What are you saving your money for?

"Let's save our money to make a house on that island in Wareham, and to build a train car to get us back and forth to the island."

Thanks to Uncle Ryan and Auntie Andrea for showing him the For Sale sign on that island...

:)

He did it!

Cooper made it through the first week of school with a smile on his face! He says the highlights are PE and Library. He chose a cool Big Machines book.

Cormack survived a full week at daycare without his big brother, if only we could get him to stop crying as we leave the driveway on our way there...

Next week I'll start and hopefully then we'll all be in the swing of things. Ahhh the sweet workings of a routine. (Who'd have thought I'd ask for that??)

Hope everyone is great!

He's willing to go back...

An after bed update...

First Grade was AWESOME! Of course any kid who has PE on the first day is sure to want to return. He gives little information but says it was a great day and he can't wait to go back!

Wait till homework starts being assigned!

Waiting for the Bus

The bus comes around 8:30...at 8:15 Cooper was pacing so much we had to start out the door. He found some peas in the garden for a snack along the way!



He loves hanging out with our neighbors.



and his dad, of course!



Here he is getting on the big yellow bus for his first day of First Grade. Can you believe it??

First Day of School

8:06 AM



i am going to sohool.

I'm excited about going to school to hear the teacher say when my specials are.



These are my new shoes that we bought for school.

A Day with Dad

My dad took us on a train ride to the Weirs. It was AWESOME!




Corm loved it too!

Back to School Shopping

Coop had his first back to school shopping experience! He tried on a bunch of clothes like a trooper, bought a new pair of sneakers, and a Sponge Bob lunch box. Then we spent the afternoon at Water Country. So much fun for both of us! (Don't tell Corm...)





Oh, and this is how my day started...
buy a new heat shield or a new car??

A Wareham Vacation

More berries...mmmm

More blueberries means.....



BLUEBERRY JAM!

The Dog Days of Summer...

What better way to spend a hot summer day than covering one's self in frothy milk bubbles? He was quite intrigued by this early science experiment.

Going Green? Seriously?

I read an article today for teachers about ways to Go Green for a new school year.
It actually said "Give up the Post it notes".

Are they crazy? I'll buy more green ones instead...

Quilting Revisited

This spring I joined a quilt swap. I had to make 20 quilt squares with barns on them to swap with 20 other participants, each making different buildings and animals making up a Town. Chickens included!

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There is a post office, school house, general store etc. I just received the package of squares this week and they are AMAZING!



I'm so glad to have started sewing again. Despite the limited space in here, it's been very rewarding (and I've gotten very good at setting up shop and breaking it down quickly!). Someone talked me into hosting a swap of my own. I think I might be too easy...

We hope 16 participants will make 16 holiday squares to swap. So far we have 12 swappers with many beautiful squares; a wreath, angel, trees to name a few.

I'm learning how to paper piece a snowman. What a cool method!



The snowmen will get details eventually...I'm trying to get the piece work done before school starts in August.

Want to join the swap? Check out this link http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=215816

I guess I can't figure out how to make a link within this post so if you want to join click the title "Quilting Revisited" and it will take you there...

Harley Davidson

Can you guess whose family fun this is????

Grammy's Blueberry Cake

we are macin a blueberry cake to spraz my dad.


This is when we poured all the ingredients in the bowl.


Next we blended all the ingredients together.


Next we poured the tasty blueberries.


Then we scraped the dough into the pan.


Then we sprinkled sugar and cinnamon on the dough. It makes the cake look like it's baking.



THEN comes my FAVORITE part, licking the bowl and the spoon!
(Note the emphasis here...)




Next we wait for it to cool down.
Then last, but not least, we eat it.

Mmmmmmm! This is good!


This entire entry was written by and then dictated by Cooper
:)

Story Land

We made it to StoryLand last week with some friends! Cooper could not get enough and can't wait to go again. He was terrified of the Bamboo Chute, which is like a water log ride, but once he made it the first time through he could have spent the entire day riding that one ride.

An interesting moment in the day happened when the power went out in the entire town of Glen. The circus was canceled, and the vendors who didn't know how to make change were left sweating. Lots of slushy, tasteless snow cones were being eaten.

The kids were wonderfully behaved and we ended the visit with, what else? ICE CREAM!

A little tune from Corm...


Got Milk?


Happy faces on the ferris wheel...the photographer's face was a bit green. Blaah.


Watch out Africa, here I come!


Here we go Mates, I'll be your tour guide today....


Mother Who?




YES! It was a great day.