Labor Day Swim

Hello! I apologize for being so behind on my blog. Going from PC to Mac is harder than I thought. Old habits really die hard. Add the fact that I using software with icons so different than what I am used to and you can imagine that this is a slow going process. It took me longer than I should to figure out how to save my photos to a web-friendly format with my new software, whew. I love it all though.

Look for a big post from me on Sunday about my first adventure with OAMC. If you don't know what OAMC stands for, you will have to read my blog to find out.

In the meantime, here are some pics from Labor Day. We spend the day at the beach on the lake, it was wonderful. Perfect weather too. Click on the photo to see it bigger.



I love this photo!

First day of school

Even though I have posted a ton of entries lately, I am quite a bit behind on blogging. One of the topics I have yet to post about is the first day of school. The kids had their first full day of school on Monday (one of my favorite days of the year). One of the things that changed when we moved to Tennessee is that the school calendar is much different than we are used to. School is on a modified year round schedule so the kids start school really early here. Not only is the yearly calendar changed here, but so is the hours that school is held. Elementary school starts before high school, so my kids have to get up before 6 a.m. , with the earliest being at 5:15 a.m. if they are taking the bus. Crazy, huh? Don't get me wrong though, because I love it. My kids are home with plenty of sunshine left in the day to play outside even after doing their homework.

So here are the kids on their first day of school. The pictures are not that great but they still manage to have that first day of school feeling. I am guessing that the geeky lunchboxes and school uniforms have something to do with that.

Sleepover

Because summer vacation is nearing an end, Brianna and Arick have been begging for a sleepover. I am not fond of sleepovers because one kid usually ends up complaining that the other won't let them go to sleep. However, their begging wore me down and I agreed that they could have on last sleepover. The kids told me today that they would like to have their sleepover tonight. I didn't think that was such a good idea since we don't have any new movies and treats. I then suggested that we have it on another night. The kids stood their ground and presented the following list as evidence that their sleepover would be a success. Andrew and I just about busted a gasket laughing as we read the list and we hope you will too. Please note that the list is exactly as they wrote it, including the bullet points!

Sleepover

• Talk


• Laugh


• Games


• Pillowfight


• Fort building


• Invent


• Gameboy


• Nintendo DS


• Draw


• Record beating


• Potty break


• Ticklefight


• 20 questions


• Gamecube


• Xbox


• TV


• Movies


• Jokes


• Who can stay up the longest


• Scary stories


• Shadow puppets


• Hide and go seek (in the dark)


• Hide and go seek


• Pollyville


• Dog game


• Raid the kitchen

Edited to add: Here is a photo that I snuck and took of them later in the evening. I totally surprised them.