It's back to school day! (and a rainy one!)

Robyn is excited to be in the big kids group at preschool this year! AND, bringing her lunch in her batman lunchbox!


Vanessa is our big 1st grader! She is very excited about everything! :)


Here's to a great school year!

It's been awhile since I have checked in, but I'm still around. Just busy and trying to enjoy the last weeks of summer before school starts again. Went looking through some old photos today and came across this one. Almost 4 years ago! Amazing...were they really this little? wow!


Have a great day

Today makes 3 for 3! Amazing! Here is my backyard camping layout.



Have a great day!

Uh-oh- watch out! It's another layout today. I may just get back into regular blogging yet.

I've been feeling a little paint-y lately. Been checking out the cool stuff Dina Wakley can do with the paint. She is a definite inspiration! :-
)


Hope your day is great!

Hey, it's a layout today! A little paint, my fav pattern paper, and a photo of me with my favorite person.



have a great day!

Independence Day weekend! Lots of firsts happening lately.

Vanessa spent a week at her very first daycamp and had a BLAST swimming, archery, crafts, and even having a special Halloween celebration on the last day!

Robyn had her preschool 4th of July bike parade and she did an excellent job decorating her bike and riding around the block 3 times


We played at Top of the Park some more


Vanessa took this one- she is getting good with the camera!



We enjoyed the local parade on the 4th




Then we headed out to a metropark for picnic and fireworks

Robyn was happy to find little toads


S'mores!


playground fun


Sparklers!


it's the sparkle fairy (she soooo loved this)





this one liked it to, but was starting to get very tired...




Happy Independence Day!

Summer Fun photo post!

We've been having tons of fun over here lately!

Dancin' and hanging out at Top of the Park




Sprinkler!!


the ZOO!





kiddie pool!


backyard camping!


Hope your day is great!

Wheeeee! It's summertime!

And, we all enjoyed our first night at the summer fest this past weekend. Looking forward to getting there a few more nights in the next few weeks too.

Vanessa is hanging out at the office with us this week. She really loves it up here! I thought I would share with you the results of her growing up in a crafty-office like ours. This morning, she was very quiet in the front room so I peeked in and found this.


What could she be making with packing foam, paint, flowers, and ribbon?- oh, and we can't forget scotch tape.....

Why, a DRESS of course!



complete with her initials for her "brand" on the tag! LOL

Maybe this signals an early retirement for me?


Have a great day!

There she is! Our kindergarten graduate, an actual 1st grader, a really sweet girl, my Vanessa. Happy Day Vanessa and Congratulations on a very successful year of learning all that stuff in Kindergarten. Mommy and Daddy are so proud of you!

SUMMER! I think I need to say that again... SUMMER!

This is the last week that I am a mom to a little girl in kindergarten! She is about to be an real, live 1ST GRADER! *gasp* Seriously, this is SUCH a big deal to her. I had no idea. In a lot of ways, this is more momentous in her mind than starting kindergarten. I am definitely a proud proud mommy and can not believe the amount of learning that has taken place this past year....reading, writing, making up poems, incredible advancements in her artistic abilities, the list goes on and on!

And yes, we are VERY ready for the summer fun to start...picnics, swimming, maybe some camping, summer festival, getting together with friends and family. Looking forward to it! What are your favorite summer activities?

I'll just leave you with this simple little layout I did about the "wishing well"


Peace & Love

Hey there!

I just have this little layout to share today. Seems like it has become even more challenging to get the girls to be looking towards the camera with smiles, etc...Most of them are like this, silly faces, hair all over, not even looking at me. But, hey- they are having a great time! AND, look how silly they are :-)



Have a great day!

Ok, I've been away for awhile. Oops...sometimes, the time just passes on by.

I have just a few photos to share today.

Here are the girls with their 5K medals- they did really well and Vanessa *did* actually run the first mile of the 5K. Robyn was cruising comfy in the stroller


And, Matt and I had a great great time in Chicago. Wonderful concert and we both enjoyed some reading time on the train ride there and back. Here we are at the train station in Chicago, checking out the map. I love this guy so much!


And, then I had the most wonderful mother's day and my girls and my guy definitely made me feel specials. Loved getting out on the bikes and going to the arb for a bit



And, tomorrow, is our 9th wedding anniversary! WOWZERS! How can it be nine years already? I love this guy more than ever, and what a wonderful father he is.



I hope your day is great!

May Day! We are really enjoying that it actually *feels* like spring now!

And check out these cuties dressing up fancy the other day.

The batgirl mask is the perfect touch!

Other news- we are all doing a 5K this weekend (fundraiser for V's school)! One of us might run, the other will walk with the girls...depends on who is feeling up for running early in the am on Sunday.

And, last- I am soooo excited...Monday morning, Matt and I are taking the train for:



Woohoo! Can't wait.

PeacE and Love!

Vanessa's other loose tooth made it's way out last night and she now is the proud owner of an even cuter smile!



Happy Friday!

another pic post
We have been enjoying springtime around here! Last weekend was packed with fun activities.

Bike rides...


Vanessa seriously loves her tag-a-long bike!

Kite flying



Decorating Easter Eggs


Hunting Easer eggs


And, last but not least, Vanessa lost her first tooth! And that crooked little one next to it is hanging by just a tiny little thread at this point.

Vanessa's first soccer game!

And wow, she loves it! I had no idea my little girl would be so into this game. She got right in there and gave it all.


I hope you have a great day. We woke up to SNOW this morning- ready for that to be all over with :-)

The last day of March...already? It seems like March just started! So happy to see the springtime moving in though. Vanessa starts soccer practice tomorrow and this morning she discovered her first ever wobbly tooth! I can hardly believe it! Robyn seems to be growing 2x as fast everyday and is really into counting any and everything right now.

Just wanted to share a couple of recent spring photos today.

We had a wonderful tea party in the front yard


And the girls had a blast playing "teeter totter" on their hoppity balls together- totally cute and fun


I hope your day is great!