1st Grade!

First day of school.


Shaylee is my little artist. These are my two favorite pictures of hers. She actually drew the giraffe in Kindergarten which amazes me. She drew the goat last week.


Shaylee is a funny girl. I have a few stories to share about her that happened this summer:

FAVORITE SHAYLEE MOMENTS 2009:

1- When Grandma Lorna came to dinner one night, Aaron was playing his favorite game called "Guess What Movie This is From." Aaron was playing a song for his mom and told her to "guess what movie" and Shaylee said "Oh, don't make the old lady guess." Grandma laughed.

2- I took Shaylee to a wedding reception and after waiting in the line for a looong time, she decided to walk around. Later, she comes running up to me and says "Mom! I found a shortcut to the party......come on!"

3- My favorite- 2 weeks ago I was getting the kids ready for a primary water party. Frantic and running late....I admit I was a little bit of a grouch. Aaron says to the girls "Mommy is in a baaad mood. She must have woken up on the wrong side of the bed this morning!" Shaylee was quiet for a moment and then said "Maybe she fell out of bed.....hit her head......and her brain changed."

End of Summer

My cannas are finally sprouting flowers. It only took them 3 months to grow, but it was worth the wait. So yardwork is done for the summer. These flowers were the ONLY plants I planted this year since we spent the entire summer pulling weeds out of the backyard.






This is what they looked like before the flowers came up.


This entire space was covered in weeds that grew to be waste high. It took us 3 weeks to get them all out by hand! Then AC made this cute little pathway so we could get to the garden easily. Next year we will build a garden box to the left and grow some food! I want to cry knowing this will soon be covered in snow. Boo.

We also bought the kids a swingset complete with monkey bars, a slide, swings and a playhouse. They LOVE it. I love it. I'll post pictures after AC gets the roof put on it. We also spent another 3 weeks pulling weeds and clearing space to put the swingset.