Let the SUMMER begin!

This morning was the last day of school.  The school year literally flew by.  I honestly can't believe that I now have a 4th grader and 2nd grader.  It's just so crazy!

The kids both had wonderful school years and fabulous teachers.  We will miss you both! 

 Maggie and Mrs. Denner!

 Max and Mrs. McKee!

This great group of kiddos will also be missed, as two will be moving on to other schools next year. 

Now...looking forward to not watching the clock all day, doing what we want when we want and making LOTS of wonderful memories this summer!  It's going to be GREAT!

Mother's Day 2012!

Since Maggie's birthday always falls around Mother's Day weekend, we have always celebrated her birthday with the family on Mother's Day!  So really, it's more about her than me, and I'm totally okay with that.  We had a little cookout and then surprised her with an ice cream cake.  Did you know that my girl is ALL about dessert?!  Oh yeah baby...any kind really.  So she was extra excited about this cake! 

 

Max looks like he's ready for some cake too!

 

 How could you not have a wonderful day looking at these sweet little faces!

Those two....is the best Mother's Day gift of all!

Here's my girl with the item she's been saving for (saving a LONG time for I might add!)  An iPod Touch.  Although, this new item comes with rules....rules I haven't figured out yet.  But I will!  In the meantime, she is one happy girl....one happy NINE year old girl!  The time is just a flying by! 

Slumber Party!

Well, my girl is NINE!

In honor of that, we had our very first slumber party last Friday night.  I think it was a huge success.  We kept it really small, only 4 girls total and I honestly think that was a perfect number.  Thanks to Pinterest, we made yummy Jolly Rancher suckers, and fancied up some t-shirts with sharpie marker.  They turned out pretty cool I think .  They had brownie sundaes, played a lot of Just Dance 3 and of course, we rented a movie.  Andy even made our usual breakfast of chocolate chip pancakes in the morning.  All in all, the girls had fun, my girl was all smiles the entire time and I survived the first slumber party.  I'm sure we'll have lots more in our future.

Here are a few of the highlights:

The Debate is over....

Remember the debate last week about what vehicle to pick? 

Well....

The debate is over and guess who won? 

I think you'll be shocked?

Actually...we both won!

But I will admit it here for all of you to seen!

Andy was RIGHT!

Yes, I said it.  He was right!  I ended up going to the Honda dealer here and having them show me the differences between the space in the Odyssey and the space in a Pilot.  There really is no comparison. 
At least for us and this stage in our lives.  So I got a new van! 

And guess what....it totally perfect for us! 

And just for the record. smart and logical isn't all bad! 

The List

Right now, I'm a little overwhelmed. 

The List.....it's way to long and it seems like I keep adding to it and am not crossing anything off. 

Do you ever feel this way? 

It's nothing major.  Nothing so important or super crucial, just things like:

** a 9th birthday party for my girl (totally can't believe she's going to be NINE!) 

** a book fair that needs volunteers (although I think I'm doing okay in this area)

** 2 blog giveaway gifts that still haven't been done (I really haven't forgotten you girls!)

**  teacher gifts  (cause we have the BEST teachers!)

** Mother's Day gifts  (cause my mom is pretty awesome too!)

**  Block party planning and organizing  (cause we knocked out a pretty good plan this morning!)

I feel much better now that I got that out, thanks for letting me vent!

Oh, and a special shout-out to the makers of Pinterest for all the wonderful ideas for all these things that I'm planning.....maybe if I stayed off the computer (again...."thanks" Pinterest!), I could get this list knocked out. 

Happy Friday!