I will leave you with a little tidbit my darling husband said to me on Sunday after looking at the ever-growing pile:
Doesn't she look mad? Incidentally, last night after eating our spaghetti Sadie was complaining to Eric and I that her nose was bothering her. We both looked but did not see anything amiss. Well about half an hour later, we hear a loud sneeze, and saw a giant spaghetti noodle hanging out of her nose! It was about 6 inches long. The poor thing. I'm just glad she was able to sneeze it out.
My Kindergartner. He was very excited to go this morning. As he lined up to go into his classroom he looked very stoic. He knew he had a job to do, and he was determined to do it.
Some highlights of his first day:
Megan also started 4th grade. She made it very clear that I did not need to walk her into class. She felt perfectly capable of doing it on her own. Of course she did! She is my independent soul. She also made it clear that she would not be wearing a skirt the first day. I reminded her that last year she was disappointed when she didn't wear a skirt and all of the the other girls had one on, but I could not sway her. By the way, she was not disappointed in her choice this year. Apparently there were a lot more girls wearing pants.
Some highlights:
Free. I saw this out in a field. Stopped my car. Left my kids. Trekked out to the middle of the field. And loaded it up in my car.
Free Big Wheel. From our Enrichment swap a few months ago.
Not Free. But second-hand, almost perfect condition, and super, super cheap.
On-sale. Seriously discounted. By the way, I am talking about the ride-on toys, not the children. Although there are those days......
Completely full price. It still pains me to say that. Not even on sale.
Completely Free! And Hotwheels no less. Given to us by a neighbor who was moving who had a son who loved Hotwheels almost as much as Jackson.
Supposed to be super cheap, but ended up costing more than I figured. But still considerably less than a new one. The garage also holds, one more scooter, another motorcycle, and 3 more kids bikes. I am holding onto the bikes because I refuse to get rid of them, only having to buy them in another 2 years when Sadie wants one.
The backyard looks much the same. All free or gifts! And all regularly played with.
Did I mention I made them clean their rooms, before breaking out the paints. And the living room. And the hallways. And their bathroom. Maybe I'm not so much fun after all.
Sade adores Meg. And the feeling is mutual. If Sade is feeling a bit sad, or a bit mad at Eric or I, she looks first to Megan. And Megan always responds with copious amounts of attention and affection.
They are so similar, that I often wonder how Megan would be now if she hadn't been my first child. She was a tough baby, but Sadie was too. I think what is different has been how I reacted to each. I am now more easy going. A fit doesn't bother me too much. I was more strict with Megan which probably positively caused her to become responsible, but negatively could have caused her to care a bit more what I think than maybe she should. I wonder if Sadie will retain her stubbornness, or develop much the same as Megan. At least they can complain to each other about me.
Also, today I felt like I saved some major money at Old Navy. Right now they have all kids jeans on sale for $10, so get off the computer and go right away before they sell out of all of the sizes. Plus I had a number of coupons. However, I found out that I could only use one coupon per transaction, but luckily had a really great cashier that didn't mind checking me out 3 different times. Check out all of the jeans, shorts, and khakis I got for $98.70. That is $8.97 an item. Not too shabby.
Times have certainly changed when your 18 month old has higher heels than you had before you were 15.
And when you add a little boy into the mix, it gets even better.
That's right my little man Jackson. I cannot fathom what is going on. I have kids that don't get sick. I am pretty sure Jackson has never had an antibiotic and Sadie had her very first trip to the Dr.'s last week. Isn't it summer?
Each of the children has taken many rides over the last few days. Who knew a change of location could provide so much enjoyment.
Grapes, Applesauce, Tangerine. If only I enjoyed fruit, I too could eat this healthy. By the way I continued with my lunch toast diet.
There were not even any fights, so watching was even more enjoyable than usual.
7 meals! Now if only I felt like having any of it for dinner.
No surprise that Jackson was playing MarioKart.
But big surprise that I found Megan asleep on the couch. I guess she had still not recovered from vacation. I was really worried about her being able to sleep that night, but to my surprise it didn't take her long at all to fall asleep at bedtime. Thank goodness!
This was taken when I went in to get Sadie up from her nap. Isn't her hairdo fabulous? You too can get it if you add sunscreen, swim, and they go right to bed.
After her nap, it was showering time. Although she is not a fan of swimming, she is a fan of showering. She walks back and forth under the shower getting to all of her toys.
Due to swimming, blogging, and house cleaning, I too had missed my shower for the day. So this is me blow drying my hair at 4:30 p.m. I am just not the type of person who can go a day without showering or washing her hair.
While I was getting ready I saw Miss Sadie like this. I just love the back of her head. For the record she was sitting on this contraption that Megan was playing with in my room, and reading a book.
As I mentioned we had been on vacation, so I wanted to document my laundry pile. Seriously!
Jackson, Sadie and I dropped Megan off at Activity Days, and then headed over to Fresh & Easy. How I love Fresh & Easy. Look at all my organic produce and milk for soooooo cheap.
Sadie and Jackson did have a not so healthy cinnamon role sample while we were there, as you can tell by the extreme amount of frosting covering Sadie's nose.
We then went to pick Megan up from Activity Days. Soon after this picture was taken Jackson Karate chopped Megan in the eye. He then said, "Megan I didn't mean to Karate chop you in the eye, I meant to Karate chop you in the forehead." Oh, that's better!
That night we had Chipotle for dinner. I had been without if for a week, so I informed Eric that morning that we would definitely be having it for dinner that night. I have two obsessive soda guzzling children in my family and Sadie is one of them.
Lastly just a picture of Megan and Sadie right before bed. Megan was playing with this computer when Sadie decided she wanted it. She went and sat down on Megan's lap and then stole it away. We of course just laughed. This girl has no discipline in her life.
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