Busy

It has been a LONG time... Really too long. I don't even know where to start. I feel like we are finally in a school year groove. Life has been busy and good. I've been coaching cross country which might possibly be the BEST JOB ever. The season is coming to a close very quickly. I also have a new job this school year which has been an amazing learning experience. But by the time I get home after practice I just want to spend time with the kids until they go to bed. Then I usually have work to work on, thus the blog suffering.

A little about my new job, I am now teaching teachers how to integrate technology into their elementary classrooms. So at night I'm often researching different programs (both web based and software), technologies, curriculum (for interactive whiteboards and other programs), apps, etc.

There are somethings I have found/discovered that I would love to share... only I just haven't quite figured it the educational purpose...

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Geremu's 5th Birthday

Geremu's 5th Birthday was on Labor Day! We celebrated with our good friends at Chuck E. Cheese the day before his birthday. On his birthday we spent a little time as a family and just had a low key celebration. Cullen helped me make a treat...

And Geremu wowed us with his charm...

Storm

We had a bad storm this morning with strong winds (I've heard up to 60 mile/hour)...

You wouldn't believe how far siding can fly... I found some of it on the far side of my neighbors front yard. Now we will be putting siding up for a second time this summer- AWESOME!

2011-2012 School Year Line-up...

Cullen had his first offical day of school today. He beat all of his friends to the bus stop because he was just SO EXCITED! The bus stop line-up consists of all boys this year...

Tonight Cullen was jumping on the bed and said, "I can't believe that I'm a first grader. I just love it!"

Geremu met with a few classmates and his teacher today for 45 minutes. He was so excited to go that he tried his backpack on serveral times and asked us how he looked.

Geremu's first official day of school is next Tuesday.

Recent Happenings...

I've been pretty busy lately, I'm currently coaching cross country (which I love) and I took a new job for this school year (which I think I will love when I get in the swing of things).

The kids are currently enjoying their last days of summer. Last week we took another trip to Bay Beach and the Bird Sanctuary...

Cullen created his own mud run... It kept the boys busy for a long time and they seemed to enjoy running laps around the house while spraying each other in the face with the hose. The yard didn't fair so well, we have now replaced grass with mud patches, don't even ask me how.
Nick took the boys out hiking with two of their good friends...

Cullen had his "Meet & Greet" today. When he woke up this morning he told me it was his "Most favorite day of the year!" He got to find out who his teacher(s) are going to be this next school year...

We will miss summer but it will be nice getting back on some sort of schedule.

Recent Happenings

Earlier this month I celebrated a birthday, it was a GREAT day thanks to my boys. Not only did I have a candy trail leading to my birthday cupcakes but I scored big in the gift department.

Last week Cullen and Maddie had a Lemonade Stand, this was a first for Cullen. Unfortunately we live on a street that cars really don't drive down unless they live on it.
After two hours without any business they took their warm lemonade on the road. They were only allowed to knock on houses of people we know.

Our neighbors (who are awesome) supported their business. They had so much fun and seriously how could anyone turn these cute kids down?

We are also still in the middle of home improvements... Several home improvements.

When the kids don't clean up their toys after being told several times and Nick or myself end up cleaning the toys up we put them into bins. They can earn the toys back by doing jobs. When they do extra jobs around the house we pull the toys out and they can choose what they want back. This last week the boys were on a kick to try and earn all of their toys back, some of the toys in the bin have been there since January (clearly not favorites). So they were looking for extra jobs. Since we were re-doing the porch we decided the best way for them to earn the toys back was to help out. The boys helped paint and pulled staples. It was so fun to work together and talk. The two days of working together just flew by. I can't believe how old and funny these two kids of mine are, they are capable of so much.

The porch is so close to being done, Nick and I put the screens on today and cleaned the mini-blinds. We just have the two doors left to paint and re-screen.

Last week I also got together with my two good friends, Michelle and Amy. The kids had a blast swimming while we enjoyed each others company!

Dirty Girl

This morning I woke up early to figure out where I had placed this lovely dress. I made a few alterations because the last time I wore it I felt like it really hindered my running.

Then off I headed with my good friend Katie to meet up with some Curtis family members to participate in the Dirty Girl. As you can see from the below picture we arrived clean.

Then it was off to the races...
We had so much fun...
And ended up pretty dirty too...
We attempted to clean-up a bit...

Once we found a clean water source it got a lot easier and colder...

I hope next year we can repeat the fun!