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First Day of School

Alex had his first day of kindergarten today. I can hardly believe it. It seems like just yesterday I was registering him for school and now his first day of kindergarten has come and gone. Last night Alex was excited to go and even picked out his clothes for the day and what he wanted for lunch. This morning was not so great. Alex woke up and refused to wear his new clothes and insisted on wearing something else. This was followed by a tantrum and hiding under the train table. After trying to calm him down I ended up carrying him out to the car. Fortunately by the time I dropped Abbie off and got to his school he had calmed down. At first he was refusing to let me take his picture or even to hold his backpack, but after a few minutes on the playground and meeting a boy in his class I was able to leave him happily sitting at his table in class. When I picked him up from his dad's house this afternoon he was full of smiles and told me he had a fun day. Hopefully tomorrow will be better now that he knows what to expect.

A Finish

I finished a quilt! I made this Pineapple Blossom quilt for Abbie since she did not have a big quilt yet. The quilt went together pretty quickly since I used precut 2 1/2" strips from my scrap bin. I am very pleased with how this turned out and hope Abbie will love it for years to come. If you are in the Phoenix area and would like to make one of these for yourself, Iwill be teaching how to make these blocks at Cutting Edge on October 30th.

Mud

In the middle of the night last night we had our first really good monsoon of the season. I was loud enough to wake me from a sound sleep. This morning the kids decided to go play in the backyard and found the mud puddle and decided to play in it. I know they were doing it and let them, but I wish I had made them take off their clothes first. The kids got hosed down before I would let them in the house and the clothes are soaking in the tub in hopes that the mud wont stain them.

I Won

I entered a drawing on Making Ends Meet and to my surprise I won! Yahoo! The drawing was a pattern for a very cool Quiet Book. Thanks Making Ends Meet, I'll have to make this one day.

Hiking at Lost Dutchman State Park

I decided a couple weeks ago that it was time to get out side and do more while the weather was nice. Today we went out hiking in Lost Dutchman State Park. The hike took about 2 hours and both kids did great. My dad and I both had to carry Abbie for a bit but she did surprisingly well and Alex was practically running at points. Kathy and her husband Chris also joined us for the hike although I am not sure how much fun they had since Alex talked their ears off the whole time.

After hiking we stopped at the Goldfield ghost town for ice cream and then my parents came back to my house to hang out for a bit and have dinner with us. We all had a great time and I hope we can do it again a few more times before the weather gets bad.

A trip to the Zoo

The kids and I went to the zoo today and had a great time. We wondered around for quite a while and then stopped to play at the new play area. On the way out Shamrock Farms was there giving out gallons of milk and coupons for gallons of milk. I picked up a gallon and 2 coupons. I probably won't have to pay for milk for 3 months now! Both kids passed out on the way home so I consider it a huge success.