2 of the Best Actors I know...

"First Grade is..."

"...FUN!!!" -Brynlee Brynlee LOVED the first day of First Grade today! She has been counting down for several days, and was SO giddy this morning that she could hardly contain herself!
The first day did not disappoint. She is just as excited for tomorrow! Her favorite part? Math. And lunch. Oh, and we can't forget...2 recesses!!! Actually, that kinda reminds me of my Grandpa Al ...he always used to say his favorite subjects in school were lunch and recess, awhh memories. She is growing so fast, it feels like she will be graduated tomorrow at this rate!

Grandma Isabel...

Dear Grandma,

I miss you. I hear that you are not feeling well. My Dad tells me you only have a few days left. Chelsea saw you at the hospital yesterday and said you were asking about me. I think about you too, a lot. As I sit here right now thinking about you, my daughters are sitting next to me wiping my tears. I am wiping theirs too. Brynlee wants me to write to you that she loves you. She has your eyes. She gets complimented all of the time on her eyes. Kambria wants you to come to our house. Kambria also wants me to tell you that Brynlee can "do the whole thing of the monkey bars!" Gavin is sleeping right now. The girls want me to make sure to tell you that Gavin loves you too. You have always lit-up with joy and excitement when you have been around my children. I wish it could have been more often. Even though we live far from you, my children know who you are. I will never let them forget. I am making plans right now to come to your side and give you a big hug. Grandma, I love you so much.

Love Always,
Aletha

**Thank you to Chelsea (and Dad, since Chelsea couldn't get all the way through it) for reading this to Grandma, until I can get there.

All in a Day's Work...

Yes, these socks were CLEAN and HOLE-FREE when I put them on him in the morning! He was actually Very Proud of these socks...and because of that, I am a Proud Mom (or something like that). :)

The Reason I let Hubby...

...do the GROCERY shopping: CLOSEUP:

These are a couple of Brian's REAL receipts from Albertsons last week! EACH receipt is for 15 boxes of cereal! Brian really is a mastermind on how to get the best deal on things. If we do the math, that's 30 boxes of cereal for only $10.80...and a TOTAL SAVINGS of $127.60!!! We have 2-3 more receipts (and a whole lot more cereal) that look exactly the same (could only buy 15 boxes at a time).

Now it's just figuring out where to put it all.

We're gonna miss this...

Swim lessons are over for the year. The girls have done a GREAT JOB! They both love the water!

Kam:

Bryn:





Gavin (not in lessons yet, just hangin' out). Gavin actually HATES water! The other day when I told Gavin it was bath-time, he told me "NO MOMMY, it's NAP-time!" So, the below picture was monumental! However, it was taken about 2 minutes before I had to jump in after him! I was closely watching him play next to the kid-pool when he all of a sudden slipped and flipped and sunk face-first quickly to the bottom (only about 2 feet deep, thank goodness). I jumped in immediately and pulled him out. It didn't really help his fear of water. All day long he kept repeating "Mommy, water GETCHYOU!" I got a few strange looks when I was sloshing out of there fully clothed SOPPING WET! I sure love that little boy, I'm so grateful that I was there to see it happen so I could react quickly. I look forward to getting him into lessons and hopefully over his fear.

Getting more creative...

The neighborhood loved this one!

The girls took turns holding the sign for one another. Kambria wanted to sit in the stroller so she could have shade. Gavin wants to do whatever "issies" (sisters) are doing.

Bryn's cartwheel:

Kam's cartwheel:

I think several people got a chuckle out of this one! What will they come up with next???

Honk, if you have a heart...

The girls kept themselves very busy today:

"Honkers" got a star on the chart, and the "non-honkers" got a frowny face. I told them that the non-honkers probably either didn't see them or didn't have a horn to honk...seriously, who wants to disappoint those sweet faces??!

(Hopefully the neighbors' babies weren't napping during this 2 hour "experiment.")

Hip Hip...

This is what it's like...

...to shop for school clothes with a GYMNAST!

Yes, she had to do a handstand with EVERY piece of clothing that she tried on (in a very small dressing room by the way). Can't say I'm not proud. =)