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!