M fell at school during play time and busted her upper lip and her nose. Her lip looked 10 times worse than this the next morning.
You can see how it is swollen and red.
You can really see her puffy nose and lip now! Poor baby!
She asked me to put these pictures on here so everyone could see her "boo-boo!"
C just being silly and wanting his picture taken b/c the girls had theirs taken.
The girls with wavy hair for school one morning. I french braided their hair and told them that if they slept in the braids, they would wake up with beautiful wavy hair. They LOVED it!!
Z's close up
M's close up
We had made the offer to the girls several times to get their ears pierced. They always declined, but one Saturday morning, M woke up and asked if she could get her ears pierced that day. We happily agreed and Z decided that she too wanted hers pierced.
After a few tears, here she is with her new gold stud earrings. She did amazing and LOVES how pretty she looks with them. She can't wait for the 6 weeks to be up so she can take those studs out and try on Mommies earrings!!! Oh no!! We have created a monster!
Close up of her new earrings. I would like to say that I have pictures of Z's new earrings but she TOTALLY FREAKED OUT when the lady came near her with the ear piercing gun. No amount of bribing from myself, daddy, MiMi, or PaPa could change her mind. Later she told us that she will try again when she is 10 years old!!!
August 18th was the kids 1st day of kindergarten. They awoke to some fun surprises in the kitchen to get their day started off right.
They are sleepy but excited!
All dressed and ready. I let them pick out their own clothes for the day and was a little shocked by what they each chose but the clothes definitely showed up off their personalities.
New backpacks!
One more surprise! I was their kindergarten teacher for the 1st week and 1/2 of school. Unfortunately, their kindergarten teacher had a personal emergency and was in the hospital for a week. So, it was back to school for all 4 of us.
M in her new classroom
C in his new room
Z posing for me.
All 3 at the end of the day. M was upset b/c I wouldn't let her read a book to the class on the 1st day. She said I was a very mean teacher. C and Z had a great day and thought it was cool that I was their teacher.
Sitting at their desks on the 2nd day of school.
Z has been asking for a doctor's costume so we headed to the thrift store and found an old scrub top. She LOVED it. She now works for the Magnolia Endoscopy Center.
M wasn't sure what she wanted to be until we found a brand new Pizza Hut shirt. I had my old name tag from when I worked at Pizza Hut (sad but true) and we have a Pizza Hut cash register and play food that completed her outfit.
C also wanted to be a doctor. He now works at UAB West.
For $1.50, I have 3 happy children!
Z-C-M-cousin D- and our old dog Buster
Karen, Gil, and son D. They are the reason for our get-together. They flew in from Spain to spend a month with Karen's family.
Cousin Tammy, cousin Karen, and C looking at pictures on the camera.
Cousin Trey, his new wife, and son S.
All of the kids spent the majority of their time playing air hockey. M actually beat almost all of the boys.
Me and Gran
PePaw, MeMaw, cousin M, and little M with her mini Sprite.
M, cousin M.E. (who was born a month b/4 our kids) and Z showing off their Barbie dolls.
M coming out of the "car wash" at the Splash Pad. We spent the day there with some friends from church at the end of July.
Our little friend, M.E.
Our "Big Kid" friend, A.K.
Our same age friend, C, who loved sliding down the wet side after it rained on us a little. He landed flat on his booty right after this shot was taken.
C going down the wet slide. He went flying off after this picture was snapped.
M.E. again
M.E., big brother C, Z, and M at the tornado
Eyelash picture of C
Eyelash picture of M
Eyelash picture of Z
Eyelash picture of M.E. sleeping
We ended the day with C taking a nasty fall on the concrete. He scrapped his knee and ankle.
He scrapped his elbow so bad that a volunteer fire dept. worker (who luckily was there) had to go get his medical kit and wrap his arm.
He also scraped his ribs. Poor fellow. His day was done!
C had to go back to the doctor on Wednesday b/c he had an ingrown toenail on the toe that he had the wart and nail removed from in June.
He also had 2 more warts on his left ankle that she put acid on to remove them. His new nickname given by the doctor is "Wart Monster"!!!!
The kids asked me to post this picture. They are imitating me after a shower. Can you guess who is who??
YUMMY Amish Frienship bread. We added blueberries and it was delicious!!
Recipe for the friendship bread. We have made bread every 10 days for the last 40 days.
Is the recipe and starter bag. We have made vanilla bread, chocolate bread, blueberry bread, and chocolate chip bread. We are trying to decide what to do with bag number 5. Any suggestions?????
