Tea party

We watched our little friend Hosannah so her mommy and daddy could celebrate a birthday; out two girls are truly frenemies but tonight seemed to do well about 60%  of the time which is a major improvement!

Math facts

Putting the kids to work!!!

Fall picnic

Today was NTBI's fall picnic- we had some things to do this morning so after Rilla's nap we drove over to Somerset campground to join in the fun. It was the first pig roast we've been to, and there was a bouncy house, playground and a lake complete with tiny turtles (which we obviously had to bring home; Zach is besotted with "Stinky Pete" his new baby turtle...). 

Hey, children, what's that sound?

Why, it's Gabe playing the trumpet of course!!

Life has been - well, life, I guess. Still too many changes to count, but each day we grow a little wiser.

And that is seriously all I've got since I had to move five loads of clean laundry off the bed in order to sit down to write! Seems maybe I ought to start in on that...

For love of the potty

Today can be summed up in four words:

Potty training.

Multiplication facts.

First day of school!

Gabe and Zach made it off to fifth and fourth grade collectively this morning!! Hard to believe. As I was helping with Gabe's usual morning cowlick he said "wow, I'm almost as tall as you" and he was right (very much to my dismay). Zach kept commenting how his uniform made him look like a German schoolboy (visions of liederhosen fill the mind...) and wouldn't drop it until I reminded him Daddy has to wear scrubs to work as his uniform.

All was well, we were on target for a punctual departure- minus my make-up but who cares?- and then I discovered Rilla in the bathroom with a container of baby powder. 

There was a time that seeing my little girl covered head to toe in baby powder would have demanded a fresh change of clothing, a bath, or what have you; today I just said "don't you dare touch your brothers black pants!" while trying not to laugh at her cute gray hair, and went on my merry, first day of school way.