MONDAY "MOURNING"

UNFORTUNATELY THERE WILL BE NO PICTURES FOR A WHILE ON THE BLOG AS I HAVE (OR THE BOYS HAVE) LOST MY DIGITAL CAMERA. IT IS MY LIFELINE TO OUR ACTIVITIES SO I WILL JUST HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL PAYDAY NEARS TO PURCHASE ANOTHER. ANYWAY, BACK TO MONDAY MOURNING....THIS WEEK MARKS MILES' SECOND WEEK OF KINDERGARTEN. THE PARENTS ARE ALLOWED TO WALK THE LITTLE ONES IN FOR 3 WEEKS AND THEN THEY ARE TO BE DROPPED OFF IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING WHERE THE PE TEACHER HELPS THEM OUT OF THE CAR AND INTO THE BUILDING. THIS MORNING (THE BEGINNING OF WEEK 2) MILES INFORMS ME THAT HE WANTS TO BE DROPPED OFF. I WAS STUNNED AND UPSET. I THOUGHT I DIDNT HAVE TO FACE THIS MOMENT FOR ATLEAST 2 MORE WEEKS. HE WAS READY TO BE A BIG BOY. I TOLD HIM TO GO RIGHT TO HIS ROOM AND IF HE GETS LOST TO FIND AN ADULT. HE SAID HE WOULD BE FINE. HE STEPPED OUT THE CAR AND HEADED ON THE SIDEWALK. HE TURNED TO ME AND WAVED AND I CRIED ALL THE WAY HOME. MILES WAS OFFICIALLY A BIG INDEPENDENT BOY. IT WAS BITTERSWEET.

KENNEDI'S 2ND BIRTHDAY

TODAY WAS KENNEDI'S 2ND BIRTHDAY PARTY. SHE HAD A CARNIVAL PARTY. THE BOYS HAD A GREAT TIME PLAYING GAMES AND BEING OUTSIDE. THE BIRTHDAY GIRL GOT LOTS OF NEAT THINGS. WE REALLY ENJOYED THE PARTY AND SUSAN WORKED HARD TO MAKE IT A SUCCESS.

ANGEL AND DANIEL'S COUPLE SHOWER

CONGRATS TO ANGEL AND DANIEL ON THEIR ENGAGEMENT AND UPCOMING NUPTIALS. WE THREW A COUPLES SHOWER AT SUSAN AND TYLER'S FOR THE HAPPY COUPLE. THERE WAS PLENTY OF FOOD AND LAUGHTER. THE COUPLE EVEN PLAYED A GAME. THEY HAD TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT ONE ANOTHER AND IF THEY GOT IT WRONG, THEY HAD TO PUT A PIECE OF BUBBLE GUM IN THEIR MOUTHS. BY THE END, THEY WERE BOTH GAGGING ON GUM. IT WAS GREAT. LOVE YOU BOTH!!!

MAISIE'S 9TH BIRTHDAY POOL PARTY

AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, MILES ADORES HIS "GIRLFRIEND" MAISIE. HE WAS INVITED TO HER BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR WATERSLIDE AND SWIMMING FUN. I WAS UNSURE IF HE WOULD DO THE WATERSLIDE. IT'S PRETTY LONG. HE LOVED IT. HE WENT DOWN OVER AND OVER. HE REALLY ENJOYED BEING WITH THE OLDER KIDS AND SEEING MAISIE. HE WANTS TO HAVE HIS BIRTHDAY PARTY THERE NEXT YEAR.

GO NASHVILLE SOUNDS!!!

WHAT A GREAT NIGHT!! KYLE AND I TOOK THE BOYS TO MEET GIGI AND BUDMAN AT THE NASHVILLE SOUNDS GAME. MILES HAD SO MUCH FUN GOING WITH KYLE TO THE FIRST GAME THAT WE THOUGHT THE WHOLE FAMILY SHOULD GIVE IT A TRY. THERE WAS A FIREWORK SHOW IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE GAME BUT WE WERE UNSURE IF LUKE WOULD LAST THAT LONG. TO OUR SURPRISE, THE BOYS LAUGHED, DANCED, TRIED TO CATCH A FEW FOUL BALLS, AND LOVED THE FIREWORK SHOW. WE GOT TO GO AT THE END OF THE 4TH INNING TO GET AN AUTOGRAPH FROM OZZIE (THE MASCOT). MILES LOVED IT AND LUKE LOVED IT FROM A DISTANCE. WE ATE EVERY BALLPARK THING YOU CAN IMAGINE AND BOUGHT SOUVINEERS TO TAKE HOME.