A few new neighbors....

All of our children are morning people.  That would totally come from their father.  We've seen some deer in the back yard lately and haven't been able to catch them with the camera until a couple of days ago...

I know it's hard to see from the picture but there were three bucks at the same time!  The kids, even Houston, were so excited.  The last time we saw them the 3 bucks had 6 doe with them.  We'll keep watching for them and hopefully get some better shots of them--with the camera of course!

Are you ready for some football?

Houston is!  He is loving his big boy jersey.  Every time he sees it he says football.

Reality

So, summer for us is over and we are living in the reality of early mornings, the girls being at school all day, and Houston requiring some serious attention all day....

The girls are enjoying school.  It has definitely been an adjustment.  This picture is from meet the teacher day.  They have a fort in their room that is a "boat".  Did you know 16 kids could fit on one fort at the same time?

The girls were very excited about having new books to read.  They visit the school library every Tuesday and they get so excited about it.  Fridays are computer lab day and that is their favorite!

First day of school....

The pics don't reflect the moment well.  They were very excited.

They weren't the least bit hesitant.

We all waited anxiously for the school bus since the girls insisted on riding it home from day one!  

Here come those big girls!

One More Day Until Kindergarten...

We have been trying to squeeze in all of the fun that we possibly can into our last few days before kindergarten.

We spent a day in the blazing heat to go to the zoo.  The water fountains helped with the heat.

We did take a few minutes to see the animals.

We went to Chuck E Cheese...

We went to the Galleria to ride the carousel....

We tried to make some chores fun.....

Houston enjoyed himself although he wasn't very helpful!

The girls had their best friend in the world over to play one day, we went to the library, and we spent some time at McDonalds eating happy meals and playing.  I'm going to miss my fun with those little girls all day, but I'm sure they will have even more fun at school!

Oh What Fun It Is To Ride

Hugh was out of town with work one day last week and the kids and I were having a long day so we decided to celebrate Christmas in July.  We listened to our Chistmas CDs and we watched a Wiggly Wiggly Christmas and Santa Claus is coming to town.  It did make for a fun afternoon and evening.  Hugh was glad he missed it.

We also got to spend a day on the lake this weekend!  It is the first day this summer we've gotten to enjoy my sister's house on the lake!  What a shame, but we thoroughly enjoyed the day.....

We rode on the boat.....

We swam......

Hugh and I skied--which neither of us had done in a long time.  The girls watched for falls.

The girls road in the tube.  Yes, that is them not holding on to the handles!

Some of us were able to take a cat nap.

We had such a great time.  Merry Christmas in July!