No more glasses!!!

I took the girls today for their back to school eye exams.  They went very well and am proud to report Mackenzie doesn't need glasses. She still has a slight astigmatism but it has gotten better in the past year. If we find that during the school year she starts to have trouble we will go back and get a pair of glasses for her. Besides that she has very healthy eyes.  she is excited that she doesn't have to have glasses for the now. Hopefully she won't have to have anymore!!

Kylie did well in her appointment especially since it was her first time to have an eye appointment.  her eyes are very healthy and nothing is wrong with them. Kylie told him that her eyes did hurt when she went outside in the sun so he made sure to tell her he would check on that. He said the reason her eyes bother her in the sun is due to how light colored her eyes are along with how sensitive her pupils are.  they were very sensitive just to the little light he used to check her pupils with. He said that getting just a pair of sunglasses at Wal-Mart or Walgreen's and get her a cheap pair of sunglasses that she can use when she goes outside for now especially when she is playing. She was glad to hear that she can pick out any of them there that she likes. She is hoping she can find a pair of Barbie sunglasses when we go get her a pair.

Gabryle had fun just watching to two this afternoon. He is now just passed out asleep beside me. Apparently seeing the eye doctor is very tiring.

The girls are now all ready for back to school on Thursday. It can't come fast enough for them!

Till Next Time!!!

Butterflies!!

One of the many butterflies flocking to the zinnias.

 Surprisingly the heat the past few weeks have not reeked havoc on my flowers. They have shown a few signs of not liking the heat, but all in all they are doing fairly well. My roses still have rose buds developing and opening up. They aren't as large as the first ones that I had open but they are still pretty!

MY zinnias are still just overwhelming. They seem to kind of like the heat. After they are beautiful and are time to cut off it seems two more grow back in its place. Butterflies have started flocking to the zinnias. I have tried for a few days and finally got some shots of one of the butterflies. Usually around five or so when Jerrod gets home there are about five or six butterflies there sitting on the zinnias. I

Another shot of the butterfly.

have also noticed a lot of dragonflies around them also in the evenings.

Hope you enjoy the photos!!!

ENROLLMENT!!!

Fourteen more days and summer is officially over for the girls. Today Kenzie and I went up to the school and filled out all the enrollment forms for the girls to start school and now are waiting to see which teachers they get. Kenzie is beyond thrilled that she should find out within the week who she will get. Kylie said she doesn't care as long as she is nice. All we have left now is getting the few school supplies that we need to provide for each of the girls.

Kylie is thrilled since she will get to ride the bus this year with Kenzie. She also can't wait to see her friends that she hasn't seen this summer. I think she is most looking forward to trying to learn how to read. She is going to be a little bookworm just like Mackenzie I think. I hope she does!

Hard to believe Kenzie will be a second grader this year. She is hoping that she actually gets to start science this year along with learning how to write in cursive. She has been very engrossed about wanting to learn as much as she can about science. This summer she has read many books and is looking forward to being in the AR reading program again this year. Every day the past few days she keeps coming up and asking "Will second grade be harder than first grade?" I keep telling her it might and she seems very satisfied with that.




The girls are also still collecting their box tops for the school.  Over the summer we have collected 100 between the two of them, and will continue to  collect them through out the school year. I think it's one of their favorite things to do, is to turn in those sheets. If anyone has any they have collected and don't have a school to donate them to let me know and we would gladly get them to a school that participates in the program!

HELLO MOLLY!

Hello Molly! As of yesterday we are now the adopted family of Molly, an eight week old kitten. She is a sweetie!!

Her first day here she was very shy of course. She found a place under Gabryle's bed for a few hours to hide when she first got to our home. Gabryle offered her peace offerings to get her to come out but his attempts were not accepted. He offered some army men, his mower, some big balls, his shovel and rake and a few other toys to see if she would come out. All were a fail.

After Gabryle fell asleep at night last night she came out and played with the girls a little till they go a little too excited. After all the kids went to bed Molly came out and played with Jerrod and I for a while till we went to bed. She cried a little bit before we fell asleep but after that we never heard her. She found some place in the living room to sleep and seemed to  sleep just fine.

