Life Lately

It seems with the start of school came a rush of busyness! There's something to do almost every night (which I love and hate at the same time).

We've had plenty of homework (but not TOO much)...

 Tessa Grace is thriving in kindergarten. She came home the other night and was SO excited because she'd had a "purple day." Apparently, purple is the best color you can get and she'd been trying SO hard to have a purple day!

 

  She also apparently has no need for her mother anymore. That's her in the green and white striped dress.....walking into school by herself. She INSISTS I don't walk her in. So I just stand beside the car and stare at her like a stalker while she crosses the crosswalk! I've walked her in a few times because I just wanted to, but if it was up to her, it would never happen.

 

Tommy has also started to really come out of his shell. The kids all meet in the gym every morning and on some days, they play music and the kids can dance. Last year, it was impossible to even get him to hardly walk THROUGH the people dancing. This year, as soon as he heard the music, he RAN (that's him in the orange shorts) to put his book bag down so he could dance! I was so excited that he wanted to join in because I NEVER would have thought this child would want to dance in front of people. 

We've also been busy trying to do a few things to our land. We have some acreage and we decided to plan around 100 trees to make a privacy border around the land. Holy moses. It was a loooooot of trees. Nick did most of the work, but as soon as I got off work, I headed down there to try and help. I ended up being the hole digger, Nick was the tree planter and the kids watered the trees and picked up trash. It was quite the project, but luckily, the weather was pretty nice and it didn't get too hot. The kids were so excited because we let them sit on the tail gate while I moved the truck and they thought it was just the coolest thing ever.  I was enjoying the view in my rearview mirror!

 

Tommy was driving his 4 wheeler around the land and he just looked like such a big guy that I had to stop and take a picture. 

The other day we went shopping. We had gone to the dollar tree first and the kids each bought a toy. Then we went to Carters and they begged me to let them wear their toys inside. The 'new mom Brady' would have flipped out that my kids looked like big nerds in their turtle shell and knight mask, but 'mom of 6 years Brady' thought, "Eh, if it keeps 'em quiet and makes them happy, why not?" We got a few weird looks, but it entertained them while I shopped!

 Speaking of goofy lookin kids....

 Stearman airport had an old plan called Betty's Biscuit Bomber and people were allowed to take tours. We decided to stop by and the kids loved it! It was pretty neat to look at and they thought it was so cool to be on a plane.

That sums up the last few weeks! Lots of school stuff, lots of randomness and always busy!