Well, the 4th day of school anyways......

So to remedy the 1st day picture debacle, the plan was to take 2nd day pics. Well, lazy & forgetful as I am, the 4th day will have to suffice. Still as cute, I must say.

Mallorie is doing well. She likes her teacher - says she's strict, but funny. You can't ask for more than that as a parent!! So far so good in 5th grade.

Kindergarten is going pretty good for Gilli. She had a rough 3rd morning with some tears and anxiety, once reality kicked in that this is how life is from now on! But she worked through it, realized her tears really don't get her what she wants - unfortunately :( And this morning went very well!! Lee & I walked her to the gym where they all gather & wait for the teacher, kissed & hugged goodbye and then went to the corner to hide and watch until she walked away in a line with her class. She did great! She was smiling and even talking to a friend while they waited. We were proud.....

Good day to you.

The sleepover...AND THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL PEOPLE!!

Mallorie's actual birthday was Saturday and she had a couple girlfriends sleep over. The girls had a blast. They swam, talked about boys & most importantly, they watched High School Musical 2. It was a 10 year old's dream.

This is them fighting over the tv when Troy Bolton came on to sing his solo. For those of you lucky enough NOT to know who that is, he is the modern day Danny Zuko on High School Musical 2.

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So, now we move on to the 2nd part of the blog title to the first day of school... I don't even want to talk about it, but I suppose I have to since this is a BLOG. Gillian was really excited and happy to start her first day of kindergarten! Mallorie too - 5th grade that is. I was balling my EYES OUT! It was terrible. My baby is gone - no longer a baby. Its a horrible feeling. I'm not going to sugar coat if for any of you that have little ones. I want to crawl into a hole and strap her to my chest so she cannot EVER grow up!! She's the baby! Next year I think will be worse with Mallorie going into middle school!! I'm fine with her this year, since she is still in elementary. But middle school?? C'mon!!! OK, enough of that. This is the part where I tell you you cannot see any pics of the first day of school because I'm so flustered that I ACCIDENTALY DELETED THEM. Terrible, I know. Don't fret, we'll stage the whole thing again and no one will ever know. Well I guess only the world wide web will know, but that's it!

Signing off, Weepy Mom...

A visit with the Metzgers

Last night we had an awesome visit with our good friends Nicole & Charlie². That's Big Charlie & Baby Charlie if you didn't catch my algebraic lingo. Anywho, there were chicken wings galore, spirits and laughter. Thanks guys for comming by!!

Nicoli Volkoff and the Bucket o'Pee himself.

Charlie²

Baby Charlie

I really wish this one wasn't so fuzzy. Don't know why it is, but I just love it and had to share!!

Oh and obviously I'm also expirimenting with a new layout here for the blog. You like? You care?? I think I like the left justified much better. Next time, Friends... next time.

Anyways, this is all for now. Enjoy your weekend!

-karla

Happy Birthday Mallorie!!!

Here she is, the birthday girl!!


May I suggest to those of you living down south, considering procreation - Don't plan for an August birth!! It makes birthday parties excruciatingly HOT! Thank god my mom has a pool!!




The kids had a blast. I think there were 10 kids in total. Lee's little sisters & brother were down from Ohio to add to the head count.

Cake time is the right time!!! I discovered that cupcakes are the same price, you don't have to cut them & they are less mess!!!





Lee grilled hot dogs & hamburers. He was brave to stand by the hot grill and sweat his... well it was hot.



There are so many other pics. Check them out at Flickr. Just create a free account to be able to view my pics. Just send me a message to add you to my contacts and you can see them all!! Ok? Do it.

-Karla

The kids got a hold of the camera...

Mallorie called me at work the other day, super excited, "Can I PLEASE take a picture??" Apparently she was playing fasion designer and tied Gillian's shall into a Mallorie Original Creation. Fashion shoot ensued:





Of course she then needed to put her signature on it by taking a shot of herself!

She got one of Bernie too. She's pretty good, that kid!

For those anxiously awaiting a post about the big bithday party, you'll have to wait a bit longer. Sorry folks!!

Let's see...

What can I blog about that won't be too boring for ya?

Here's a picture of us, that I don't hate.


Bernie has discovered Casey's bed and quite enjoys it. See:


This was cool. I was out at 5AM letting the dog pee and I looked up all blurry eyed and saw this:

I guess it was from the space shuttle or some kind of Mars probe thingy? I dunno. Lee told me, but I wasn't really listening. It was just cool to see.

This was cute. Pretty self-explanitory - a rare puppy moment. Good thing I got a shot of it because mouth kissing is definitely NOT something that we will allow in the future. Gross! Tongue directly on lips!


That's about it folks.

Love, karkar