Free flowers

We were helping Mary Catherine move some things out of her house...  Julie picks up several dandelions and asks me if we could plant some of them in my flower garden.  I said "No honey, they are weeds."  She says back to me, "No Mom, they are wishes!"

The beach!

We were having a blast on our annual beach vacation at Nags Head!

Julie points as she looks down the beach and says "Look, there are two big spiders!"  --Julie had never seen a real crab!

Mama is on top of it!

So, that is what I thought!  Rob had an early morning rehearsal, so I was responsible for getting both kids up and out the door on time!  Everything was going great...I even packed lunches!

That afternoon, I was out cutting the grass on the riding lawn mower when Jesse came out to ask me, "Mom, why did you put a knife in Julie's lunchbox?"  Being that I was sure that is not what he said...it got me to thinking!

I am not winning Mom of the Year award...I sent the pairing knife to school in Julie's lunchbox that I used to cut up our strawberries!

Spring Break 2015

So spring break for kids aren't so crazy, or are they!!?

I asked Julie what the craziest thing she did over spring break...  it was then that we decided to eat a piece of dog food together!!

Hands full

Julie and I were talking one afternoon and she told me that she wants four children.  I commented, "you will certainly have your hands full!"  She then said, "I am not going to carry them!"

Gosh, I love it!  This age, they are so literal!

Nuckols Farm Running Club

So, today was the first day of running club. Julie asked what Ms. Swanson would be doing while she was running. I told her that Ms. Swanson was not going to be there, that Ms. Sweeney would be there. Julie bummed, and responds with "Awww, she makes us tired!"

After 6 to 7 laps of running/walking Julie tells me that she doesn't want to do running club anymore! :)

Kindergarten, here she comes!!

I will never forget the smile on her face and response when we asked how the first day of Kindergarten was!! She said "It was AWESOME!"

After just one week in school, I heard two new words in her vocabulary. She used the words "personal space" and said that something was "complicated".

And after two weeks of school, she knows her phone number and how to tie her shoes!! Definitely off to a great start!

The only thing that she doesn't like...is the fire drills! Poor girl was crying for at least 30 minutes before bed because there was going to be a fire drill the next day! That afternoon, she said that the fire drill was fine...like it was nothing! :)