More Antics

Natalie is painting while Zack helps himself to a drink from her paint water.

At school today, I became one of 'those' mothers. I arrived a little early to pick her up and Natalie's class had just went outside to play. So.....I crept behind a bush and watched while she was playing. Sneaky, sneaky. Then, when they went back into the classroom, I waited a couple of minutes for them to get settled and continued with my sneaking. I peeked in the classroom window to find my daughter with her arms around a little BOY! It was story time, where they all sit on the floor and there she was all snuggling with Victor! What a little flirt!!!!! God help us in a few years!!!!!

Homework and Play

Here is Natalie's 1st homework. She had to draw a picture of herself. Look at the big mouth! She's got that right!

Then, Natalie and Daddy went outside and played on her new bike. Obviously it is for when she is a little bigger. Daddy's going to restore it and have Natalie pick the color she wants for it.


I don't know who is having more fun!!!!!!! Maybe me ~ watching those two had me in stitches.

Our 1st Day of School!

It came as a surprise to me, but Natalie started Pre-School today. I had an appointment this morning to check out the preschool at our new church. We loved it. The people there are so nice and friendly. When we went to see the classroom, Natalie was a little apprehensive, but as soon as she saw Play-doh, she was hooked! Off she ran without looking back. So I went and filled out all the tons of paperwork. When I was done, I was asked if I wanted to leave her for the rest of the class time. And that is how her First Day of school came to be.

I was able to get an action shot while I peeked in the window. Here they are having snacktime.

At the end of the class, when Natalie saw me, she ran out of the room yelling "That's my MaMa! She's come for me!" Then she wrapped her arms around my legs and said "I love you, Mama". Little does she know, but I will always be there for her, even if it is from out in the hall watching.

Day of Destruction!

Sorry I haven't posted much yet, but as you will see in this post, we(Jon) have been very, very busy.

Let's start with..........we have known since we bought the house that we needed a new drainfield and septic system. So last week we had them replaced. Sounds simple, you just hire a guy, he comes, digs a little and a few hours later, voila, a new drain and tank! HA-HA-HA!!!!! Never in the deal was mentioned "Total Yard Destruction!"

Here is BEFORE.......

And AFTER........
So, the aftermath leaves Jon with having to re-do the entire back yard. He has to re-grade the yard, since rain runs toward the house now. Then topsoil, grass seed, fertilizer, not to mention all the rocks that must be picked up first. The rush is that the lawn has to be in within the next few weeks or we will have a huge mucky mess since the dirt is mostly clay. Oh, and we are having one of the big trees taken down since it's roots are so invasive that they like to find underground pipes and plug them!

And just for fun.......this project started the same day that he started his fall semester at school!