time warp

the kids cannot believe that when it's day time here that it's night time somewhere else. mind blowing.

how is this child related to me?

truth

Q, discussing a book: it's a fiction book

me: that's true

Q: no, a fiction book is not true

me: that's true

Q: no, mommy. fiction is not true

(i could do this all night...)

lego club

nuance

if you ask caroline to wear pants, she will vehemently refuse. but when asked to wear "super cute girl pants" today she could hardly contain her excitement.

same pants.

must be

when asked why the little boy cut her hair, caroline posited, "maybe he thought i was rapunzel and he wanted to steal my magic hair? ...or maybe he wants to be a hairdresser?"

baby's first haircut?

apparently a classmate cut 4" off caroline's hair in school today.

what's worse is that i spent 20 minutes combing her hair tonight and didn't know it until i heard a message from her teacher afterward.

oops.

besties

so cool

fall has sprung

"some people call fall autumn" - caroline

play time

he's got spirit

last night at back to school night i finally bought Q a school t-shirt and sweatshirt. he asked for them all last year.

he was so excited. he wore them to school today, even though it was one of the only days all year they don't have to wear uniforms. we thought he would want to wear a star wars shirt or something.

jaguar pride!

halloween has been decided

duh.

adorbs.

wolf awards

new belt loops for photography and basketball, and a patch for rain gutter regatta.

perfect?

we have finally reached the stage in youth sports where the games actually count, they keep score, and have practices in addition to games. because i need more on my calendar.

practice does not make perfect. it makes mommy tired.

good behavior

after school today, caroline asked me if i had a good day at work.

i was impressed that she was interested in my day, until i realized that she was just assessing my behavior for the day to see if i earned a sticker, like she gets at school.

i got a sticker.  so did daddy.  and the dog.

breakthrough

Q likes doing chores for money.  this opens up a whole new world of possibilities.

today he earned a whole $3 for helping me put yard clippings into bags. saved me an aching back. worth every penny.

now to come up with more stuff he can do...

don't be bad at school

memories

Q claims he can remember when he was "snuggling" in my belly.

99 days to go!

futbol

first day of k

a comparison

size 5

i put away all caroline's size 5 stuff and stored away all the 4s.

currently, both kids have the sane size clothes in their closets. (i need to do Q's closet next weekend.)

granted 5s are huge on pickle and growing quite small on Q, but it is weird that they could share clothes.

soccer is exhausting

scarecrows

so far so good

should we start berating her for not getting pinks?

(no, not really. teacher told us that pink days are few and far between. like if the kindergartener solves world peace or something.)

first day of school!

another tooth bites the dust

i'n not tired

says the girl who took a 4 hour nap and then collapsed into bed for the night 3 hours later