MIA

Where have we been all summer?  We have been so busy with all kinds of fun stuff.  That and Facebook have made this blog take a back seat. Sorry we missed 4th of July, our trip to Utah and other fun stuff.  It's been hard to keep up on here but here goes on a few recent highlights.

We took a day trip to Indianapolis to the Children's Museum.  The kids had a great time with everything but especially liked the Barbie Exhibit (surprise!)

We had a fun swimming party at a friend's house.  There were lots of the girls' friends there and it was a wonderful summer day!

Kira started Kindergarten!  She was so excited to go the first day.  Although, she woke up the night before about 4:20 a.m. with a tummy ache and a bad dream that books were climbing in her bed trying to bite her.  Maybe she was just a little nervous.  We took her to school the first morning to drop her off and she was good to go!  She didn't seem to have any reservations at all.   I actually did much better than I thought I would.  I think I went through alot of the emotions all week.  I did fine until I waved goodbye as I was walking out the door and she waved at me.  I started the tears as we walked down the hallway.  But, she had a fantastic day and I know she's been loving it ever since.  She started riding the bus on the second day and has done pretty good with it overall.  It's made such a change at home already too.  The first week she had some very grumpy times after school but she's also decided she's a big girl now.  She wanted to learn how to do a ponytail, how to take a shower by herself, has been having very good manners asking for things, helped out more around the house.  We love her teacher and school so overall it's been a very good experience!

We did a little fishing in the pond behind our house.  The fish were totally biting!  We could barely get the line in the water before another bite.  The girls had a blast and thought it was so cool although they weren't sure about touching the fish.

And Kaylee started preschool!  My little baby is big enough to go to school on her own.  She is so happy to finally be going to the same school Kira did.  It's great that she already knows the school and was totally comfortable with me dropping her off.  Today was her first realy day back with the whole class and she talked about all the fun stuff they did. 

And with all my "free time" now?  I'm going to be taking over doing books/accounting/payroll for all of Kyle's various businesses.  Hopefully, once I get into a groove, it won't take too much time because I've been excited about having a few hours a week to do what I need to.  Now that Kira is in school all day, Kaylee has been much more demanding of my time than she used to be.  It's been alot of fun spending time with her one on one but I don't get enough other stuff done.  She's so cute and I  know this time is so fleeting so I'm trying to enjoy it with her and get her friends of her own to play with.  It's definitely been a change of life, routine and schedule but it's all good!