Fall Is In The Air

Which means I better recap the Summer before there is snow on the ground. I am so awesome at updating this blog, it is ridiculous. I wouldn't have any pictures if it weren't for instagram. Thank goodness I take a few pictures a week now instead of the one or two a month I used to so my children will believe I was actually around for their childhood.

 

We hit up a few parades. Please note the spelling on the sign for this 'float' = hilarious.

 

Grandma Jane bought this deluxe water slide for the grand kids and they were in heaven. Well, Annabelle was after the 1st day. At first she was upset that the bottom wasn't completely full of water like in the picture so she threw a fit and wouldn't play in it that day. Yep. 

 

 

 Anna started gymnastics. She did pretty well. But there are a few things she struggled with (as expected, she just started) but she would get frustrated and would give up, get mad or just hide from her teacher...like in the picture below. She is a perfectionist and if she can't do it right the first time, she doesn't want to do it at all. Oy.

 

 

 She loves fro yo. Just like her mama. But they both make ridiculously silly faces when I try and take pictures of them...just like their dad.

 

Annabelle started school. She is loving it so far....just like I knew she would. We are doing afternoons because she is NOT a morning person. And I would like not to be sending her to school every day whining/crying/arguing with me. I realize that next year she will have to go in the morning and I can't put it off forever. But if I can procrastinate another year,
you better believe that is what I am going to do!

 

 

She may be a handful (she cut her own hair AGAIN the day before school started) but she is a very thoughtful little girl. She is always looking for ways to serve her friends and those around her. A little girl was crying when I dropped Anna off the 1st day and she walked right up to this girl she didn't know and told her everything was going to be ok and asked her if she would walk in to class with her. It melted my heart.

 



Evan is getting so big and his personality is out of control silly. I think Ross and I say 'this kid is a goof' at least a bajillion times a day. 

 

He turned 3 (WHAT?!) in June and we celebrated by going to the splash park. Mind you when we got there I expected them to run off and go play immediately...nope they wanted to sit and eat snacks for the first 20 minutes we were there. Yet again, another reason I know they are my children.

 

Then we hit up 'Chick a wave' (what Evan calls it. His favorite place in the world) and headed to Boondocks. 

 

 

He still talks about going back there he had so much fun. Occasionally he will empty his piggy bank out, count  his 'moneys' and tell me he is going to use it to play games when we go back to Boondocks.

 

He got a bike for his birthday and he could not have been happier. Seriously. It's like we gave him wings. He rides that thing like he is the king of the world.  I walk while the kids ride their bike to take Anna to and from school. Evan says hi to everyone we pass and tells them 'we are going to get my Anna'. I even caught him telling Super Why (when he asks 'and you, what's your name?' My name is Evan Jamesdale and my sister, Anna, is at school' He loves her so much :)

 

 

 Daddy giving him 'guitawd' lessons. Doesn't he look like he knows he is pretty dang cool?

 

I like to help my mom maintain her crazy status by making a big deal out of things that should be simple and taking on too many tasks. For the 4th of July she saw 1 too many things on the Internet/blogs that she wanted to do. So she came and picked me up and we dipped pretzels, made sugar cookie pizzas, snow cone cupcakes, 4th of July layered Jello and so much more.

Mind you this dinner was just with my immediate family. Not really a 'party'.

Janers is crazy. Love it.

I ran a half marathon at the beginning of July and was looking to beat my previous time. I had to take 2 weeks off right before the race because I hurt my foot (typical). The Dr told me not to race it...but I am smart and did it anyway. This was my 1st race in a long time because of plaguing injuries and I wasn't going to throw this away too. You would think my body was 80 years old. But the race went well and I set a new PR - Holla! Take that Dr!