Congratulations Phillip, enjoy a few weeks freedom before responsibility comes knocking!

Just a quick shout out to my baby brother who graduated high school this weekend! Making me feel quite old as I approach 32 and a daughter starting Kindergarten this fall. :)

No home repair goes unpunished....

We have this little issue where if we fix something in the house something else must unexpectedly break, which of course is either inconvenient or costly. If it can be both inconvenient and costly all the better.

This weeks example. A $13 trip to Lowe's for a toilet valve cost us just under $900.

Eek!

On the upside, the plumber complemented Mike on the work he did with the valve replacement. :P

Woollaby settling in!

Woollaby settling in!
Originally uploaded by blue lady studios

Isn't he cute! I usually don't buy anything frivolous but he makes me smile and he's purple! The girls think he's tops too! To see more cute critters and other art pieces check out the etsy shop I bought him from www.beastlies.etsy.com .

It's here, It's here!

And its not the new phone book!

The last day of school is tomorrow! A fun filled day of running around playing games outside, to be followed by a sugary filled lunch/end of school party, a mini assembly and that is it. Katy is out for the summer, three kids at home all day, everyday for two and a half months. JOY!

Will I have the last shred of sanity I retain now by the end of August? Time will tell.

:P

We have teeth!

Well, more like a tooth, but she's working on the others! Finally, the first one is through. Hopefully, this means I'll get a bit more sleep for awhile. :)

Hope to have photographic evidence soon!

Should I be concerned that my middle daughter has an imaginary Mom?

Yes, you read that correctly, she has an imaginary Mom. She asked this Mom a question today, which I answered. I got told right quick, 'No Mom, I'm asking Mom.' She proceeds to point to thin air. Oh, ok, so sorry. ~l~

After that I listened to her ask her new Mom all sorts of questions. Giggling in response, telling her she's wonderful. I guess an imaginary Mom who says yes to everything is better then a real Mom who won't let you jump on the furniture, have any snack you want, or make a cage for your baby sister out of a pile of pillows.

Oh and Ischa, the evil imaginary friend who gets Anna into trouble, her speech has improved and she has recently been revealed as Isa the Iguana from Dora the Explorer. I knew that sweet little lizard had a mean streak in her. :P

One more note about Anna. She has a new excuse for bad behavior. It is all my fault, Dad's fault and Katy's fault. Why? Because we won't let her go to school. Sibling rivalry/jealousy pops up once again. She's not very happy that we don't except that as a good reason to misbehave.

Thankfully, that excuse ends in just one week, at least til school starts up again next Fall.

I have a reader.....

My Katy is reading! She still needs a bit of help when she reaches new words, but she is able to sound out most words with just a little encouragement from Mike. I knew she had been improving by practicing the word books that she would bring home from school, but I got to hear her read along with Mike the other night a brand new book from the library. She read most of the words with little to no help.

Words really can not describe how proud we are of that little girl.