Catch up--Visit from family

What a week.  It has been busy, emotional, and I am so glad it is over, in some ways at least. 

On Monday, my husband's mom, his brother's wife and their niece came to visit.  It was very short, but very much enjoyed. 

My husband and his mom, Mary

My two sons, Kraig and Christopher, with their Mimi

The boys (and Molly) with Mary

The boys and me with Mary

Mary and I

It was a nice visit, short, but nice.  It was good to see them. 

Blowing Bubbles

I got this in my email  a couple of weeks ago...I have seen it before, but it is still amazingly awesome.  I love dolphins anyway...so this is just pretty cool.

http://wimp.com/dolphinbubbles/

End of Summer...

The children's group at church had an End of Summer party at one of the sprinkler parks...we got there early, so Kraig played on the playscape first.

He had sat on this turtle, but there was a "bug" on it (aka...a FLY)...so when I asked him to get on it again so I could take a picture, he refused.  At least he stood by it, but that was short lived too.

His arms got tired.....I was holding him up, but his arms got tired....?

He climbed this ladder I don't know how many times....on the other side, there was a pole (like a fireman pole), so he would climb up the ladder, make his "call" (ie engine 51, structure fire, time out 3:56)...then go down the pole....he watches Emergency on tv EVERY day....

And then as everyone got there....they went to the water park.

This isn't a very good pic....but thought the shadows were kinda cool.

They had popsicles near the end.

This little critter was on my leg before it was here on the sidewalk...scared the ba-jeesies outta me!

And then I caught sight of this hottie smiling at me....;-)

August Happy's

I mentioned a few posts ago about Kraig's first day of school, and how difficult it was for him....and for me.  Well, what he didn't know was that his sister was coming to take him for a sister-brother date on Friday, the day after.  We did tell him the night before that she was coming, but not what they were going to do.  That part remained a surprise until they arrived at their destination.

He was surprised.  And had a great time.  She took him to Paint A Piece, which is a ceramic store, basically.  They have pre-fired ceramic pieces--you pick the piece you want, paint it, then they glaze and fire it again, and then you pick it up a few days later.  Pretty cool.  I love ceramics...of course I love the process from beginning to end, but it is quite messy until you get to the painting part.

Painting....

Nina helped some...

Guess what that expression means.....

Awwwww....

Before

After....

I think he did a GREAT job....!!!

My Poor Neglected Blog

I have been a slacker blogger.....such is my life. I will get back to it....PROMISE!

In the meatime, here is a pic of my husband, his mom, and our two sons.  She came to visit last week.....(the little girl is the niece of his brother and wife).

Good Wednesday Morning

And it IS a good morning!  A bit of a roller coaster yesterday, but going to sleep and waking up in my husband's arms makes all things look and feel and BE better.

Family visiting so not sure if I'll get to the blog hops today...I will try!

Have a GREAT day everyone!!!

First day of school

Kraig had his first "official" day of Kindergarten on the 12th...and it was as hard as I expected it to be.  For few weeks leading up to school starting, we started trying to prepare him for it. He had a few varied responses, especially as he got more frustrated with us asking.  He started with just simple "no's" and then one day he told Chris "why don't you go to school?".  It was so freaking funny.  He told me he didn't see the point...he is 5, right?

When the morning finally came, he started with the meltdowns about 8am...he went from "I will miss you" at the house

to "Will you walk inside with me" in the car to "Will you stay with me for a little while" in the parking lot

to "Please don't leave" when we were in the classroom.  Broke my heart.  When we got inside, he would not let go of me...he was holding my hand, but I had to write, so then he held my other hand....then my arm, then my bag.  I finally got him to use both hands to color the picture and I left.

The good thing is not only are Melody and Sidney in his class again this year (they have been in his class the last 2 years), Sidney is also sitting directly across from him. 

At the parent meeting on Friday afternoon....I found out that the mom of the little boy that sits next to him is a police officer, and the aunt of another student in his class is an EMT.  A dream class for Kraig...he is all about emergency services....fireman are his favorite, but police and ambulance are not far behind.