I've moved....

... the blog that is.
you can find us @ https://mylifewithmunchandbeans.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post-new.php

once I figure out how to use auto-email I will set up those of you who were on it :)

I will try to update more often.....

First Day of School 2010!

Can you believe it? I can't...today both girls went to Nebo Elementary! Ella started kindergarten & Emily started 2nd grade...

They were so excited they started asking if they could get up & ready for school at 4:59am!!!! I guess that is better than dragging them kicking & screaming out of bed & to school, right?!?!?!
So here's how our morning looked:





So, now on to my day of grocery shopping, cleaning, school supply gathering & parent care-taking (ha ha!)...all before they get off the bus at 2:52pm.
It's going to be a great school year!

a month later...

...and we are in full summer mode! Our days have been filled with sun & the pool!
Grandma & Grandpa from New Jersey sold their house & headed south. Currently they are living with us but will be settled into their own place soon. They have already made an offer on a house about 20 minutes from here, the girls are more than excited!
Other than the pool & hanging out with Grandma & Grandpa we've been enjoying the "lazy days of summer".
We did go for a photo shoot a few weeks back, take a peak:

All Done!

So the school year is over and my peeps are happy, happy girls!!!!! Ella is thrilled that she NEVER has to eat school food (of you can call it that) again! She is also sad that she "will never see some of my best-est friends again!!!!!". It was a bit much for her to handle on Friday... being happy & sad, she wasn't sure what to make of it. Emily is thrilled for 1st grade to be over with as she was bored, bored, bored. She loved her teacher but she said that after Christmas she was ready for 2nd grade. I got a book from the library (for me), I forget the name, but it is an overview of things your child will learn in 2nd grade...she spotted it last night, took it to bed & by 6:45 this morning she had read 65 pages! She can't wait for 2nd grade to start!
Before it does, we have 8 weeks of summer fun: birthday parties, pool, library & movies... not to mention the promise of Grandma & Grandpa moving to Georgia & actually living with us for several weeks... I think it's going to be a great summer!!!!!
Here are a few pictures from the last day of school...


Ella's "crazy hair day" at school


Emily with no teeth


Dressed and ready for the last day (it was pj day for Ella)


Emily and her awards


Emily's Honor Roll award (and ice pop stained face)

Ella's End of Year Picnic

Ella's pre-k doesn't have a graduation but they did have an end of year picnic...she has a great time!

Photo and video editing at www.OneTrueMedia.com

Look!

One more baby tooth gone!

Scoliosis...

So as you may have already heard, Emily's annual Scoliosis x-ray was just done and came back "stable"...meaning that her double curvature - afflicted spine is holding steady at 4% & 5% curves. This is good news! We have to have an x-ray done at least once a year until she is 12, then they might be every 6 months UNTIL she has gone 24 months with out growing in height, at that time we can switch to "as needed". Anyway, I am thrilled that her back hasn't gotten any worse, I hate the idea of her having to wear one of those cumbersome braces for 22-23 hours a day!

I hope to get back to painting this coming week. I took a break 3-4 weeks ago when my parents came to look at houses & just haven't been able to make myself get back to it. Well, there are only 5 more weeks of school so I better get cracking! I want all of the trim painted BEFORE the girls get out for the summer!

In other, far less important news, you may have noticed I changed the title of the blog, I just like it better. The web address stays the same...