First Day of School

Trentin has been looking forward to this day for so long - finally his turn to ride the bus!! Haille was so sweet, she's so protective of him and told him she'd sit next to him and she would show him where his class is. He has the same teacher that Haille had last year, Miss Sterrett, and she is wonderful! We are so glad Trentin will be in her class this year. Haille has Mrs. Perkins, and I've heard great things about her, as well.

You can't see him, but Trentin made sure he was first in line to get on the bus. As it drove away, I did get alittle teary, because I know he was sitting there with a huge grin on his face, enjoying every minute of that bus ride. Even now, when you ask him what his favorite part of school is, he'll say "Riding the bus!!"

Happy Birthday Trentin!!!

My baby boy is 6 years old!! Actually, my baby girl AND my baby boy are both 6 years old right now. That is, until October!!

Children's Museum with Uncle Chris

What is something fun to do when it's 95+ degrees outside?? Something indoors!!! We went to the Children's Museum with Uncle Chris and had a great time.

There are 4 generations in this picture!! My grandparents, my dad, myself and my kids!!

My Baldy

Jason shaves his head every morning, so one evening, I convinced him to let me put some Nair on his head!! He was worried it would break his head out, and I told him "no way, it won't break you out." Let's just say he's not EVER going to put Nair on his head again. I couldn't stop laughing!! He was a good sport about it, thank goodness!!!

We have a dead fish!!!!

Ok - so when I picked the kids up yesterday afternoon, I said we needed to stop by the store for a few things. Haille was like "but I have to feed my fish!!!" and Trentin piped in and said "yeah, or he'll DIE!!!!" I said we wouldn't be very long and that he'd be OK, only to hear their continuous protests of how the fish was STARVING!!!!! We went to the store, I ran through the carwash & got them some McDonalds and went home. When we got home, they sat at the table to eat (their happy meal toys kept them distracted from this fish that was apparently STARVING) and when they were finished, Haille went upstairs to feed her fish, and I hear "MOM!!!" Oh shit. I started to go upstairs, and she came out of her room carrying her fishbowl, and there was a floating dead fish. (I think this is the first time in my life that I actually prayed for a fish, and that he was only sleeping!!!! He wasn't.) She was so mad and yelled at me "SEE? I TOLD YOU HE WOULD DIE!!!" Trentin confirmed, "Yup, he's dead!!!" because his fish died a couple weeks ago, so he's an expert at spotting dead fish. Now, trying to explain to a 6 year old that he probably died sometime while we were gone during the day did absolutely no good because IT WAS ALL MY FAULT!!!! I tried to explain that fish don't live forever, she's still upset. So we had a memorial that ended with a flush, all the while I am secretly cursing that damn fishbowl game at the fair because it was making me feel like a horrible mom. Why couldn't the stupid fish die the day before yesterday, or even today, when I don't need to go to the store after work?!? I would have been in the clear!!! By the end of the evening, she wasn't mad at me anymore, and even colored me a picture & it said "I love Mommy", so I think she has forgiven me for killing her fish.

A Special Announcement!!!!

Baby Cutter #3 is expected on December 31st!!! That's right, we're having a baby!! VERY UNEXPECTED as we were actually preventing another baby, but God's will is God's will!!! After the initial shock of it, we are very excited!!! Jason says if it's a boy, we can name him Justin, as in "just in" time for that tax credit!! Just kidding, we're not going to name him that, but we are still thinking of names. Our girl name has been picked, but the boy name is alot harder!! I am currently 17 weeks along, and we will find out what we're having on August 17th. A LONG 3 weeks away!! So far, everything has been great, I've been feeling alright, just really tired all the time & not much of an appetite. Jason is probably sick of seeing me fall asleep on the couch at 8pm every night, but I can't help it!!! But since I'm in the beginning of the 2nd trimester, things should go back to normal soon. I never did get morning sickness, didn't with Haille or Trentin either, so I'm very lucky!! My only difficulty when I was pregnant with them was the swelling. It was so uncomfortable. But this time, I haven't swelled as of yet (knock on wood). I'm anxious to start feeling the baby move. Should happen any time now. Sometimes I think I can feel it, but I'm not sure if it's actually the baby or (ghasp) gas!! Sorry, too much info.......


My mom has been wanting another grandbaby really bad, so I had to think of a neat way to tell her about the baby. I found a Grandkids picture frame, and got some scrapbook paper & baby stickers with storks & baby bottles & rattles and I decorated a picture in the frame. It said Expecting Baby Cutter. So I wrapped it up and gave it to her, and when she opened it, she said "Oh I love this frame! I can put the kid's picture in there!" My sister was sitting beside her, and pointed to the actual picture & LIGHT BULB!!! She realized what it meant and we all started crying! It was really cool!!

Marion County Fair

We went to the Marion County Fair with Grandma, Grandpa and Aunt Tiffanie!!!

Cook Out at Frank & Chelsea's

Practically every Friday night, everyone goes to Frank & Chelsea's to grill out, play cornhole and cards. It's a great time!!!

Me & my "baldy" I mean, my "baby"!!! hahahaha!!!!

Kaydance Jo came to spend the night with us!!

Goofy Kids!!!

I told Trentin to run upstairs and get his PJs on. He does, and comes running down the stairs with his pants pulled up to his armpits!!! After I picked myself up off the floor from laughing so hard & wiped the tears from my eyes, he let me take his picture. Trentin is a character!! I can totally see him being a class clown, because he just wants to make everyone laugh.



Haille was sitting on my lap eating doritos, and out of the blue, she says "Hey Mom, look!!!" I look at her, and this is what I see!!! Silly Girl!! Every time I see this picture, it makes me laugh!!

Fireworks!!

We went to see fireworks for the 4th of July!!!

We Went Swimming!!

The pools are now open, so our usual routine through the summer is to go swimming on Saturdays!! This first time, however, the water was freezing!!! But that doesn't stop Haille & Trentin from jumping right in!!!

Haille loves the water slide!! I felt so bad for Trentin though. We thought this year he would be able to go down the slide too. I waited with him in the long line to see if he was tall enough, but he is just an inch too short. He was devastated, poor guy.

Our Last Baseball Game

We had our last baseball game on Saturday. It's kind of sad!! I know they'll play next year, but I will feel lost not having to get up at the break of dawn every Saturday morning to be at the ball field by 8:15 am!! Haille & Trentin loved playing together. Haille will move on to softball next year, and Trentin will have another year in the pee-wee league.


After the game, the team got trophies.

At long last, Trentin finally got his trophy!!! One of the team parents made a CD for all the parents which had pictures of the kids throughout the season & played music in the background. It's pretty neat!!

Festival

Grandma's church was having a festival full of kid's games & activities. Haille & Trentin's favorite part was getting their faces painted!!

Before....

He's Spiderman!!!

Before.......

She's a beautiful dragon!!!

The Indians Game

We got to go to an Indians game with our teammates!! It was so much fun!!! Next time, we're going to sit in the outfield so maybe we can catch a homerun ball!!

Memorial Day Weekend

We had a busy Memorial Day weekend!! We spent Friday night and Saturday night at Michelle's house (Jason's sister) down in Cincinnati. The weather was wonderful, and the kids had a blast swimming and jumping on the trampoline, but I forgot my camera, so I didn't get any pictures. Then on Memorial Day, we went bowling!! I did remember my camera this time, but only got one picture before my battery went dead.................