Meet the Teacher {Kindergarten}

Corbin's face says it all... HAPPY & EXCITED! we were all ready for back to school night. meeting their teachers. seeing their classrooms.
we showed up a few minutes early to a LONG line outside the school of other anxious families ready to meet their teachers, and take those bags of school supplies to their classroom.
the boys tested to qualify for the dual-language program back in early May.
they each have a different homeroom teacher, and a Spanish teacher.
we love their teachers!!! huge warm smiles, welcoming, sweet, interested, organized. it's gonna be a great year. so excited for this milestone in my boy's lives.
the boys were pretty smitten right away.
the classrooms are so bright and colorful. exactly what I pictured in my head.
cooper's teacher is mrs. grimm, and mrs. chitta for spanish. corbin's is miss cappadona, and mrs. ueckert for spanish.
neither boy was ready to leave after spending 45 minutes exploring all 4 classrooms, and chatting with their teachers.
i'm as excited as they are for Monday to get here! weeeeee!
cooper keeps asking me if it's time to leave for school.


it's gonna be a great year! (oops, did i already say that) i can just feel it.

one week from today...

the boys start kindergarten! yay!! whaa!
mixed emotions for sure.
mostly happy emotions. i know they will love it.this weekend we've turned off the tv and video games. they are learning to write their names. they are doing really well!
corbin is a true lefty. cooper is still switching between hands. he wrote this completely left handed.
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i finished halle and addison's nap mats for preschool. their mom loved them. whew!
i still get a little nervous about custom projects.



off to enjoy our last week of summer break!

colored bubbles...

oh my


messy.
funny.
colorful.
fun.
and when you get tired of blowing bubbles this happens...


these boys.
never afraid of getting messy. always having fun.
all boy.
all mine ♥

fun.

adam took the boys bowling on saturday. it was their first time.
and it was on our list of summer fun. yay!
they had a BLAST! corbin got the only two strikes of the games. that boy!
daddy took pictures with his phone. cooper asked dad to take a picture of their shoes. he knew mom would LOVE that!
ahh my boys. they are just so great.

Insta Friday

happy friday! new short hair do! ♥
quiet time alone with a starbucks and my computer ♥
hi Coach ♥
breakfast from my hubby... he know exactly how i like my eggs. ♥
a rare bubble bath ♥
oh how i wish this was true. but coffee is good.
still getting used to my new look. i know i look like my momma. ♥

linking up with life rearranged

these are all cell phone pics from the week. boys were with their nana. i spent most of my free time on the computer. being pampered by my husband. we celebrate 7 years of marriage this sunday. lucky me! ♥

Jesus loves all the little children of the world {Uganda, Africa}

last month a dear friend in our Sunday school class made her third trip to Africa. she travels with a group called fair haven ministries. this year her 12 year old son made the trip with them. the team sets up medical clinics, delivers hundreds of pounds of food, clothes, shoes, eye glasses and vitamins to sick and orphaned children in Uganda. a highlight of their trip is visiting Ms. Agnes' Children's Care in Jinja. Ms. Agnes cares for 50 orphaned children, many strickened with HIV or AIDS.
in preparation for their trip, we as a sunday school class collected items to send to Ms Agnes' kids, and Jen and I sewed a teddy bear for each child. our children helped stuff the bears, and pack the items at a packing party a few weeks before they left. each child also got a blanket, new bed sheets and a bed pillow. jen and robert had to show them what a pillow was for.
it was an honor to be serving God by making little bears for these sweet children. i cry when i think about something i cut out and sewed being in the arms of children half way across the world who have so very very little. my children are so blessed.
these children need everything we have and take for granted in america. most of them have no parents, little food, no air conditioning or clean water. no corner stores, cell phones, clean clothes, paved roads, cameras. and to boot they are sick and need medical care. what an inspiration Jen and Robert are for traveling half way across the world to share the message of Jesus and expand God's kingdom! they are passionate for these children. they are living witnesses to what it means to be His disciples. i'm so inspired to do more. spend more time teaching my boys the importance of doing for and praying for those less fortunate. i'm praying for a way to go with Jen next time. needless to say, it seems way beyond my comfort zone. though we are weak, HE is strong. but the passion is in my heart now. if i'm meant to go God will make a way. He will take care of all the details. He knows the desires of our hearts. He can calm the storm in my mind about making such a trip. until then i pray for these sweet children to know God and know they are loved just because.

summer fun days

back in June we made a list of fun activities to do this summer.
i got the idea from other super mom's online. :-)

so far we've accomplished a handful of them. thankfully we have a few more weeks to see what we can check off that list of fun times. many of them are firsts for the boys. others are activities i know they love. water balloons are always a big hit with little boys.

on this day adam filled up 50 water balloons and we had a water balloon fight. 50 balloons take a long, long time to fill and tie. and only minutes to throw and use up.


hope everyone is having a great summer, and keeping COOL.