12 days?

as i always, i made BIG plans to start blogging more - at least every other day. i don't know where the time goes! i want to follow along with ali edwards' "a week in my life" project just so i can figure out how time flies so fast.

we've been busy, but that's the norm by now. last weekend anna finished her state project for school. she had to research the state of colorado and decorate and fill a shoebox with facts from the state. she did a great job! especially because terri sent us a ton of information and GREAT stuff to use. i HAVE to get a picture of it to post as soon as i can. kurt was able to do some of his school work from home this week so i got to have lunch with both girls. wow, that lunch room gets LOUD!!! it was very interesting to see the contrast between the different classrooms. i'm feeling good about anna's teacher. she seems to really challenge the kids without overwhelming them too much. anna has said she's bored sometimes in school, which worries me, but then she says it is hard for her at times too. her teacher isn't perfect, though. in a few weeks they are having spirit week, and she's going to let anna borrow a nebraska shirt since she's a huge nebraska fan (most of her family lives in omaha). i didn't think we'd have to worry about anna being brainwashed about nebraska down here!!! we thought we'd have her converted back to a hawkeye by now. i guess it would help if they could win, though, huh? :P ella loves her teacher at school too. i'm a little worried that ella isn't quite where anna was at this point in her kindergarten year. i'm hoping to start working with ella more at home too.

wilson is good! he's always cracking me up. he loves to put his blankie on his head and say, "ooo (where) are you me?" he's also always asking "whee (what) 'appened?" he always wants to ride in daddy's llllue car too. that one really cracks us up. he can say black just perfectly but he always says lllue. his favorite lunch now is "daddy's sandwich." he loves to share with daddy - it's not the same if i make the exact same sandwich, it has to be daddy's first. i always have to sing "rock a bye baby" to him now before he goes to sleep. that's far from my favorite, but thankfully my neighbor cindy taught me to sing "mommy will catch you, cradle and all" so it's not so scary. lol! speaking of cindy, we've been walking with her about 3 mornings a week so i haven't been getting up quite so early. wilson loves walking with her 2 year old talia. he talks about her all of the time at home. but then when we're walking together he's always arguing with her. they are always pretending to see monkeys in our trees too. they're so cute!

well, i think i had more to write, but we're waiting for kurt and the girls to get home from church so we can eat but wilson is having a HARD time waiting. i better go help him find a good snack that's not the sucker he's begging for right now. here are a few pictures before i go...(the fancy frames are from karen russell from the polka dot potato digi shop, and the simple frames are actions from mindy bush. i used mindy's happy color and vignette actions on the pictures too.)

ps - sorry google readers for 2 posts - i thought a few pictures looked dark so i tried to edit them in picnik and then they disappeared. boo!

october it kit...

although i keep accidently calling it the september kit. i didn't have it together enough to have time to scrap the september kit and i was upset about that. it was yet another one of my favorite kits. so i used the heidi swapp mask from the september kit for the card. i love that houndstooth paper! all of the paper is so fun this month! and the notebook stamp! and oooooh - that autumn leave ink. i am not a very good stamper at all, but i made a perfect stamped image on my first try with that ink.

kurt is gone to d.c. and we had a crazy day yesterday. well, none of us slept well saturday night before he left. i think the girls were anxious about him leaving. and i was up late scrapping. and yesterday we were so busy - we went none stop between church and a playdate and then a birthday party. we didn't get home until 7 pm and then we still had to eat dinner (the kids didn't want what was served at the party. and then i had to fix nearly the same thing when we got home. stinkers! lol!). and we had to do baths and discovered that the ants are back. :( we didn't get our baths done until about 8, but i was only running about a half hour behind normal so i thought i was doing ok. but then we discovered that i had left wilson's blankies at our friends house that we went to for the playdate. so we had to all load up in the car to go get it. ay yi yi. of course that riled everyone up so the girls didn't drift off until about 9:30. needless to say we're all dragging this morning. well except for wilson who is up and at 'em. and wanting his mom. so i better run! heeelp! lol!

wilson...

real men wear flowers in their ear, right? lol! this is the one he "took care" of in the grocery store. ;)





you could say we're a bit curious george obsessed. we are watching george on tv, painting a picture of him, wearing a george tshirt, and those yellow books under the tv (the blurry rectangles) are all george books too.



he is also obsessed by the computer lately. kurt and i are in awe of how he can move the laptop mouse with his right hand but click with his left. we can't even do that! he's a pro at navigating the sesame street, webkinz, and of course the george website. he really wants to do disney channel and fun brain like his sisters, but he hasn't figured out how to read and do math problems. yet. lol! i laugh, but it's so hard sometimes because he REALLY wants to play those but he gets so frustrated!



most days we make our fisher price little people village by setting all of our pieces up around the family room. (thanks again aunt debbie for adding to our collection!) i have to giggle, though, because almost every day when we're done playing wilson sets all of the chairs around our three tables and everyone "eats."



wilson begged and pleaded and cried and threw a tantrum (and had a timeout) because he wanted a brownie for breakfast. lol! i stood firm but he very stubbornly took one bite of toast and that was about it. we had a few grapes for snacks but he was still mad about the brownie. so finally by lunch he caved and ate A TON of 'sketti. and got his brownie for dessert.

morning

morning, originally uploaded by holly k 123.

i've been debating about blogging this. i've failed so many times. maybe if i make it public i'll stick to it? i'm hoping the pink shoes help. along with the HUGE mug of coffee as a reward when i get home.

happy labor day!

we had such a fun weekend! doris and the g man came to visit. our first visitors in our new house! hopefully next time they come to visit the scrap room will be organized and we won't have ants. :P and we won't try to walk to the park again, right d? ;) places always seem so much closer when you drive to them, don't you think? we had fun anyway, and the pool felt extra cool later that afternoon. :) g is such a sweet boy and was so patient helping the girls set up his train sets and even let them beat him in a race or two. thankfully we had some dinosaurs too. i don't think g was too interested in all of our very girly toys. lol! actually i don't think he minded them too much, but the girls were just having so much fun with the trains. although apparently it's required that you have your tongue stuck out when you play with them (see picture below). ;) hope everyone had a great weekend too!