October 26 = Chalkboard Day

Bah, she's so cute.

I got a new Bible today- look how pretty!

Also, I updated my chalkboard.  I love this thing.  This is what it was:

And this is what I changed it to:

October 14 = New Chalkboard Day

We went to McDonalds for breakfast this morning- they have a bookshelf with lots of fun books that Liam and Malia could choose from...

Uhm.  Look at this baby.

Snuggles:

I updated my chalkboard again- I love this thing.

Lord help us if we get to Winter Storm Liam.

September 1 = 2nd Day of School

Here's my latest chalkboard creation- have I mentioned I love this thing?

Here's Malia sitting with me waiting for the bus to come home on the second day of school.  She's something else.

Getting off the bus:

And look what he brought home!

Also, I just love this picture- she looks so comfy and safe and loved.

I didn't watch the VMAs tonight but if I had this would have been accurate...
(2000- Knows every single VMA-nominated artist, sings along to live acts... 2017: As a parent, seeing the VMAs on TV: I don't know what this is but I don't care for it)

August 31 = FIrst Day of School

Liam started school today!  Look how cute my little Pre-K student is!

Kayleigh's pretty excited for some less divided attention...

And Liam is really excited to ride the bus!

The bus was supposed to come at 12:10 but it didn't so I called the school.  The receptionist told me, quite condescendingly, that it must be running a little late.  I waited five more minutes, called back, and asked for the number to the bus company.   Sure enough, even though they called the day before to remind me to be out there waiting for the bus at 12:10, they "didn't realize it was 12:10" and so they sent a bus immediately...

The house was pretty quiet while Liam was gone.  Malia took a nap- she was still kind of tired when we went outside to wait for the bus.  Here she is lying about how she didn't miss her brother:

Her tune changed real quick when he got home- here she is running after him as he ran inside to get a popsicle... He asked for a popsicle this morning morning and I told him he could have one after school- this kid's got a memory!

Later, Liam had a speech appointment- now that he's in school it's going to be a bit tougher to fit in all of his appointments.  Kayleigh was happy to go along to this one!

She's pretty much happy all the time unless she's hungry or no one's paying attention to her.

August 21 = New Sign Day

I love this chalkboard!

July 8 = One Month Day

Holy Moly- Kayleigh's a month old!  

Here she is wearing a shirt that says... Darn- I can't remember- is it everything is more fun with Grandma?

Grandma and Aunt Mary came to visit us this weekend- we loved having them!

 

Malia is typically Kayleigh's second momma but today Liam took on the caretaker role and tried to feed Kayleigh her bottle.  We haven't quite learned that pushing the bottle in her mouth isn't a great way to go but we'll get there.

Of course we had to have our Saturday chickfila breakfast!  Only a few more left before we move up to Rhode Island!

Malia decided to see if she liked the swing any more than Kayleigh does... she does.

When Liam was born, Pinterest was not all the rage it was a little later on so Liam got sheets of paper that said "I'm ____ months old today."  I got a little more sophisticated with Malia and got her wooden numbers for her monthly pictures.  With Kayleigh I got this chalkboard and I'm so excited because I can use it for these pictures and then for other things- quotes, song lyrics, who knows- in between the 8ths of the months.

I told Zachary I wanted to pick a stuffed animal we could put in each picture to show her growth- we chose this "ugly doll."  My friend, Jaimie, gave this to me for my 22nd birthday- it's name is Po.

Also- Malia's birthday is coming up so Grandma brought up some cupcakes.  Malia loved the pink and purple hearts!

Zachary will not allow for serious pictures to be taken if he can help it.

Here's all my babies at one month old:

Oh Kayleigh Bug:

Our first picture as a family of five:

In this picture, with Aunt Mary, you can see the M&Ms that were used to bribe them for the first picture.

June 23 = Thunderstorm Day

Zachary and Liam both had Captain America shirts on today.  We tried to get a picture to show that but Liam was too busy popping his finger in his mouth to let us get a good picture so you'll just have to trust me :)

 Malia helped Daddy do some work today.

And when the work was done, it was time to play- Liam had too much fun hitching a ride from Daddy.
 

Malia wanted in on the action too.

I wrote the other day about how I thrive when I exercise.  I also thrive when I have a clean house.  Cleaning a house and two mobile, curious children do not coexist so sometimes, Zachary takes the kids to the gym and I stay behind to clean.  When we cleaned the garage out last week, I found this canvas we had made into a chalkboard.  So I washed it off and hung it on the wall- it makes me happy!

While I was cleaning and alone in the house, it started storming.  The wind was crazy and it was thundering and lightening- it was awful.  The power kept going in and out.  And then it stopped as quickly as it started.  Zachary and the kids got home at the end of the storm- we put them to bed and then he had me walk to the end of the road to see this tree that had been uprooted.  This first picture doesn't do the beautiful yellow sky justice but I'll share anyway.