Afternoon Delights

Topher was occupied after school today. Thanks Papa!

 So was Maddie Mae.

 And little Caroline!

 I like happy afternoons with my kids!

Vader and the Pink Jedi

This last Saturday we had a busy and fun day. We went down to Lehi to see Chris and Annie's families. Stopped by Lowes to get paint and supplies to start refinishing our furniture we have accumulated over the past little bit. I sanded and painted a night stand our neighbor gave us. Pictures will be posted soon :)

Tyler helped Topher make a costume for a cousin's Star Wars themed birthday party.

Topher was Darth Vader. (Not a bad costume considering it was a 30 minute put together out of a diaper box, construction paper, and tin foil!)

Maddie was a "pink" Jedi (we had to make up a character so she could have on pink)

We came home and got kids in bed and Tyler and I watched MI3.

I like busy days.

Little Things

I kept waiting to have something to post, but I've realized that my life is pretty much the same thing every day. 

Tyler is up at 5:45am (when I married him I didn't think that would ever happen), I lay in bed until 6:15ish and get up either on my own or because a little boy asks for a movie to be put on. Get myself ready and wait for a baby to holler for food. Feed that one and get the little boy something to eat and wait for my two-year-old to get up (the longer she sleeps the happier we all are during the rest of the day). 

After breakfast and a morning movie the kids ride their bikes/scooters around the back while I feed Caroline and put her down for a nap (9ish - 11ish). 

When Caroline wakes up we usually have to go get diapers or formula or some other necessity from Target or Wal Mart. We get back just in time for lunch and to send Topher off to school. My neighbor takes him with her daughter.

Maddie Mae takes her nap (12ish to 2:30ish) and Caroline usually pulls things out of cupboards, off shelves, or unfolds laundry. Around 3:15 we walk up to school to get big brother and his friend. We come home - ride bikes, eat dinner, take baths, read a book, and go to bed. 

Not much changes from day to day.

But I realized that even though nothing big happens - lots of little things do. Some fun, like Topher finally riding his scooter fast, some sad, like Caroline has a nasty cold, some maddening, like Topher having an accident all over the bathroom floor and doesn't tell me until I find a mess in the bathroom, or some amusing, like Maddie Mae putting on my make up while I am making the grocery list.

So while sometimes I think life is a little boring because it is so the same (cook,clean,feed,repeat) it really isn't. I need to enjoy all the little changes and differences in my day. All of these little happenings, unfortunately won't last forever.

Growing Up

 My baby boy grew up a little more today :)

First Day of School

 After weeks of count downs it is here - the first day of kindergarten for Topher!

Just to back up a little bit - last week, on Friday, Topher met with his teacher. He was so excited!

He wore his second favorite new shirt - it looks like one his dad would wear :)

His excitement wore off on his sisters as well!

This weekend the girls were not feeling well, and yesterday, the day before school, Topher woke up not feeling well at all :(

 Luckily as the day went on he began to feel better. Last night his dad gave him a "back-to-school" blessing. I know he isn't going "back," but that is what we always called it!

Today he woke up feeling great! Excited!

I think Maddie Mae might have been the saddest about Topher leaving. She kept hugging him, even in line to go to class. She ran up a few times to give him a hug goodbye. 

 Topher was so excited to leave - he waited at the door, counting down the minutes until it showed one, two, two, zero - 12:20. The little girls were excited but a little unsure what was going on.

 I dropped Topher off. He was completely okay. Just asked me to wait to leave until he walked into the building. I came home and put the girls to bed. And my house is empty and quiet.

 There is no little boy downstairs for quiet time.

 I'm not sure how I feel...both a little sad and happy.

It is weird - I now have someone else in the family that has a schedule I need to plan around. It feels like I have entered a new part of life and a new aspect of being a parent.

 It is exciting to do something new - I look forward to seeing Topher learn and grow. To see him make friends. But I also feel that I may have entered a more difficult part of parenthood. Until now, Topher was really only exposed to what we wanted him to be. I know now I will be competing with other things.

I can't wait until I talk to him later today and see what he did!