A little catch up...

I am going to post a lot a pictures and try to catch ya'll up a little bit...

Starting with the goodie I found today...

My plans are to sand it a bit, secure down the shelves, paint it red and put it in Jaxson's new fireman bedroom. Now, first I should say I have EVERYTHING I need to complete this bedroom except the room painted!!! I just can't bring myself to do that. I don't exactly know why but I have been putting it off for a while now. Here is a preview of the other elements for his room...

Thanks to my very good and talented friend Kim Wheeler he will have this "J" hanging above his twin bed!!!

This is his Vintage firetruck bedding from Pottery Barn Kids. I have the comforter as well. He LOVES it!!! He will also have a train table that is currently being stored in the garage... it will have some fixing up as well and instead of putting trains on it I am going to have a fire station with firetrucks and ambulances!!! I can't wait to post pictures of the finished product!

On to my Lizzie girl!!! Lizzie started 1st grade this year!!! So far she loves her teacher and all is well. Here is a picture of her on her first day!!! Look closely and you can tell she lost her first tooth!!!

I remember posting about the kids birthday parties in a blog a while back... so here is a shot of Jaxson dressed up as Micky Mouse...

And last and I mean last hehe our Mad Man... I havent posted hardly any pictures of him.. and I feel so bad about it!!! Here are a few for your viewing pleasure....

This last one if a picture of Maddox and Mommy Jenny. Mommy Jenny is my sister and the kids just love her.

Hope you've enjoyed this little catch up. Hopefully I will post more often and not have to do this!!!

THE BUS!

Okay, I feel like today was the first day I really " let go" of my baby girl. She started riding the school bus today for the first time. I have ALWAYS taken her to school and been right there in the pick up line at the end of the day, but today was different! To top it all off as we were walking to the bus with the other neighborhood kids... I said wait wait I need a hug... she didnt even turn around to say bye... she was just GONE! There I was on the curb just wanting to ball my eyes out partly because I no longer was in control of her transportation but mostly because she didnt even say bye. She has been SO excited about riding the bus. We literally live in the neighborhood across from the school so she gets picked up at 7:30 and she is home by 3:30. Also , my neighbors two kids ride the bus with her so she was super excited about that. The bus thing just really seems to easy especially with the boys schedules and not to mention the gas it burns sitting in the line for 30 mins or longer to pick her up!!! Oh yeah did I even mention that before! There are 9 first grades and no telling how many more upper grade levels since this year she gets out with allllllll the other kids! So, I decided that since the bus picks her up and drops her off right in front of my house... let me say that again... right in front of my house.... I couldnt resist her begging! So, today I let my only little girl ride that big ole yellow bus!