Today she has come out and played with us a lot more. She has let Gabryle walk up to her and pet her  which I think is the biggest step for her. If she can let Gabryle pet her I think she will be perfectly fine with us.  She has a sweet temper and is so playful. She loves a toy we picked out for her that has some feathers on it that is attached to a string attached to a pole for us to play with her. She also loves to play with little balls. Kenzie let her have one of her practice golf balls to play with and she will bat at it for quite a while.

At the moment she is sitting beside Jerrod curled up in a ball sleeping. Gabryle came up and I asked him to leave her alone and he looked at me all sad and asked to give her kisses (Or in Gabryle language is a big kiss sound). He was not happy I asked him to wait so she can sleep.

She still has a little getting used to the kids but she made a lot of progress today. She will be a great addition to our family!! I'll of course keep updated on her as well as the rest of us.

Here is a picture I got of Gabryle playing with her earlier. He was just tickled that he could play with her and she didn't run from him.

Till Next Time!!!!

SLOW DOWN!

Where has the summer gone!? It really seems like just yesterday I picked the girls up from the last day of school for year and their summer started. It's July 10 and the girls go for pre-enrollment on August 2, and then school for them will actually start on August 16. Kylie will be a Kindergarten student and Mackenzie will be a Second Grader.

Hard to believe Mackenzie is already going into second grade.  She can't wait either to start second grade. She has already told me who she hopes her teacher will be and who will be in her class with her next year. She hopes her best friend Aftyn, along with Kate, Alivia, Makyla, Kylie and Grant are all in her class for sure next year. Not sure if she will get them all but she hopes she does. Aftyn and Mackenzie were in Pre-k and Kindergarten together and became very close buddies. First grade was the first time those two were separated into different classes.  They were not that happy about it, but they made it work out since they had the same lunch and all three recesses together. They also whenever their teachers needed them to go to a different class if her teacher had a meeting, she would always go to the classroom that he was in, and he did the same also. 


Kylie is so excited that she will be in Kindergarten. I asked her the other day if there was a certain teacher she is hoping for and she said she doesn't really care. We hope she will have the same teacher Mackenzie had for kindergarten since we really liked her. Kylie hopes that Lyndsey, Adam, Macy, Cameron, Cooper, Gavin, Isabella, Gunner, Wyatt, and Delaney all get to be in the same class next year. Of course that is half of her class from last year. She hopes also her good friend William is back next year for school, but I doubt he will be. He and his family moved back to China in the middle of last school year. She was not to happy about it. She made him a card and sent a picture with him before he left. 


In a few more weeks we shall see who gets what teacher and where their friends will be class wise also. Gabryle and I will go back to our routine of being just us two around the house during the day. The girls will actually get to ride the school bus this year since Kylie will Be old enough. (Pre-k students were not allowed to ride the bus last year.)  I think that is what Kylie is the most thrilled about at the moment. She so wants to be able to ride a school bus to and from school.  


Till Next Time!!!

Fourth of July video and pictures

As I mentioned in the previous blog post here are some pictures from fourth of July. Most of these were taken while we were at the Lake waiting for the fireworks to start. The photos taken of the fireworks and the videos were taken with my phone. The others were shot with the camera.  Enjoy the pictures and the two links to some of the short video clips of the fireworks!! ENJOY!!!!    TILL NEXT TIME!!!

Video 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nN5CmmYy2s&feature=plcp

Video 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLCngkVwHJw&feature=plcp

PICTURES!!

Fireworks

Hope you all had a great fourth of July. We had a good time today hanging out at home and then going out to the lake for the firework show.
The kids had a blast watching the fireworks tonight. We were close enough we could actually watch the guys light the rockets to shoot the fireworks off. It was loud and bright and great! We sat in the back of the truck and watched the hour long show. Jerrod and I were glad we got there early and got a good spot to park at.
A live band played music before the fireworks and they were actually pretty good. Next year we will go early again and take some games with us.
Hope you all had a great fourth an kept safe!! I shall post pictures soon!!
Till next time!!!