Julie's Fabric Stash

Look at how great this looks!  It was a pharmacy.  I'm so proud of my sister for pursuing her dreams!  Brave and bold!  And "Sharon's in charge" (inside joke).  This place is great.  I bought some fabric to make dresses for my girls and some 'I am Sam' material to make Sammy stuff.  And there is a kids play area so that they can play and I can shop.... sweet.  The first three days have gone well, if she keeps this up she could add to her inventory.

my favorite

I love it when Evelyn says, "One more time?" Complete with finger in the air and a questioning look on her face.  She usually uses this phrase instead of, "Again!"

Just like Christmas

It's always nice to have Christmas.  My kids thought it was Christmas when I moved the couch for them to clean out all the toys and books they'd put down there in the last few months.  They were so excited with each new discovery.  Sam's favorite was his lego instruction booklet, "Mom, look it's my destructions!"

Ending of summer, kind of

Jer was gone for four days last week on Scout camp.  It was alright, but I did miss him.  We're very glad that he's back.  Today we had an impromptu swim party and had Max, Pips, Allen, Nate, Charlotte, Lizzie and my kids all playing and having a blast.  I'm glad that Ada asked to do it.

Neptune Park

Tea Party

Our sweet neighbor hosts a princess/prince party every year when her grandkids come to visit.  She invites us as well because we are good friends.  The problem is that we though Evelyn had the chicken pox this year.  Luckily or not so luckily, it ended up being an allergic reaction to either the antibiotics that she was on or the cashews that she ate at my parents house.  It wasn't like the hives that either my older kids ever broke out it... and they lasted for five days, but they did go away and that was great.  Since we missed their party, we had our own tea party with my sister Sharon.  It was so fun to see how much fun the kids had playing pretend while they ate lunch at the same time. Cuties.

Ada's friend

Ada got to do this for a friend's bday party. How cool is that?

Look at her!

Look at my grown up little Ada! I love how she would follow Jer to the end of the earth.

Julie's Fabric Stash

Tomorrow is the grand opening of my sister's new fabric store. I'm so proud of her! It's very exciting and I'll post another picture of it all dolled up after I take one tomorrow!

Epic

Took my kids to see Epic at three movie theater. They were very good until it was time to go home. It was a cute show but not as cute as the kids watching it. And since we drove the car, the kids rolled down all the windows and kept saying it was a hurricane.

Object lesson

While teaching a room full of 4 year old boys a lesson on obedience, I dropped and broke the glass on the family picture I brought as a visual.  Of course, all the boys wanted to crowd around and see.  I told them to sit in their chairs while I cleaned it up.  Then I told them that it's like their parents.  Their parents tell them to do things so that they don't get hurt.  When they obey, they are safe.  Whoops.  At least it worked into the lesson.