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...

I passed!

Last year at Emily's 6 year old well check-up, her doctor eluded to the fact that she was a tad heavier that the doctor would like to see... at that time she was 60lbs 12.8 oz and 48 inches tall. I could see her ribs. I did not think she was heavy at all although I did notice she had plumped up, the kind of plumping they do before they grow. Needless to say, I felt HORRIBLE! As her mother I am 100% responsible for her weight, whether it is too much, too little or just right. Anyway, after a year of very careful monitoring and trying to find a balance between watchdog and a mom letting kids be kids, there was good news at the 7 year old visit! Emily has grown to 50 inches exactly and weighs 63lbs even...this is stupendous!!!!! On another note, the doctor agrees with us that she has a casein allergy, the protein in milk. No need to head to the allergist after all since there is nothing that can be done except avoid milk & milk products (other than cheese and yogurt). This was a great visit!
8 year old check up already scheduled...and the doctor is going to pierce Emily's ears!

Landscaping

Yesterday was our anniversary, 12 years!!!! We went out for lunch with the girls & then, of course, on to Home Depot because nothing says love like a home improvement store... ha ha ha! The girls were getting bored as George & I walked the aisles of mulch, plants & trees trying to figure out what to plant in the backyard & some whacked out bed in the front. They were bored, but obviously listening. When we got home they wanted to play outside, look what they did to make the whacked out bed better...


(if you can't see it, they picked azalea's & put them around the border of the bed to make it pretty)