity leave is over, and I have returned to work. The beginning of the school year has started with a bang, and I've barely come up for air.
I didn't really think it would be this hard.
I told my cousin Mary a few weeks back that I planned on treating work like one long errand that I have to run everyday, and that when I got home life would go on as usual. It's not like that. Not even a little bit. How am I so ignorant about going back to work after maternity leave? I've done it once before!
So, I have pictures of the kids, but not right now. I can't find the camera. Or the cord. Or the wherewithal to find the camera or the cord. Instead I'm heading into the kitchen to try to figure out how to make tomato sauce with a mess of cherry tomatoes. That sounds like a reasonable plan for someone who's sleep deprived and delirious. Go make sauce......
I could whine and complain about work and missing my babies, or I could contemplate all the things I could do from home in order to be a stay at home mom. But let's face facts....my job offers all major holidays and the entire summer off, I get off at 3:40 every afternoon (much better than a work day that ends at 6 or later), and I can bring my kids to the school on the weekends to play while I work. There really is no better job to have when you have kids. And I really do love my students! They might make me crazy at times, but so do most people.
Don't get me wrong - there are times when I wish I could be home all the time. There are weeks when it would be so much more convenient to have 3 days off. But, parenting isn't always about convenience now is it? And work isn't supposed to be easy. I mean, they do call it WORK.
Hm - now I'm rambling a little. Imagine that!
For those of you who are disappointed to see no pictures on this post, here's a good one for you...Notice how Nealy is gazing up at Jacks with total adoration as he appears to be about to elbow her in the face.