Settling In...

Well, I am officially old...in my estimation, anyway. I have a first grader, I can no longer pretend that he is  baby anymore. I think that exercise is getting embarrassing for both of us! He is loving school and is already off to a great start. So is Rainey, she just started at a new school and loves it.

The first week of school was amazingly busy with a birthday party every night of the week. We were all exhausted by the end of the week. After one of the parties Rainey announced that she would be 5 on her next birthday.  I took issue with that statement because I would like for her to stay 4 for...ever! Anyway, she said, "Mom, I have to keep growing." OK, ok, she has a point.

So I say to the kids that I sometimes wish I were a kid again.

To which, she responds, "Mom, don't be sad you have a mom and a dad, you are a kid!"
I love that kid! She may be younger than I am, but I am figuring out that she may be wiser. I am in big trouble.

Happy September!

I want a hairless cat!

Pat won an award this week...most played Texas artist of the decade! Yea!

I want a hairless cat!

From the mouths of babes...

And in the mouths of babes...Yuck! Trip to the zoo...$15, Cute face tattoo...$1, exposing yourself to every germ on the planet at once...priceless.

As for the former, Rainey was having lunch the other day and called me a "selfish jerk"...seriously. I was so shocked! Anyway, I said where did you hear that? She apparently has Pat's knack for quoting movies because she said,"On Monsters vs. Aliens, Bob calls Derek a selfish jerk."
To which I reply that it is not a nice thing to say to your mother!
She said, "Well, it wasn't really very nice for Bob to say to Derek either!"
Touche!
Here is a nice un-gross zoo picture...except the spill on Kellis's shirt looks like something happened with the bird.

Rainey's 4th Birthday

Miss Rainey had a wonderful 4th birthday last week...lots of her buddies were in town to celebrate at Shady Oaks with a fun and steamy swimming party. My sister made the cute hats that Rainey had on for the party favors and they looked so adorable on everyone! It was a great day and we have spent the last week breaking her idea that she is now grown-up and in charge of her own life. Houston, I think we have a problem...she has the 2 most stubborn parents on the planet so I think that we are going to have our work cut out for us!

Father's Day

This morning the kids and I put together this homemade card. Pat was coming in from Baltimore this morning so they each wrote or drew something on each letter that they loved about their dad. Then, we put them in a row from the back door so he could follow them in as he came into the house. We didn't do a gift because he just got a rocking anniversary gift and we just got home from our trip to the Bahamas...he is spoiled enough!