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.


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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.

Timehop Tuesday

Happy Tuesday!

First up, sweet Cal who is looking way too grown up.

Then sweet Maya with the most adorable chunky cheeks.

Lastly, a nearly identical picture, 2 years apart.

Weekend Wrap-Up

Here we go...last weekend of summer.

On Saturday we threw a super fun bridal shower for Laura Suurmeyer!  She and Zach are getting married in October and we can't wait for the wedding.

The girls spent Saturday hanging out with Auntie Cat, G-ma, and Pa.  Auntie Cat got them new water bottles for school, and they had fun doing dishes and washing them.

Today we went to lunch at Auntie Cat's and she and I made one of my blue Apron meals.  Maya did more dish washing (and jello eating), and Cal did more Snapchat.

Chris got Maya to take a nap!  And she made up for lost time from not napping much this week and slept over 2.5 hours.

We spent our final hours of summer at a splash pad and park because it was a beautiful night!  The girls had a lot of fun and it was nice to be outside and spending time as a family.

Teacher workshops start tomorrow, and we also have a conference with Maya's preschool teacher and an open house for Callie's first grade teacher.  It is going to be a busy week!

Summer Wrap-Up: #summer16cjml

Instagram is my go-to picture sharing app, and this summer I used it with the hashtag #summer16cjml.

I looked back over all the pictures I shared there, and it does a pretty great job of summing up the summer.

So I captured the thumbnails, each set in reverse chronological order (earliest bottom right to latest top left), and thought that would be the best way to sum up Summer 2016.

So here goes, #summer16cjml.

Bottom Right: 6/11- Top Left: 6/18

Bottom Right: 6/21- Top Left: 6/29

Bottom Right: 6/30- Top Left: 7/8

Bottom Right: 7/9- Top Left: 7/18

Bottom Right: 7/19- Top Left: 7/23

Bottom Right: 7/23- Top Left: 7/28

Bottom Right: 7/28- Top Left: 8/6

Bottom Right: 8/6- Top Left: 8/18

Bottom Right: 8/18- Top Left: 8/26

I think that about sums it up.  This summer has been awesome and challenging and happy and sad and I'm always very thankful to get these couple of months off to be with my girls.

On to teaching year #13!  Let's hope it's a lucky one!

A Picture Update: Summer, the FINAL week

We are at Week 11!  It is always amazing to me how fast the time goes.  When I'm at week 3, it seems like week 11 is so far away.  And then all of a sudden it is here.

I'm going to do a summer wrap-up post tomorrow, so today I'll just focus on the fun we had this week.

On Tuesday morning we got Maya a cute little bob hair cut and went to brunch, just us girls.

Then I had a couple of adorable ballerinas in the house for a bit.

Later, Callie spent the night at Boom's house, which included a trip to Izzy's for ice cream!  Maya and I got a little one-on-one time too.

On Wednesday I resigned to the fact that we are probably done with nap time.  So instead, enforced quiet time and saw a lot of this cute face on the monitor.

I'm hoping in the fall she'll still nap a couple times a week when she is with the grandparent day care (and I'm sure they hope so too!), but since she'll be starting preschool 2 days a week (with just a short rest time), I figured it was good to give her some experience without naps during the day.  There have been some 4pm meltdowns, but it sure makes her crash quicker at 7pm for bed.

We also had double trouble bath time on Wednesday, which usually doesn't happen any more.  They usually do separate baths.  Callie likes the water hot.  Maya likes the water lukewarm.  They fight over toys.  But for whatever reason, they made it work that day and it was cute.

Yesterday we went over to see the Held's new house and play on the playground nearby.  And then we stopped by my school for a little bit and played in the pillow corner and the playground there.

Uncle Dan took them to the Chutes and Ladder's park after quiet time.

Then we spent the rest of the day obsessing over Snapchat.  If you didn't see yesterday's post, click here! It is pretty hilarious.

We met Boom for lunch today and Maya ate probably at least half of my vegetable curry.

And the obsession with Snapchat continued.  A few new filters are switched out each day, so it is actually pretty brilliant.

This week also marked the 5th anniversary of the bad car accident Chris was in with our friends Nate, Nik and Dave out in Washington back in 2011.  Nate is actually in town this weekend, so it is really special that they will all get to be together to mark the anniversary.

Have a great weekend!  I'll be back tomorrow with some sort of summer wrap-up.