My very own fan club....

I walk at 630 am most mornings with my next door neighbor and alot of mornings I have my fan club waiting at the window to wave and yell hello to me... Some mornings its Katies mom, other mornings it Sarahs mom and this morning it was HI MRS FOLMAR!!!!! Lol. Katie and Sarah.s little friends from daycare live in our neighborhood and are early risers so they usually sit in the window and wait for us to go by to yell hello.... It puts a smile on our faces every time!

School is back...

or will be shortly! Katie starts in just over 2 weeks. She will be going 3 days a week- m,w,f and we found out today she will be in Miss Jess' room. Katie has always had a good repore with her so I am pleased that she will be in her room. Now Jim and I are working with her to get her ready . She does not deal well with change so we are starting to talk about it now so she will be ready in 2 weeks....

And she is not the only one going back to school. I have decided to go back to school and am starting back this fall. I am easing into it very slowly and am taking 1 class this fall -anatomy and physiology. I am going back for surgical tech. I have class thisfall on tue and thu nites....

Wish us both luck!

Dog Days of Summer

Well as many of you know- its more like the Rainy Days of summer..... On friday we had really heavy downpours. I told the girls that we needed to go grocery shopping. They were so excited to go. why you might ask? Because it was pouring rain- that meant rain jackets, froggy rain boots and duckie umbrellas. At first I thought it was overkill. But as we got in line to pay for our stuff and I saw how dark it had gotten outside and how hard it was raining, I was super glad they had it. It rained so hard - the stores debit and credit card system went down....

We went on Saturday to Bald Eagle State park outside of Mill Hall and had a wonderful afternoon. We bought a small charcoal grill and roasted hot dogs and then made smores. yummy! I had to laugh at Sarah. She pulled all the marshmellow out and ate it, then took the chocolate out and ate that. then ate the graham cracker.... The park is really nice and has a nice lake with a beach. the girls had a blast playing in the sand and in the lake.... It was a perfect day for it.

On Tuesday the girls and I met up with our friends Miss Kim and Katie and went swimming at the loyalsock pool. Again the girls had a blast swimming! It was such a fun afternoon!

New Hair cuts!

We went today for long overdue haircuts. Katie got a trim but I was more radical with Sarah. I got fed up with her putting her food in her hair and not letting me comb it and all the knots. Plus its so thick and heavy. So we went for a bob. I think they both look adorable!!!

What A Week!!

We have had a crazy and busy week this past week. First and foremost the girls started swim lessons and its been rough to say the least. Sarah has done ok with it but Jim or I have been in the water with her. But she loves the water to begin with. Katie has a love/hate relationship with water and HATES to get her face wet. So there were many tears this week when it was time to go under water and blow bubbles... She gets in the water on her own with her class and instructers (no parents in the water) so its been rough for her..... We did have a decent lesson on Friday and she did pretty good... Now we are off for 2 days so I am not sure what Monday will bring.

On Tuesday I went with my next door neighbor to a garden party and a progressive dinner. We got to see some amazing gardens and enjoy some yummy food. The one garden we went to seriously reminded me of the secret garden...

Wednesday I ran to Dushore to meet Lisa and pick up Courtney and then we came back, had dinner and then went to see the new Harry potter movie. It was sooo good. We both loved it. I thought the director did a great job and brought a lot of humor to the movie which it needed as there are some really dark points to the movie.

Thursday we ran back to Dushore to hand Courtney back off to Lisa and then came home and after swim lessons came home and had Jims friends and their 5 kids over for dinner. All the kids had a blast playing together. And it was so nice to meet Jims friends and hang out with them.

Friday the girls and I just kinda hung out at home since we were all kind of tired from our week and the late nite we had on Thursday. After swim lessons we went to our good friends the Speichers for dinner. We had a wonderful meal and the girls had a great time playing together....

The girls were thrilled this week when Bear returned from conneticut and brought them their favorite character bubble bath. However Sarah I dont think understood what it was, because after spilling it on my carpet we heard her in the bathroom crying and saying This dont taste good. Here is princess bubble bath and its pink. The same color as her princess toothpaste! Yup she tried to brush her teeth with it! After rinsing her toothbrush for awhile and making her repeatedly rinser her mouth, we hid the bubble bath....

Tonite I went to get a cannolli out of the fridge and ended up dropping a plate on my foot. It landed vertically on my foot- down below my big toe. Its bruised really badly and swollen....

Well, all those who made fun of me with the van and the kid playing soccer- its gets worse! This week we got a e-mail from the guy who runs the league- they needed more coaches - wanna guess who volunteered??? NOT ME! Jim did!!! Guess its a good thing we have that van now huh???

On a very sad note,. I am sorry to say that we got a phone call from Jim's aunt in Conneticut letting us know that his grandmother had passed away. Funeral services will be later this week. Jim and I are so thankful that we took the girls up to see her about a month ago!

10 on Thursday

Another week of summer has passed and its hard to believe its still so comfortable. We have not had one day of 90 degrees this summer... So without further ado here is my 1o:

1. Because of all the cool and rainy weather, we were able to harvest our first crop from the garden. Yummy lettuce! The girls started out liking it- I had to keep an eagle eye on Sarah cause she kept sampling and then putting it back. But now they are saying they don't like it...

2. As much as Katie loves boy stuff - she is a squeamish girl when it comes to bug. She was all excited to pick lettuce till she saw a snail on the one leaf.... Then she would not set foot in the garden.

3. Jim thought Penn dot had been here because her and Sarah then sat in their lawn chairs while I picked lettuce.

4. We made brownies today and had them for snack this afternoon. Katie told me I was the best baker in the whole world and I made the best brownies... Ummmm no, that would be Duncan Hines.....

5. Both girls love to help in the kitchen and bring their stools out to help me. I try to find small jobs for them since they love to do so much but Sarah always has me laughing when she helps me cause she goes OK COOKER MOMMY. What next cooker mommy?

6. Next week the girls start their swim lessons. Hopefully the weather will warm up some.

7. Next week is such a busy week for us. I have a garden party to go to with my neighbor, a movie date with my niece and a cookout with friends and oh yeah- closing on our old house...

8. Our neighbors dog had puppies and I got to meet them today. she invited the girls down to see them but I am afraid they will cry if they cant have one and they puppies are all spoken for....

9. I was so excited yesterday in the supermarket- Cookie crisp brought back their vanilla cookie crisp (although it has sprinkles this time). Katie decided she had to have it so we bought it and I called my Sis when I got home to tell her (it use to be one of her favs but has not been around for sometime). Jenn- Katie pronounced it dewishous this morning.. It tastes like the old school one!

10. Car carts at the grocery store are the work of the devil! Seriously. I feel like my hair must stand on end by the time I get out of their when I take both kids. They either are fighting for dominance in the car part or they unbuckle the belt and are bolting out the sides as I try to look for stuff.....And then the best part is trying to steer the beast! Its no wonder I come home and am like oh darn I forgot--------.

Have a great weekend!

Painting fun!

So the last few days have been ehhh weather wise, so mommy had to get creative. I knew I had to give the girls a bath yesterday, so plotted out a course of action and it worked pretty well if I say so myself. I fed the girls a messy lunch (meatballs and noodles), then got the fingerpaints out and the art pages and the paintbrushes in case they wanted them and the art smocks (aka old t-shirts) and let them go to town. Courtney and Christopher got in on the action as well and I think all 4 of them had a good time! And lets just say- thank god for magic eraser!