It's Been A While...

Hi all,

Just wanted to post a quick not to let everyone know that I am finally back online! Yes, we evacuated for IKE and just returned home one week ago today and just got our power back on this past Sunday. I have some pictures and stories that I hope to get posted very soon. Thanks to all of you who prayed and sent happy thoughts our way!

Will it or won't it?

Well I am sure some of you or the few who read this will be wondering if we're evacuating due to IKE. Who knows, we're newbies to this hurricane stuff and since they're not real sure where IKE is going to hit it makes it hard to decide. I called to ask the boys school what the protocol is for this situation and they were not much help. They pretty much said it would be a last minute decision. That does not give me a whole lot of comfort. Then today my DH says that they're saying as of this morning that Houston is going to take a direct hit, yet while I am out shopping this afternoon I overheard a lady on her cell phone saying "we're doing nothing, it's not going to affect us at all". So, I am as confused as ever so I will just follow what DH thinks we should do. My DS#1 is already worried that we're going to get washed away. He hears the word hurricane and is all out of sorts. DH is watching it closely so I know if he feels like we should get the heck out of dodge then we'll do it. I am just bound and determined not to be one of "those" people you see on the news and ask your self "why"! I will keep you posted...unless we're outta here! LOL!!!

Hair Cut...or NOT!!!!

Here is a beautiful picture of my DS#2 with his beautiful red hair....until a classmate of his decided he needed a haircut!!!! YES, it happened at school and I was so sure he had done it himself since he'd just gotten on yellow (only took a week and 1 day lol!) the day before for playing with his scissors. I did not even realize it until after he'd taken his shower and was getting ready for bed and his hair was wet and laying flat minus the chunck right out of the middle of his forehead! I procedded to ask, "did you get in trouble again today for playing with your scissors?" "No mam, I did not play with my scissors today" he was a serious as a heart attack. Then I asked him, "did you cut your hair?" "Nope, I did not cut my hair, ______, cut my hair. I was trying to figure out why I had not been notified or why there was no note in his folder, needless to say I was not a happy momma. I put a note to the teacher in his daily folder and recieved a phone call the next day. His teacher informed me that yes, she did know that his hair had been cut and accidentally left the note out of his folder but that she taped some of my DS #2's hair to her folder for her parents to see what she had done. Well, my DH picked up the boys from school that next day and I realized that it was later than usual when I heard them drive up and this is how his hair is now... :0(





I know it will grow back, after all it's just hair, right??? Well, I just hope it comes back in the same beautiful shade of red in which it originally grew in!!!

First Day of School

Yeah, I know, it has been almost two weeks of school for us and I'm just now writing about the boys first day of school. Forgive me. Anyway, August 25, 2008 was the first day of school for us here in Magnolia. My oldest started 2nd grade and was less than thrilled that school was starting but my DS #2 was starting kindergarten and was over the moon excited to start school! It was a daily question through out summer "is today the day I get to go to kindergarten?" Believe it or not he stayed that excited all through summer and was up and out of bed faster than I'd ever seen him on that August morning. DS #1 has begun to realize that school is not all that bad and even seems a bit on the excited about going. Okay, back to our first day. We dropped off DS #1 first. He really likes his teacher and DH and I are pleased as well. He has a few classmates from his class he joined mid-year when we moved here. Here is a picture of him saying good bye to his lil sister whom he misses a lot...



He had a great first day of second grade! Way to go bubba! So proud of you!

Now this was also the first day of kindergarten for my DS#2. He's been so excited about going to school that he was not sure he'd make it through the summer. Of course he doesn't really understand what "summer" meant but daily he'd pose the question of whether or not it was time to go to school. When that first day came he was up an at em' the first time I said my morning wake up call "it's time to rise and shine". You can see for your self that he's was happy as a lark.
Now I believe this is the first time that I've actually followed through and gotten the same type of pictures of my DS#2 as I did for my DS#1...WOW. Enjoy and know it was a tear free drop off all around!!!
Now even though it was a tear free drop off I still had to get my "J lovin" as I call it, thank goodness he still is okay with it...even at school!
And he too had to say good by to his lil' sister...she lost her best friend :0( but she's doing okay without him so far...

All in all the boys had a wonderful first day of school!!! I am such a proud mamma!