Here's what's going on with us lately

Well, it looks like Chloe's first full week of school will have to be next week. She's home sick today, and was yesterday as well. Thankfully she seems better so far today. She cried when I told her she couldn't go to school yesterday. She cheered up quickly when I told her she could watch a movie. Her brothers didn't like seeing her upset either, and they both told her she could play with something of theirs. They're such good big brothers! Avery also promised her that they would build a big fort in the bonus room soon. I hope he's ready, because she's not going to forget that!

On a different note, Brady has been practicing in pads this week. Monday was a pretty disappointing practice for him, but last night was better. He finally got to be a linebacker and tackle! He's was so excited after practice. Unfortunately I didn't get to see him because I was running back to Avery's soccer practice to pick him up. Tuesdays are a little crazy around here with soccer and football practice at the exact same time. At least one ends a half hour earlier then the other.

I'm going to try to get some more summer pictures on here later today. We'll see...

a few more Florida pictures

The pictures above just crack me up! Actually the two little people in the pictures crack me up. We had fun watching them together and playing with them. It's a bummer that we don't get to see them very often.


When these two get together, we no longer exist. It goes without saying that they had a good time being together!

Contents of a pocket

These are the contents of a pocket. Not just any pocket, but that of my oldest... scavenger extraordinaire. This is why I'm always finding strange stuff in my washer and dryer. I just have to shake my head and mumble his name under my breath. Sigh.

Boys will be boys...I guess.

So, I've decided that since I didn't blog much this summer, and the kids are all in school now, I'm going to play catch up. We had a great summer, and did a lot of fun things, so I'm going to share the highlights of it.
We started off the summer by going to Florida. Unfortunately we don't get to see everyone very often, so it was nice to all be together. I'm going to have a couple of posts about our trip. I have too many pictures for just one. Enjoy!


I don't even know where to begin with this first picture. I think I'll let it speak for itself.








These pictures make me realize that my boys are going to be like this for the rest of their lives.

Football practice

I took a couple of pictures before Brady's first practice on Monday, and I told him to look mean. This first attempt looks more like he's smiling. The second one is a little more successful.


He's had two days of practice so far, and he loves it! He's sore and worn out afterward, but he says he could go for two more hours! Just watching him at practice, you can tell how much he loves it. He runs hard every time. You can tell he wants to be out there. He learned some plays yesterday, and he was one of the running backs. He's the biggest running back on the team. His league has 8-10 year olds, so he's bigger than most of his team, except a for few freakishly big kids. He cannot wait until next week when they get to wear pads and start hitting. To say he's excited is an understatement! His coach told them to level anyone in their way. That scares me a little. But I know Brady, and as much as he wants to hit, he's going to be careful. He's already said that he's not going to level any of the smaller kids. I guess we'll see how he likes it next week.

Things that are frustrating me at this moment in time

Here's a list of random things that I'm frustrated about right now.

• how unorganized 'organized' soccer really is
• the person that thinks one hour and a half practice is enough before the first game
• how in the world am i supposed to feed my kids anything remotely good for them if we're at some kind of practice three nights a week from 6-8
• why is it so stinking hot outside
• the people that work at kroger that don't know how to bag groceries.
  
• how hard is it to put all the cold stuff together so that i don't have to go searching for it
• this display of beer
  

• how accessible should beer really be
• kroger (in general)
• school fundraisers (kathrin, you got me to thinking about this one, and how unfair it is to the kids, but i feel the same way you do)
• laundry (we got home a little before nine last night, and this morning, brady asked me if i got his compression shorts clean. apparently he thinks i don't sleep)
• 12 year old feet and how they won't stop growing
• all the paper our schools are wasting by handing out the same things for me to sign every year
• the thought of watching brady at practice next week, when they wear their pads and actually hit each other
• the fact that i want brady to hit harder than he gets hit

I think that's my list for now. I always think of something right after I hit publish post, so don't be surprised if there's more later. A lot of things frustrate me, but mostly I'm joking around.

Chloe starts kindergarten!

Here are a few pictures from this morning. Chloe had a partial day at school, and loved it! She can't wait to go back. She's already begging me to ride the bus too!