Beauty in Bloom

My little lady

 

On Wednesday my sweet & spunky Annabel started preschool. This is her second year, so she is a seasoned pro. According to her anyway. That girl has wanted to be in school ever since she heard the word for the first time.

Anything to be like Big Sister Faith. It's a beautiful thing.

In this house, whenever someone has a first day of school, this Momma makes chocolate chip pankcakes.  It is something they love, but don't get on a regular basis.

Oh, and another thing we do is have a first day of school photoshoot. These poor girls are going to grow up thinking that taking 100+ photos a day is normal. There are worse things.

 
  

Of course, little sis wiggled her way into the classroom. I have a feeling that she will want to start school as early as possible too.

 
 

Oh my heavens that haircut makes her look so grown up! I can't take it anymore!  Here's a random question. Does anyone else's spouse force them to watch footage of their babies when they were smaller? No? Mine does.

Don't they understand that they are subjecting us Mommas to pure torture?

It makes me so sad to see what was but will never be again.

Almost makes me want to have more babies.....almost. I know that will only be delaying the inevitable. This is all just so cruel.  

I am done whining now. But only if I must be.

Tout a l'heure.  (That's french for toot-a-loo)

hehe.

Friday phone dump....2 days late.

I have my life back.

Finally.

My router died on Friday afternoon. RIP, 2wire025. I bought your replacement this evening. Hello, 2wire823. Thank you for giving me life again. I knew I relied heavily on the internet, but I really had no idea how much since it was taken away so suddenly. Probably should address this issue soon, but for now I would like to share with you some photos that I took on my new and glorious EVO 4G.... The iPhone's stepsister. While I do not have Instagram, my EVO has a great little photo app that does something similar. I have certainly had fun capturing some cute candids of our life this week. Enjoy.

Saturday Bobby replaced the swings chains. Thanks Daddy. They have been dying to swing for a while. $70 in chain = Happy kiddos. That stuff is expensive!

 

 

Spotted some super cute lamps at Marshalls....think I see a project in my future. As soon as I figure out how to line the inside of a lampshade.

 

Sunday evening. 80 degree weather. A wonderful time at our church's Back to School bash that they put on for kids in Foster care in our area. I was so thankful that they also invited the kids in our church. It was a great time and such a blessing to the community. Great job to all that were involved in the planning and setting up!

 

Now she has her balloon.....
 

Now she doesn't.......

 

 
 
 

Meet the Teacher night & ice cream at Shivers

 
 
 
 
 

Storytime at the Cupcakery. Pinkalicious & a pink buttercup. It was a little crazy, but we will go back. I do not pass up a chance to eat their cupcakes. Period.

 
 
 

1st day of school. Cute girl. Fancy dress. Broken foot. Enough said.

 

Thursday. Barnes & Noble baby! We had to find something to do to fill our time since BIG SIS went back to school.

 

So there it is. The Friday phone dump. It's not a fancy collage like Kelle Hampton's over at Enjoy the Small Things. But it will do. I began reading her blog a few months ago. Honestly, I don't know how I didn't know about her sooner. She is so smart, beautiful, inspiring and honest. Love her.

So glad my internet is back. Oh wait. I said that already.

This week I am looking forward to getting back into a routine. I have not been to the gym in 2 months and I feel it. Its too bad because I was doing well with the whole weight loss thing. I refuse to give up. I need to beat this. In the worst way.

Wish me luck!

Summer has gone away.

This summer wasn't a particularly busy one. It just seemed that way. There were no grand vacations or major events planned that seemed to fill our time....just life.  Some of the things that kept me from blogging include but are not limited to:

Zoo trips, dance recitals, VBS x 2, pool dates, summer camp, Cardinals baseball games, A trip to Oklahoma to see Uncle Josh(my little brother), meeting my new niece Marley, a slumber party at the National Great Rivers Museum and lots of indoor crafting because it was just toooooo hot to go outside!    

I am not sure why I did not blog all summer.  I suppose it was because I got behind and then I waited to long and got overwhelmed with where to start.  I shouldn't be so hard on myself because life is busy and anything I add to this blog will bless my kiddos in the future(hopefully) so I need to stop putting pressure on myself to be perfect at this.  I mean come on, how many people do you know have blogs about their childhoods?!  Some of us are just lucky to have pictures!                                     

School started for Miss Faith on Wednesday and we are now the proud parents of a 3rd grader. She has Mrs. Miller this year, and so far she loves her. I am so proud of my girly. She loves school. We are so lucky to have had such a wonderful public school experience. Since she is in the accelerated program, she will stay with the same kids all the way through 5th grade and I love that she gets to be with her friends year after year.  I hope our other two are just as fortunate. I guess only time will tell.  

Today, I am just going to start with pictures of my girl on her first day. Just so you know, she wanted to dress up. That girl is becoming more into fashion these days.

 
 
 

Ahhh yes! I forgot to mention that my awesome daughter jumped in to the shallow end of a public pool and fractured 3 of her metatarsal bones! She has been wearing that boot since the end of July. Maybe we should reevaluate the whole gifted thing! Just kidding. Sorta. 

So, if there is anyone still out there, please be patient with me as I update the blog for posterity.  I will also finally be posting the rest of our pics from our family photo session very soon.  Pinky swear.

Tomorrow I will be starting a new thing where I dump all of my cell phone photos from the week. I have seen others call it the Friday phone dump. Should be interesting!

Cheers!