Yup... another update

So my life is a little crazy and despite my best intentions I don't get around to updating this blog very often.  And more often than not, when I do update it is in bullets.  Well this post will be no different!  Here come the bullets...

• Brooke loves school and is doing great.  Last week, the letter of the week was "M"... so we cut out pictures in the magazines and sent things to school that started with "M".  This week is "Y"... not so easy!! But we are doing our best :)  She is loving it... but she talks all of the time about being in Kindergarten and going to school with Hana!! That will be here soon enough!
• Hana is really liking 1st grade.  I haven't gone in to help in the classroom yet, they have been doing testing and haven't started groups yet.  They should start next week :) I look forward to meeting all of her new classmates!
• Madeline is... well Madeline.  She is super super verbal.  She says whole sentences.  My favorite thing is that she says "my" instead of "me".  So she would say... "my is a pincess"  Those little imperfections are so cute when it is your last baby!!
• We are most likely getting a dog.  A Schnauzer.  We are big dog people. But when you have a small house with 3 kids, one kid with allergies, the size of the dog doesn't matter so much :) We are picking the dog out on Thursday...
  
  Look how cute she is!!! (this is one that I held... It may be the one we take.  Who knows!!)
• I am still leading my Moms group.  We are studying the Book of Acts. Great study!
• Jack is doing a tennis ladder.  It is great for him to get out, meet new people and play!!
• We got Direct TV.  We were unhappy with our Charter cable and the way they treated their established customers... so we switched.  So far we love it.  A lot more channels!!
• I have been doing a lot of photography sessions and I have a lot coming up.  I even did my first wedding.  It was very stressful and parts of it were hard.  But it was a good learning experience and I am glad that I did it. Here are two of my favorites from the ceremony.

OK... that is all of the bullets I have for now :)

Brooke's first day of pre-school!

Today was Brooke's first day of 4 year old preschool.  This is the first time that we have done the 4 year old preschool here.  Hana was in a different school at this age... so this is all new to us!  So far I am really liking the curriculum.  In the 3 year old class, it was more about playing.  This year they are doing a letter a week.  They are each bringing in things or pictures of things that start with the letter :) It should be a good year, I am excited for her!

Of course I took some pictures! (And yes, she is wearing the same shirt Hana wore on her first day... well not the exact same shirt, they each have their own size.  I bought it for Brooke first and liked it so much I went back and got Hana one too)

Isn't she adorable!!

Can you tell it was humid this morning??!! My lens was all foggy!!

Walking down her new hall 

And into her new class :)

 

Have a great day sweetie!!

Brooke's Orientation

Today was the orientation for Brooke's preschool class.  She is going 3 days a week again this year.  She had a good time going in to meet her new teachers and the new kids in her class. She went right in and started playing.  I know she is going to love it again this year!!

 making new friends!

Madeline had a good time too :)

 ummmm... I think that is for baby dolls Madeline!

School starts for Brooke on Wednesday!!

Big Day! part 2

 Today is also Madeline's 2nd birthday!! So hard to believe that she is 2!

Good morning birthday girl!

How old is Madeline?? 

Then we had present opening time...

 

Then we went to CiCis for dinner :)

Then time for singing and cupcakes :)

Happy 2nd Birthday Sweet Girl!

Big Day! part 1

Today is the first day of school for Hana!! She is a big first grader!! It is so hard to believe :) Time flies!

First day of school breakfast...

First day of school teeth brushing...

Yay!! She loves school :)

Have a great day sweetheart!!! :)

See... Im doing better!

A quick update of some new happenings!
Hana had her open house on Monday night, we got to see her first grade room.   I liked her teacher, but there were no names that I recognized in her class! Now, I didn't study the list so it is possible that I missed one, but still, a whole new class!  I guess it remains to be seen if that is good or bad :)

At her desk :)

Brooke had another visit to the allergist.  This time it was re-check one of the earlier tests.  She had a generic "fish" test that was positive the first time.  So this time we found out she is allergic to... codfish (pretty severely), flounder, mackerel,  and tuna.  Poor Brooke!
I have had a lot of sessions for my photography blog... I just haven't updated it.  But there will be some new ones coming soon!!
And for those of you who don't know... I got a tattoo on my foot.  I got it in Charleston, and it is a Jesus fish that goes in color from purple to blue to green (the girls' birthstone colors)

Tomorrow is a big day around here... :)

I'm sure I will have a new post very soon!!

Charleston!!! 10 years in the making!!

Let me start with some brief updates, then on to Charleston!  Yes, I realize that I have not done many blogs this summer.  We really do a lot.  I just don't have all that much time to blog due to the fact that summer takes away my nap free time... because Hana is home.  She goes back to school Thursday.  So I will at least have SOME time to myself!
Since my last blog post, we have... been to the lake, I got strep for the 3rd (and hopefully final) time, been to the movies, the beach many times, the pool lots and lots,  friends houses... etc etc!!! It has been a fun, quick, and busy summer!!  Now... on to Charleston!!

For Jack and my 10th anniversary we went to Charleston for 4 glorious days!
We went down Thursday.  We started with a movie... The Change up.  It was cute, but a little crude.  Then we went to dinner at a place I had a coupon for.  Wonderful food, night 1!!

Then Friday we spent the day in downtown Charleston (we stayed about 10 miles away).  We started with a carriage tour, which was one of our favorite events of the weekend!  Here is the horse as they came to pick us up.

This was a great way to see the city! We saw LOTS and didn't have to walk!

A church and the battery

This is the old theater and one of the many gas lamps that burn... 

and the city doesn't know how!!

We then went to eat at a wonderful Italian restaurant Bocci's. We then went through the market and walked around to many of the beautiful places that we had seen on the carriage ride.  But my favorite was when we walked out on a pier on the river... it had big porch swings!! Awesome... this is us right after our peaceful swing!

On the river front...

 

Then we had dinner at a wonderful restaurant... Pooghan's Porch. Wonderful dinner number 2!  Here we are after dinner...

Saturday we spent most of the day by the pool.  Then on to some sushi and wonderful dinner number 3!  Sadly we had to come home today.  It was so nice to be away from the kids and get to spend time with my wonderful husband! We had a great great time!!!  Hopefully we won't have to wait 10 years to have another great trip!!