A Keeper...

After I don't know how long (over a year?) lots of trial and error... more flops than I care for... I believe I have found a keeper!

Just look at these babies....

 Yeah, I know you must be thinking.. "It's just bread... not that hard, lady!" But I have been seeking a very specific bread. I have tried different recipes & upon finding ones I like I have tweaked them so they are the ingredients I was wanting in a loaf of bread (which happens to be 100% whole wheat, honey rather than sugar and oil rather than shortening,) and then more tweaking so it doesn't turn to crumbs. I found one I loved, the taste and texture was where I wanted it, but my success rate with producing pretty looking loves wasn't 100%. So I went back to searching... and I found a few different recipes that were similar to the one I had come up with for myself, but the process was different. I decided to give this process a try using my own recipe, and I've had success every since.

My Kindergarten Baby

I can't believe she is in Kindergarten!

Doin' Daddy Proud...

The "Grandma from Daddy's" work gave Hannah these....

You push the little button and they open up.

The real fun is when you twist the lovely ballerina inside before pushing the button....

And out she pops and spins like a top!

You do have to watch out though....

Because Vivien is quick!

Milo being Milo, learned that it's more fun to hold the flower and "shoot" her out onto her head.

Isn't this just the kind of toy every father wants their son playing with?

We spent the morning watching plastic ballerinas get dizzy, and it was delightful!

The End

Today marks the end of our summer... Tomorrow marks the begging of the 2010-11 school year. I am sad to see it end, but we tried to enjoy our last official day of summer.We went to the zoo for play group and had a great time (although I forgot my camera), as we were leaving Milo said he wanted to go to another animal place. We have a lot of zoo trips in our future with that little man. I guess that will be one of the perks of having Hannah in school all day... we won't have to either miss out on play groups or try to squish in quick trips places. 

Jeff came home while Milo and Vivien napped so that I could take Hannah over to meet her new teacher, and drop off her supplies. We were surprised to see that she didn't get her requested teacher, but she got another teacher that used to teach 1st grade. The look on the poor girls face was a combination of shock and fear, it was so sad. Luckily we read over the class list and recognized lots of names and her favorite friends from last year are with her. What am I going to do without her all day??

After naps we went to 7-11 to get a slurpee. The only downfall of the day was not being able to sit down and enjoy a family dinner together and toast to the new school year... I had to quickly pull the pizza out of the oven for Jeff to grab a slice before he ran out the door to scouts. This summer has gone too fast. It's been so wonderful and I'm sad to have our carefree days over, but all good things must end.

Here's to scheduled school days! (Who am I kidding, that doesn't even sound fun!!)

P.S. These pictures aren't from today, they are actually from our trip to Utah...
but the kids looked sort of like this... Sweaty, Dirty & Sticky

The LONG Drive...

My mom flew out here to help me make the long drive to Utah with the kids.
Thank You Mom!!
We made the most of  it, stopping off at various points of interest.

This is Cadillac Ranch in Amarillo Texas

We spent the night in Santa Fe and decided to finish the drive rather than take another couple days.
(I loved Santa Fe... I can't believe I didn't take any pictures there.)

Guess where?

 From the look of the older 2 kids that was a good choice!

Did You Know...

Did you know that we went away for most of July?
Did you know that Vivien had a birthday in July?

Can you believe she's one?!? I can't!!

Ever since we got home she is showing a little more attitude and trying to voice her opinion.

We had a great time in Utah and hopefully I'll post something about it... but don't count on it!

My LIttle Milo-Man

Those of you who know Milo and all of his little quirks... check it out!  

Do you see it? 

This is a huge milestone in my opinion!!

I seem to be having issues uploading. I know this picture is blurry, but I love it....
it makes him look so old, and rather sweet.