A Picture Update

Hey all. It's been another something of a week. The girls were both sick with colds, but Maya had it the worst. There was no sleeping through the night any night this week and I was reminded of her terrible sleeping patterns as a baby. That, plus her newfound ability to get out of her big girl bed myriad times at bedtime for various ridiculous reasons. It all made for long days and long nights! 

It is a full moon week. Next week will be better.

On to the pictures.

Maya hanging out with Boom and Great Margie:

The girls hanging out with G-ma and Pa:

Callie had an audiology appointment due to some inconsistent hearing tests at her pediatrician the past few months, but she checked out fine. Her treat for after the appointment was Dots, "because Bops liked Dots!"

And of course Snapchat!

Chris and I were so tired by 6pm last night. The girls were running around our house and we were like this:

Last night's sunset was very colorful and quick changing.

Tonight ends a couple months long process of my mom considering moving, looking for a new place, closing and actually moving to a new condo a couple blocks down from her old one. It has been a challenging process, but ultimately one that we hope will help us all with continued healing and moving forward after losing my dad. 

She's got a pretty cool new view, don't ya think?

Have a great weekend.

Timehop Tuesday

Well, both girls got the bad cold I had, so it's gonna be a fun week. Not much sleep was had last night.

But here are some Timehops!

First day of preschool:

Maya and her pony. It lays a little flatter these days:

The only selfie Callie will take with me now is on Snapchat:

And sisters:

Weekend Wrap-Up: The Happy Birthday Boom Edition!!

First up- it is Boom's birthday today!!!!! 

We were lucky enough to spend a good chunk of the day with her. More on that later.

Yesterday we stopped by G-ma and Pa's house and the girls played. Then Cal had her first dance class of the year. And that was about it for photographic moments.

So back to Boom's birthday. We started the day by participating in a Lynx 5K! Great Margie is here this weekend, so she joined us too. Prowl said hi to us a few times, and Callie refused to come

out of the car because she still hates mascots.

We hung out at the condo for most of the day. Unfortunately, I was knocked out pretty hard by a bad head cold. But we did some birthday celebrating and went for a walk outside.

Happy birthday Mom, we love you!

And lastly, a shout out to our friends Brent and Bethany, who welcomed Baby Weston on Friday!!

A Picture Update

You guys.  I'm so tired.

This was a big week getting back into routines, starting new routines, figuring out how to get up and out in the morning and rushing to pick up in the afternoons.  And working all day.  And calming meltdowns at home.

School has gone so well for both girls this week (Maya has full days on Tuesdays and Fridays) but the evenings...they have fallen apart a little bit.  It's okay.  I was expecting it, and I know it is because we are in a period of transition and they are so tired too.

We had pizza and a movie night tonight, because I think that was all any of us could muster.

So here are the few pictures that we have from the week.

First up, first day of school pictures!

Before school

After school, right before tantrums started

Maya hung out at Boom's house on Wednesday.

I feel so lucky- both of the girls' teachers sent pictures from their first couple days at school.

To add to the chaos at home this week, we officially (finally) switched Maya to a real big girl bed, instead of the pack-n-play because her guardrails on the converted crib broke.  But luckily she has been so tired the past 2 nights that she has fallen asleep right away without too many shenanigans.

Mismatched bedding.  Poor 2nd child.

And finally, we still find time for Snapchat fun.

Have a great weekend.

Timehop Tuesday

Since it is the first day of school, I have some OLD SCHOOL Timehops for you today! I'll let you figure out who is who!

First up, preschoolers!

Then, first graders!

Weekend Wrap-Up

Hello!  We have had a busy and fun-filled weekend!  Here are some highlights:

SATURDAY
*Morning- at the Held's helping them move and pack for their new house
*Afternoon- apple picking at the neighbor's house
*Evening- dinner at play time at Minnehaha Park/Falls with Boom, Auntie Yoda, Uncle Craigles, and Auntie Mari

SUNDAY:
*Morning- a sunshine-y run and church; golf for Chris
*Afternoon- lunch for me and Maya; lunch and pedicures for Auntie Yoda and Callie
*Evening- playtime at the park with Auntie Cat, Uncle Dan, Hanna and Shambles

And major crazy time for Maya. Shambles just took it all in stride.


IMG_8666 from Baby Goose on Vimeo.


MONDAY:
*Morning- an exciting discovery at Target- preschool-sized carts!
*Afternoon- hanging out at Boom's house (and bringing what looked like a full zoo over to her)
*Evening- getting ready for the first day of school and posing outside in the light rain

Day 1 of preschool and Day 1 of 1st grade and Day 1 of the 13th year of teaching are all happening for three people in our family tomorrow.  It's gonna be a big day!

A Picture Update

I'm at my mom's right now, so I'm phlogging today!

This has been quite a week. I started back at work and had teacher workshops. The girls had their last week of summer and got to hang out with Boom, G-ma and Pa. We had open houses to go meet Callie's 1st grade teacher (Mrs. Mo) and Maya's preschool teacher (Mrs. Lori, who Callie had).

So...here are some pics.

Fun with Boom:

Fun with G-ma and Pa:

Callie ran into kids from her school both yesterday with Pa at the library and another student from her kindergarten class at our library on Monday:

We had some fun snuggles and play time outside:

And of course, more snapchat action:

That face swap is seriously freaky.

Have a great Labor Day weekend! I'll be back on Monday night for the weekend wrap-up.