IT Guy to Teacher

It’s been a long journey, but the hubby is now officially employed as a teacher! He’s worked hard at school the last couple of years to complete his transition to teaching courses and put in his time being a substitute teacher. Congrats on your new job, sweetie!

To celebrate, we had a campfire with yummy dark chocolate s'mores!! It was our best fire yet!

Little E’s First Birthday Party

I know that everyone says this, but I REALLY REALLY can’t believe that we’ve had the pleasure of knowing Little E for one year already!! To celebrate his 1st birthday, we had the family and some friends over for food and fun.

Little E was clingy to me at first probably because he was scared of all of the people in his house. Buddy loved having some friends his age at the party and ran around with them most of the time. The party was also to celebrate Sugie’s 7th birthday, so she was thrilled to see all of her presents! Even Buddy scored a few presents so that he wouldn’t be left out.

Little E played with a couple of his new toys, but it was Buddy who loved opening and playing with everything! In normal Sugie fashion, she changed outfits at least 2 times during the party. She’s been doing this ever since she was 3 years old!

Little E LOVED his birthday cake!! He was a little timid at first, but quickly dove in! He had cake everywhere!! It was a really cute event to watch! The rest of us had ice cream cake from one of my favorite places.

Thanks to everyone who helped us celebrate. The kids had a great time! After everyone left, we jumped in the pool to relax!! What a fun day!

Baby's New Word

This is the cutest thing ever! A few weeks ago, Little E’s sippy cup fell onto the floor. He looked down at it and then looked at me and said,

“Uh-Oh!”

It was super duper precious!!

Sugie’s Pool Party

For Sugie’s birthday, she wanted another party with her friends at Lloyd Pool. She was bummed that her boyfriend, A, was going to be out of town, but so excited when other friends said that they were coming. (Luckily “A” is in her class next year so she wasn’t totally bummed.)

It was the perfect day for a pool party – hot and sticky! One of Sugie’s friends enjoyed playing with Buddy, which thrilled him. Sugie was even brave enough to jump off of the diving board a few times! Way to go, girl!

Sugie decided on a 2 layer cookie cake for her treat. She even designed how she wanted it to look. After pizza and cookie cake, Sugie opened her gifts. She was excited with her new stuff from her favorite store, a pretty necklace, her first ZhuZhu pet, and gift cards. (Sugie loves gifts cards b/c she knows that she gets to go shopping!) It was a fun day with her friends!

Extra special thanks to Mimi for watching Little E and doing some of my housework! Woo hoo!!

No More Chewie

Ever since I caught him at 4 months old chewing on the sleeve of my T-shirt, our Buddy has always slept with a “chewie”. By morning time, it was wet, nasty, and stinky. Chewie’s were pretty disgusting!

In April, Buddy had another case of impetigo on his chin. We figured that he kept getting this b/c of the wet chewie on his face all night long. So, we took chewie away. He asked for it maybe the first two nights and hasn’t said a word about it since. If I had known that it was going to be that easy, we would have taken it away years ago! Good job to Buddy on being a big boy!!

Stormy Weather

This is what our bedroom floor looks like on stormy nights:

Sugie has always been terrified of thunder and lightning. Just recently, Buddy now cringes when it storms. I think his new fear is from sharing a room with his frightened sister. Every time we see lightning or hear thunder, we get the beds out on our floor. Shortly afterwards, we hear two crying kids running down the hallway seeking protection and comfort.

This is what Little E does on stormy nights:

We’re keeping him away from the other two!

The Lake Party

We spent a Friday evening a few weeks ago at one of the most beautiful lake settings I’ve ever seen. It was an end of the year party and cookout for the hubby’s job.

Here are some of the activities at the lake:

• Fishing
• Kayaking
• Cornhole
• Washers
• Water Balloons
• Water skiing
• Swimming

The kids had so much fun playing with everything. They were very timid about getting into the lake, even with the trampoline and slide on the dock.

The worst parts of the evening were when Little E fell and scraped his cheek, our impromptu trip to IL, and the gravel road that turned our van from white to brown. Sugie seriously thought that we had the back of the van painted brown!! Overall, it was a really fun night!