Weekends

I hate that I live for the weekends but I do. I count down the days of work until I can be at home with my girls. Reagan has been busy with soccer and Reese has been well, Reese is just BUSY.

Just making some masks.

 

Playing with daddy

 

Helping out with some chores. She is really excited about it!

 

Such a mess!

First Day of School

Last days of summer

Well, I knew it was coming but I was not prepared. Back to school. It makes me so sad every year. I love being at home with girls and having time to do all the fun things that we never seem to get to during the school year. Reagan was ready to go back to Miss Kate's and Mamaw's and asked me every day when she could go back. I on the other hand was not excited for my return to work. I guess I like the routine of things but the craziness of the week always leaves me exhausted. Plus teaching a classroom full of 21 five year olds can leave you feeling a little tired:) I know it will get better as the school year goes on but right now it's a little bit tough. We went to the zoo before I had to go back to work and the girls had a blast. Reagan loves animals so she had the most fun.

Can't contain her in the stroller for much longer!

 

 

Beach

We survived the beach! Before kids, Jason and I would go out on the beach at 9 am and stay all day long! I would read several books in one week and I took one single bag out to the beach. Oh how that has changed. We had fun and Reagan LOVES the beach. Reese, well....I would say she tolerated it for short spurts of time. We had a great week with awesome weather. The girls LOVE being with Mamaw and Pop Pop and we do too!

 

 

 

 

7.30.05

10 years. That's how long Jason and I have been married. I can't believe that ten years ago we were getting ready to walk down the aisle. When I look at pictures, I feel like we were so young. At the time, I didn't think our story was anything special but I now know differently. Jason and I grew up in basically the same neighborhood and knew a lot of the same people. I went to private school and he went to public but we would often bump into one another since we had mutual friends. It wasn't until we were married for a few years that we realized we actually went to Mother's Morning Out together back in 1983!! Jason's mom found the picture and gave it to us. It is so crazy because we are standing right next to each other and I have a huge smile on my face. My mom couldn't believe it because they had to pull me off her leg every time she dropped me off. When I look at that picture I still can't believe it. I look at those two innocent faces and realize that I wouldn't want to go through life with anyone else. Jason is an amazing husband and father. Our first few years of marriage were not easy. When my dream of becoming pregnant quickly did not come true, I was devastated and Jason was often the person I took it out on. We struggled with infertility for so many years and at the time it seemed like it was just wearing us down but I realize now that it only made us stronger. He has seen me at my worst and my best. We have been through moves, job changes, deaths in our family, infertility, babies being new parents, being a crazy new mom, and so much more. I can't imagine doing it all without him. Happy 10 years JP!

Chalkboard

I had an idea about six months ago to make a chalkboard for the girls to draw on outside. I saw all these elaborate examples online but I didn't have time for all of that. So, I painted one of the many pieces of wood that we have in the garage and the girls just love it. I wanted to try to make it look cute but I'm not sure how it will hold up in the weather and I am not dragging it in every time it rains, which seems like all the time. We are going to put it in the backyard but they started drawing on it before it even made it that far. Whatever will entertain them works for me!

 

 

 

 

 

Summer!!

We are finally into our summer routine! Reagan has done several camps and swim lessons and I have really just chased Reese around all day long. Being a teacher is great for many reasons but I love that I can get a taste of both worlds (stay at home mom and working mom).

Reese is such a mess!

Lots of pool time!

 

 

 

I love Reese's face. She did NOT want Reagan in her car.

 

 

 

I love the quiet moments with these two! This lasted probably 2 minutes but I will take it!