1st Days!

After 10 weeks of a family summer vacation, we were all excited to get back into a routine! I was ready to not hear the word, "mommy," 25 million times in a day and to stop cleaning the kitchen 4 billion times a day. (at least that is what it felt like!).

So... with the end of summer, came the beginning of our year!

This Tuesday, we were all back to work and Sadie started a new preschool/ daycare. She is going to a homebased daycare that has a structured preschool program in the morning. There are 6 other kids in the "class" and one of them being her best friend, Caleigh, who she has been at daycare with since they were both babies. She was so excited to go that one day one was she was dressed (backpack on) by 6:45am! This week has gone really well and she seems to be having a great time!

Sadie outside AppleHouse PreSchool.

Natalie getting on the bus on her 1st day. Thanks to my mom who went to our sitters house on the first morning of Natalie's school so that I could get this picture. Even as a 2nd grader, I felt like I still needed the "getting on the school bus picture." Natalie definitely had some anxious feelings about starting back, but I think they were all good feelings, and had a great day.

Our 2nd grader!

Isn't this picture SO sweet! This is Sadie giving Natalie a great big hug after Natalie's first day of school. Sadie missed her! Natalie is not hugging back, probably because she is still at the bus stop in front of her friends and needs to act like she didn't miss her sister too. However, this summer these girls played a lot together and I am sure they are both missing each other lots!

Here's to another year. I am sure in about another week, I'll probably be ready for summer vacation. I'll be overwhelmed with the kids all going in different directions, the amount of bags that I have to unpack and repack everyday and trying to figure out how to squeeze "me" time into a day that has no time - but that is what motherhood is all about.

Family Anniversary Celebration - 9 years on 9.9.09!

Nine years - 2 homes, 3 kids later and we still love (and like) each other! That is something to be celebrated! We were able to share some time together last week with an overnight at the Copperfield Inn up in North Creek. We were so relaxed, that we almost felt bored!

This Wednesday, on our actual anniversary, we celebrated family style. Each year since we have been married, I have put on my wedding dress on and danced with Nick to our wedding song. At first, I did it to be silly, then it became tradition and now the kids just love it and it is so fun! I am not sure if Nick likes that I do this, or if he just puts up with my silliness.

This year, the girls decided to be my flower girls and got on their matching back to school outfits. It was so stinkin' cute!

To Nick... I love you. I love where our relationship has been and how it continues to grow and change. I love that you can be silly with me in a way that no one else sees. I love that you are a fun and caring father. I love that you are a hard worker and are very frugal (ok, sometimes that part is annoying) and that because of these qualities, we have been able to do more and have more than might otherwise be possible. I love that you are bald and proud. I love that you take tubs. I love that you email me everyday that I am at work. I love that you make dinners. I love Colin loves you more than me, even though it hurts. I love that we have only been married for nine years and we have so much more to share!