My Birthday

So, for my birthday this year my loving kids and husband stayed home from work/school to celebrate.  How sweet!  Oh, wait, it was Labor Day.  And Labor, we did.  We spent a few hours by the pool...replacing screens on the lanai!  Then we bought tons of paint at Home Depot (it was on sale.)  The best part was when we went out for dinner.  I wanted mexican, so we looked on the GPS and went to the closest, its was closed, the second one-it no longer existed.  So, we headed for the next one.  It was so good.  William was really loving his dad that day.  I am so glad!!  I might have been the one holding him when he threw up 3 times, if he had been loving me that day.  Sadie and I missed the excitement, because she had to go to the bathroom.  However, I was a little surprised when we came out and found both Ben and William covered in throw up.    Thank you William for the birthday present of throwing up on someone else!

Tools

Tools I've used this week that I have never used before:
Electric hand held plane(r)
Miter saw

Tools I bought this week:
Circular saw

Tools I opened this week (and used) that I bought 6 months ago:
Air compressor w/ brad nailer

Pictures might follow at some point, if I ever finish.

Playing in the rain

Last Saturday there was a deluge.  It was crazy rain.  At 10:00pm the deck had a couple of inches of rain on it (even under the overhang).  The pool was almost overflowing.  We went out to play... and catch some frogs.

Look!!! And he's only 17 months old

Look at what happened last Monday.

First Day of School

Last Monday marked the first day of school.  Henry started 4th grade (and his 3rd school).  Samuel started 2nd grade (and his 2nd school).  Sadie started Kindergarten.  We went to "meet your teacher" night the Thursday before school started.  9 bags of school supplies later... anyway.  The teachers seemed nice and the kids were really excited.  Samuel just kept telling me how excited he was to start.  The first couple of days I walked the kids to their class line, and picked them up.  After that, they were ready to begin their independence.  They started walking the .7 miles home.


Things seem to be going well so far.  I hope that it continues.