Swimming, again

Even though the weather hasn't been the greatest this summer the kids and I have spent plenty of time by the pool. Kayley and Cole have both learned to dive to the bottom and get the torpedos. Here's Kayley doing her thing.

Cousins!

I wish Zoey was happy in the picture. Oh well!

Ten On Tuesday

1. I'm getting very close to my 300th blog post.

2. Kayley starts soccer tomorrow. My mom got her socks, cleats and shin guards yesterday and Kayley put on her shin guards as soon as she got up today! Funny stuff. We're all excited! She's a little nervous though. She says she doesn't know what to do. I'm sure it'll be fine once she's there though. I'm surprised Cole isn't jealous about it. He knows he gets to play tball next year so I think he's happy with that.

3. After turning the alarm off this morning I went back to sleep. I woke up at 7:22, 8 minutes before we're supposed to leave. We left at 7:45, kids dressed with cereal in a baggie and juice boxes in hand. I would have been on time for work except I forgot to pay rent and I had to swing by and drop off a check. I've never forgotten to pay our rent before. I also forgot my makeup. So look out world, Steph is all natural today. Yay for visible circles under my eyes. :(

4. My eyes hurt from the time I woke up until the time I went to bed last night. I'm dying for some relief. One week till my glasses come.

5. School starts two weeks from today for Kayley. Cole starts the day before her. I think I'll take that Tuesday off and familiarize myself with Kayley's teacher, classroom and routine. Kayley picked out her backpack and keeps asking me about school supplies. I'm pretty sure we'll need to wait to hear from her teacher what she needs so besides pencils I think I'm going to hold off. It'll be a whole new deal with her in school all day!

6. I'm thankful for my mom this summer. She has been so wonderful at watching the kids and giving them a predictable routine. I like to call her SuperGrandma!! I'm sure she'll be very glad when the kids are back in school!

7. I would love to find a place where I can scream until I lose my voice. And then sleep until I'm not tired anymore.

8. My mom left her camera at CPK after Kayley's Kindergarten graduation. She went back to see if it was still there not too long ago and it was! So I have some pictures to post of our little celebration. My mom also took some pictures of Kayley in her soccer attire that I'll post too.

9. Phil (my other boss besides my dad) and Georgia (my supervisor) are gone this week. So it's just me downstairs until Andrew gets here at like 11 every day. It's fine, just boring.

10. I have so much junk in my garage that needs to be gone through and put in its proper place. Sometimes I feel like throwing it all away. It's not like I really need it all if it's in a pile in the garage collecting dust, ya know? I have lots of projects that need to be done and I get mad at myself for not doing them. I suppose I should give myself a break since I'm a busy lady but still, I'm annoyed.

Happy Tuesday! Hope everyone has a great day!

Gizmo

Aunt Lisa, Taryn, Justin and Noah came into town yesterday for Zoey's birthday today. They have a new kitty, Gizmo. The kids had fun playing with him!

Ok, I Guess I'll Blog

Lately I haven't really wanted to blog. I'm in a blog slump if you will. And I will.

I picked out glasses today. Kayley went with me to JC Penny and we both tried on a bunch of different pairs. I'm happy with my choice. They're blue on the inside, black on the outside, both colors on the sides. Please excuse the blurry grossness of my post gym, greasy bangs self. Just focus on the glasses:)

Kayley and I also went to Target to get a few things and she asked for a project to do. So I let her pick out something cheap. She picked model magic animals to make. If you've never used model magic you should check it out, it's great. It's like clay but more foamy and no mess at all. I love the way the penguin came out. The walrus was a little rough.

Happy about all her creations!

What else should I blog about? Hmm.

Well, I did five loads of laundry, two loads of dishes in the dishwasher, cleaned the shower, rearranged some furniture in my room, remembered to feed the fish, made cookies (and only ate one), took the kids to the pool, had dinner with Grandpa Frank, watched Aristocats, played with and read to the kids, went to the bank, resumed past feelings of baby fever, blogged (and fell asleep while blogging and woke up realizing that I'm pooped).

Are you annoyed at my long sentence?

Because I am.

Goodnight folks.

Ten On Tuesday

1. It's my birthday! I am now 26, which is almost upper 20's which is almost 30.

2. I bought McDonald's for breakfast today. I even ate my hash brown. It was so great.

3. Zoey's first birthday is tomorrow. She is the cutest little thing! Her birthday party is on Sunday and Aunt Lisa will be staying with us Saturday night.

4. I haven't bought a pair of jeans since before I lost my last 10 pounds. Megan gave me a couple of pairs that fit but are getting worn now. So, I went shopping tonight and I bought size 7/8 jeans! It's amazing, I cannot contain my excitement!!

5. My dinner tonight consisted of tasty spinach dip and bread, ceasar salad, fillet mignon, garlic mashed potatoes and mudd pie. Amazing!

6. My parents bought me a Mrs. Fields chocolate chip cookie to warm up and consume whenever I feel like it.

7. Krista watched the kids tonight. She took them to pump it up and I'm pretty sure the kids will love her forever for that. It was such a blessing to come home and not have to put the kids to bed. I do love bedtime with the kids but the freedom of not doing it for one night is wonderful. Thanks Krista!

8. Three of these have been about food. Whoops, now four.

9. For the first time in my life I've let the house go. When I was doing daycare I worked at home and was able to consistently keep the house clean. Not so much anymore. I've finally managed to sit in the middle of a mess and not do anything about it. There comes a time when housework is too tiring and much lower on the list of priorities. Saturday will be housecleaning day. Until then nobody is allowed to come over!

10. I'm very tired and have nothing for 10.

My (Almost) 26th

We went to Kampai Saturday night for some amazing food, then to Golden China. The karaoke was BAD so we ended up leaving and going to Rookies for some dancin'! We danced for a long time (girls only) and it was so much fun. I definitely had to save Becca from dancing with a creeper though. Fun times...

Today I got spoiled with cake and ice cream with the fam (the kids helped make the cake and my mom made amazing marshmallow frosting!) and it's not even my birthday yet! I'm going out with just my parents and me on Tuesday to the Aloha Steakhouse. I'm convinced my birthday should be a week long celebration. It would be just that much better if Tyler and my far away friends were here, too.