Inky Girl

This is not the 1st time this girl has inked herself...actually...it's not even the 1st time this week!!!

This girls loves to color, draw, paint...and it ALWAYS ends with her coloring herself. I hope this means she'll be my crafting buddy when she gets older!!

IT'S A BOY!!!!

We are so very excited to find out that we are having a boy!!! I really do miss having a toddler boy around! I absolutely adore having Emily...and I am ever so so grateful that she is MY little girl and we have her in our family. But we were all rooting for a little boy this time. Elliott didn't go with us to the appointment. So I gave him a bag of "blue" goodies. I told him if we are having a boy it'll be blue stuff....and a girl will be pink stuff. He was pretty excited to just get some fun stuff. But as soon as he opened it up and he said, "I knew it was going to be blue!" He is of course way excited!!

It actually took a while to find out it's a boy....5-10 minutes. I was worried that my doctor would give up and say too bad so sorry.  And at one point I thought I saw the 3 lines that would signify a girl. Afterwards, my doctor said she saw that too and thought the same. Good thing she was persistent!!

Back the Blue Friday!!

It was actually wear college shirt day. But we don't have one for Elliott. He chose to wear a navy blue shirt and navy blue shorts. I don't argue...I always let him choose. And it turns about to be Back the Blue Friday!!! How fitting since that's what he chose to wear! It was fun to see this pic posted on his class' FB page. Love my little guy!!

1st day of 1st grade!

1st day of 1st grade and our 1st year at Nola Dunn!! Elliott was so excited for school this morning!! He rushed through breakfast...and quickly brushed his teeth...and then grabbed this sign so I could get a pic of him. Emily and I walked him to his classroom...he asked if I would stay for 1 hour!! ha ha!!! I told him 1 minute. I am so so glad and grateful that he is still at an age where he LOVES school!! I hope it lasts!! Emily doesn't really know what to do with herself this morning! I can't wait to go pick him up!!!!

Splash Pad....again!

We are trying to get in as many fun water activities as we can before the end of summer. I'm not brave enough to take 2 non-swimmer kids by myself to the pool yet...so splash pads it is. And Emily has been venturing into the water!!

She kind of loves it!

This was right before Elliott got her completely in the face by the other water gun!! Emily will play in the splash pad...but she hates it when her face gets splashed!

Elliott is such a caring big brother...he helps Emily out...and Emily loves to follow him around. I LOVE seeing them play together!!

Crazy Hair Emily

I thought I'd document Emily's crazy morning hair!! A lot of people comment how pretty her curls are. But they are work! She has all these really cute ringlets....but if it doesn't get brushed....they turn into matted dread locks. I've had to cut some of them off before. In the morning...I spray her hair with detangler and run a brush through it. I've heard you should never touch curly hair with a brush...and should use a comb....but there's no way a comb would get through those snarls!! At bathtime, I run a different brush through her hair right after washing it. And then it just air dries...into these really cute curly ringlets. 

On lazy days...or ornery Emily days...I just through it up into a ponytail. The other day, I told Emily it was time to get ready to go....meaning to get dressed. She ran into my bathroom (where we do her hair in the mornings). I ignored her...and was focusing on Elliott. Then I called for her again and said we need to get going. She ran out into the living room....puts her hands out in desperation and exasperation and said, "Mommy, my hair's a mess!!" Ha ha!! So we hurried up and did her hair! Crazy girl!

Splash Pad in Kennedale

I told the kids we'd go to the splash pad this morning. The kids got all dressed in their swimming gear. I found out our usual splash pad was going to be way crowded due to the library holding their end of summer party. So we went to a different one. As soon as we pulled up....a daycare let loose....and Elliott refused to go play. He said there's way too many kids. So I googled and came up with this one in Kennedale. It's about 30 min away....and there was no way I was going to give up since the kids were all dressed up for a water day! So we headed out there....it was a nice park. I really like it. AND....Emily finally played in a splash pad for the very 1st time!!! This is HUGE for her!!! So proud of my anxious ridden girl!!!