Bradley Turns 10!

It's amazing how old you can feel when one of your kids turns 10. That's a whole decade. Two short of a dozen. The letter X in Roman Numerals. I can't believe he's 10!


So, I'm a theme person. It makes my whole life easier when I can squeeze it into a theme of some kind. Bradley's birthday was Lego themed. So Blake assisted me in creating the LegoMan centerpiece for the kitchen island. The Piece de Resistance as it were.


You never know what will bring such a spirit of peace and harmony to a home. On this occassion it was a free frisbee. Who knew?




Here's our spread with all of Bradley's favorites. HOMEMADE (pick yourself up off the floor now) Ice cream sandwiches, M&M's, Popcorn and Starbursts. Pretty much a dentist's nightmare but you only turn 10 once!


Way to go Brad! Happy Birthday Dude!

BACK TO SCHOOL!!!

It's a holiday for Mom's across the country. The smell of new pencils, clean backpacks, fresh crayons and diesel from the bus waiting to take the children back to school! We cry because we're happy. Happy our kids are growing, making new friends, discovering things about the world they didn't know. And even though we also cry because our babies are leaving, we're also a little bit happy about the emotional vacation we get 7 hours a day. (Hey, I include the driving time!)


Here is the motley crew waiting for The Orange Bus aka Linda's Bus by our house. You don't mess around on Linda's Bus! Yeah, they all LOOK innocent. . .


The same day not only sent Bradley and Bryson but also Blake off to his second year of Pre-School. He gets to go in the afternoon which his mom is not completely thrilled about. It makes errands hard to do in the morning and competes with Quiet-Time in the afternoon. But, we'll take 2- 1/2 hours, 3 days a week with bus to door service over no pre-school anyday!


Which then leaves Brock and I to have an nice quiet couple of hours until Bradley and Bryson come home. It's good to be an only kid once in a while! We love Back To School!!!