September 9 = Packers Day

So I'm more of an individual NFL Player fan but I've decided to adopt the Packers as my team.  I love Aaron Rodgers and Clay Matthews... and Eddie Lacy.  And Julius Peppers and Jordy Nelson.  And now I love them as a whole even more because I saw on FaceBook today that they donated $200,000 to enhance community-police relationships.  I am really torn on the issue that's at hand right now- Colin Kaepernick (which I spelled correctly without cheating.  I googled it because I was sure I misspelled it but I was actually right- go me) has recently started protesting during the national anthem being played before football games because of race relations in our country- namely, unarmed African Americans being shot and killed by police officers.  I believe he has a reason to protest.  I just don't know how much good is being done by him sitting during the national anthem.  And now that September 11th is tomorrow, I'm feeling more uneasy about it.  What the Packers did though I think is great.  So just thought I'd share because this is the only picture I have from today. Oops.

I've been saying oops a lot lately.

September 8 = Chickfila Day

I wonder how many blog posts are titled "Chickfila Day."  More than I'm comfortable with.

Anyway- when I picked Liam up today from the bus (which was supposed to drop him off but went to a place they didn't tell me they were going and then acted like I was crazy because I didn't know to go to an undisclosed location) at school... as we were walking to the car he started requesting lunch at chickfila.  I have a problem and now I've passed it on to my son.  Oops.

September 7 = Grocery Shopping Day

Well the title of today's blog post is misleading because I didn't actually go grocery shopping but Malia and I accompanied our friends, Amy and Evie, on their grocery shopping trip.  I met Amy at the gym and there wasn't enough time to go home before picking up Liam but it was too early to head to the school so we tagged along as she went to the commissary.  The girls enjoyed each others' company!

We picked Liam up from school and on our way in, I was cleaning out the car so the kids sat just like this while I did:

Also, saw this and laughed out loud:

School wears Liam out- here's his post-school nap:

So. Accurate.

September 6 = T-shirt Making Day

I'm trying to surprise Zachary for football starting up this week.  So I looked at our fantasy teams and made two shirts for each of us so we can show our support for our players this week.  The Jets and the Broncos shirts are for me and the Giants and the Panthers shirts are for Zachary.  Hopefully, he'll wear them and I can make some more for future matchups!

Also, here's a text from Zachary:

And I have a story to tell.  Zachary took Liam to the gym tonight and while he was there, there was a bug in my bathroom.  So I do what I always do, put a container over it.  I couldn't find one without holes in it so I was just hoping for the best here:

I took a picture to send it to him to let him know he had some work to do when he got home and then I remembered I've sent that same text to him twice before yet these are still in the same place in my bathroom:

So he came home and took care of the, what he informed me was a, grasshopper.  And because he knows I don't like killing things, as icky and jumpy as they are, he released it back into the wild.  What a good husband I have!

September 5 = Liam's Birthday

So I feel really guilty.  It's Liam's birthday and I have virtually no pictures.  We celebrated more last weekend than on his actual birthday but today started with Chickfila, duh.

And then we did all the normal things we do except Zachary was with us.  We went to the gym.  Played with some toys.  Went for a walk.  Took a nap.  But one exception was watching a movie and eating popcorn.  Both the kids were into it:

September 4 = No Pictures Day

I did back to back yoga classes this morning.  It was glorious.  I did vinyasa from 9:30-10:45 and then yin from 11:00-12:30.  I'm not usually able to do this because that's three hours and the kids can only be at the gym for two.  So I left the kids with Zachary and Matthew and Rachel and went to yoga with my friend, Amy.  It was so, so good.

And I came home and took a nap.  Also so so good.

And then I saw this and thought it was so accurate and it's my only picture from the day:

September 3 = Matthew & Rachel Day

Matthew got home from deployment recently and he and Rachel came up to see us this weekend!  They have a concert to go to tomorrow but we're happy to have them here today and some of tomorrow.  I was so excited they were here that I forgot to take pictures.  I have two pictures to show you today and one of them, I didn't even take.

Here's Malia coloring with these super cool markers that only mark on this special paper.  Not on skin, walls, clothing, nothing!  It's a miracle.

And Rachel took this picture of her and Malia- how cute!!