Author: kyle

Andrew shouts as a woman with pink hair walks by our table last night at laughing planet: “mommy she has pink hair!”

The woman laughed:) then he shouted out about how a man had a ponytail:)

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Well this morning was a little rough- I forgot flour for Abby’s cake and made mud cake instead of chocolate cake:(

But now we are at the park- Abby’s choice- it’s her day- she is a 5 year old now! It’s warm sunny and gorgeous. I am reading my magazine on a blanket and they are having fun playing. amazing how fresh air and sun can make things better:) this is my favorite thing lately taking them to the park last minute just the three of us:)

My ballerina-

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In such a good mood- great day teaching, one highlight was singing with first graders, someone complimenting me saying I had a beautiful voice, got a great haircut, the wedding is coming together,my hairdresser is going to do Abby’s hair for free, and to end the day I won a contest on fb and won a gift card to a winery:) woohoo! I love days like this! And tomorrow my sweet girl turns 5 and I get to spend the day with her!

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From a first grader in the class I subbed today (this is what she wrote in a letter during writing time)

“I have a boyfriend. he’s 9,born in the wild”

This Cracked me up!

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One of the first things Abby said after waking

“I can’t wait to go to the restaurant and drink my wine I ordered”

What?!

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Me : “did you have a good day? What was your favorite part?”

Andrew: “you”

What a way to end the day:)

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Definitely having a cold beverage at 8pm tonight once the kids are put to bed ( I hope they go to sleep! Bedtime is hard lately)

Highs
-enjoying a pumpkin spice latte alone in target in silence!
-Abby telling me she loved her teachers after picking her up
– a tear free drop off
-The first half of going out to lunch with the kids when we were having a pleasant time
-Watching them make kites with ribbons and paper (Andrew’s idea)
-seeing Abby’s room after she cleaned it herself
-Hearing Andrew ask ” can we go fly our kites?” after making them

Lows
-the second half of going out to lunch when Andrew started to get restless and stand up and drop his bagel every minute
-the ride home meltdown
– the afternoon meltdown
– when they dumped a box of cheerios on floor

Look what Andrew did to his wall

Kyle left a nail in his room accidentally. Kids crack me up!

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Today I had to shop in the “girls” clothing section of Target for Abigail:( no more baby/ kids section for her.

It was a lot of teeny bopper stuff. Ugh. I could only find one outfit for her

Today was their first day of school

They had a blast! No tears this year- first time for that! They kept saying they couldn’t wait to go without me:) they had to go with me Friday for open house.

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One of my favorite things about summer is evening walks- I love going out walking in shorts. Tonight we went with my dad and showed him our secret spot where we play badminton and pick figs and blackberries.

I staggered bedtime tonight- went beautifully- Andrew and I got I have some time reading together, Abby got to stay up with Kyle and then she and I read a Samantha American doll book. After reading it she copied off the character in the book and set up a special box to hide gifts for family members for Christmas:) so cute!

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