First Day of Kindergarten

A good day for Wyatt, but not the mom. I didn't cry, but did get a little sad to see him walk into the school and leave outside alone. I will miss him and can't wait to pick him up and hear all about his day.

Walking to bus stop.

Wyatt's new friend that is at his bus stop, he also is in kindergarten just not the same class.They got a quick play on the playground beofre it was time to line up.In line. I think Wyatt got a littel nervous as the realization started to set in, he kept asking me for one more hug.Finding his seat. I got a few pics in before the teacher shut the door on us parents staring in.

Meet and Greet

Yesterday Wyatt had his meet and greet at school. His normal teacher wasn't there because she is recovering from surgery, but we meet his substitute. Wyatt is very excited about starting school.

Change means Organizing

I love that my blog can be my soap box and journal at the same time.

So sad that summer is almost over. Lots of changes gonna happen in the next few weeks. Yes I know change always happens and can be good, but doesn't mean i have to like it. Change can be scary and I have never liked it, even had problems as a kid with it.
Funny thing is when it does all happen and we get in the swing of things I know I will love it, but thinking about it scares me.

Wyatt will be starting all day kindergarten on Sept.1. I am a little scared for him, that is a long day for a kid that age, i think. Plus he is a grazer when it comes to eating and seems to do better attitude wise when he does eat like this and am a little worried about it.

Also with Wyatt being gone all day I don't have enough here to keep me busy, so I will be getting a part time job. I probably could find enough to keep me busy. I will still be doing all the house chores (Derek's job is to hard, long and stressful for him to be any help), volunteering at Wyatt's school and wanting to help out more at the church (I did sign up to help teach his Sunday school class once a month). The job will just part time so I will be able to be home when Wyatt gets home. That was very important to me, being the first person he talks to after school. Man I am going to be one busy lady. A stay at home mom in one sense and a working mom in the other. I guess only if you can consider 15-20 hours or so a week working.

So any way I know with the grace from god I can and will make it through all these changes and one way I do this is by organizing. Not sure why, but it always helps me cope with change. So I am now starting on a Command Central on my fridge. It will have our calendar, school calender, menu, and any invites. I did kind of have this before just with out all the calendars. Post finished pics later.

It's coming...

Christmas Countdown - Christmas Layouts

I know I know it is to early to think about Christmas coming, but if you don't the next thing you know it is right around the corner and smacking you upside the head. Here is a great site, Organized Christmas, with lots of Organizational ideas and calenders to help start planning this upcoming event.


Not only that but if you are a planner they have printable calendars all the way till Dec. 2011.

Mark one off the list

July 23- Wyatt convinced daddy to camp outside with him. Poor daddy didn't get any sleep with the next door dog barking all night and the mice in the garage fighting over my bird seed.

Wyatt swims

OK here is a repost, this one should work ok.

Wyatt swimming

Summer Fun

Wow I haven't been on here in forever, I think it is because it is so much easier to upload pics to facebook for everyone to see. I will try to be better though.

We are having the best busy summer so far. Wyatt told me the other day that 'I am the best mom and he was having a fun summer'. Him noticing and having fun makes it all worth it.

We have-

camped
seen a movie
gone to the zoo twice
been to the beach twice (once with his brothers)
gone to a movie with his brothers
been to the fountain park
played on the slip n slide
gone to the park
played miniture golf
We have had lots of BBQs with friends
Scrapbooked at a crop
Went to a fun 4th of July party and watched fireworks
I got to go on a bike ride wiht Derek and friends (loved it)
We are now just hanging out with my sister and their kids

Our WANT TO STILL TO LIST-

Seattle Zoo
See Toys Story 3 with wyatt
more zoo trips to tacoma
Drive In
Over night bike trip with Derek
We still need to go out on the boat
Wyatt wants to campout in the backyard one night
love to get girls together for a day of scrapping
camping trip on east side so boys can go
And lots more fun adventures with our friends

This is want I wanted summer to be like, no sitting around in the house to much, no hearing I am bored. Which of course still happens on the days we don't do anything because we are so worn out, LOL.
Hope you are enjoying your summer.

A few new layouts

I did this layout for Derek for his first ride using The Story Matters June sketch. I used the Little yellow bicycle gear die cut sheet and punched it out wiht a 3 in circle. I also used the stamp I got in my new Studio Calico kit. Love this.

I did this layout using the Echo Park Paper Sweet Summertime line. I got the idea for the layout from Creating Keepsakes July/Aug. 2010 pg.47.

Water slide

Wyatt had a GREAT idea (that is how he says it I have a great idea..) He wanted to play in the water yesterday and he decided to make a water slide out of it. He had alot of fun.

Dixie loves to lay in the sun.

Playdate #2

Last week Wyatt and I joined the Ormond family at Scenic Beach in Seabeck. It wasn't as warm as we hoped it was gonna be, but the kids had alot of fun digging in the sand/rocks.
We actually stopped and picked up our friend Summer and brought her too so she wouldn't have to spend the day in day care. She was very happy.This is a log cabin they have down there that the kids can play in. We also let them play at the park for a few minutes too. All in all it was a good play date.
Last week was actually pretty busy for us, Wyatt had three play dates that week. Monday he went to his friend Connors house, Wednesday the beach and Summer came back to play the rest of the day, then Thursday we watched his friend Ethan for the afternoon. Wyatt loved every minute of it all.

Sad and Happy Day

The layout idea is from a mixture of things- I used Studio Calico's sunday sketch and several elements from Megan's work. (love her stuff) Not sure if you can see it, but I mixed a few colors of paint with glitter. Cut out clouds and painted over them with my paint mixture. The glitter gives it a nice hint of sparkle.

I used paper from teh Sweet Summertime line from Echo Park Paper Co.

Journaling reads- You woke up in the morning to find your caterpillar in a cocoon. YOu were not very happy and said you wanted it back. "I like my caterpillar"

Fountain park

Yesterday was such a nice hot day so several of us from Wyatt's preschool decided to head down to the fountain park and let the kids play. The kids had alot of fun. Wyatt and the boys from school trying to climb up the big rock and watch the ferry come in. Ethan, Bubba, Wyatt and John.

Wyatt, Jon and Bubba.

Wyatt didn't realize that the volcano was gonna go off. He ran up to touch it and then ran off very quickly.

Finished product

This is Wyatt on the second day chipping away.Here is Wyatt and daddy putting the dinosaur together. We spread this out over 3 days just to give Wyatt and Derek a little something to do every night.What a discovery!!!Here is a video of Wyatt and daddy doing a little discovering. Wyatt had his Star Wars birthday card playing in the background, he said they need a theme song while they worked.

Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo Printing

The Dinosaur finder.

We went to a birthday party Tuesday at Chuck E Cheese. We brought with us all of Wyatt's receipts we have been saving since his 4th birthday party there. We had 1590 points to spend and Wyatt picked out this Dinosaur Excavation Kit. So him and daddy put on their work goggles and started picking away.

Wyatt loves using the little brush that comes with it. The hammer has a pretty short handle so daddy has had to do most of the hammering.

They are having alot of fun and it may take a few days, but we are excited to find all the bones and put the dinosaur together.