First day of school!

So yesterday was the first day of school here in Menasha! Brady started kindergarten this year and Alanis is in 5th grade! Since we have kept Alanis in her old school since we moved (we no longer live in that 'zoned area' for her school, her and Brady are in 2 different schools. I'm really thinking that's a great thing! I mean, Alanis loves her brother but as much as she picks on him, I don't think she would defend him if someone was being mean! Heck she would probably join in the torture!! So anyway, you would have thought it was Christmas morning or something yesterday! Alanis was in our room at 5:30 telling Jeff she needed me to get up so I could do her hair! Jeff told her to go back to bed! He said both her and Brady were already dressed! It didn't really go that way this morning, neither of them were real excited to get out of bed!

Alanis is in class with one of her best friends this year, that could be trouble! I have already told them both that if we have any bad grades I will have them put in different classes! Alanis said that she promises she will have great grades all year! When I got home from work last night she was all excited and said she wanted to go back to school!

Brady had a pretty good day too. For the first and second days they are only having half days of school. Yesterday Jeff actually had to go to school with Brady! He was upset though during the art projects, because Brady wanted to do them all! He said he finally took the scissors from Brady so he could cut out some hands!

So that's how the first day of school went, so far no one is complaining, could be different by the time I get home!

Pics of the kids!

Carter is getting so BIG!!!

Alanis looking all too mature!!!

Brady smiling as usual! (yes this is a smile)

All 3 of my monkeys!

My babies are home!

The kids got home safe and sound on Friday! It is SSSSOOOO great to have them back! Now the 'retraining' process begins! Alanis and Brady weren't together all summer this time so they don't hate each other as much this round. Carter was so excited to see them both that he went crazy! Friday night anytime either of them left his sight he got mad and cried!

We've been pretty busy so far since they've been back. Of course Brady had to spend the night at Grandma's on Saturday. Sunday we went and tubed down the Wolf River, then had Carter's birthday party. Alanis spent Sunday night at a friend's house. I'm pretty sure she forgot where she lived on Monday because we didn't see her until after 7:00! Her and some friends spent ALL day at the pool!

The kids are going to register for school today. =( We need to finish up the school supply shopping this weekend, back packs and such. You know, the things we don't dare pick out without the kids because they probably won't like it!

Well that's all I got for now, I will get some picks posted soon!

Only 3 more days!!

I'm so excited! My babies come home in 2 more days! I can't wait! I feel like it's been forever since they've been gone! The other day we were at breakfast at Perkins and Carter saw a little boy, about Brady's size, and he was instantly sad! The look on his face just broke my heart! It was like he was thinking "hey I used to have a little boy like that, where did he go?" I'm telling you, it was terrible! Carter turned 1 on Friday :( It's crazy how fast this last year has gone!

I'm doing a little practicing with Jeff's motorcycle so I can become a GREAT rider! I drove it to mom's and back last night, probably about 5 or 6 miles round trip! It felt so great! Now I need to hurry up and win the lottery so I can buy Jeff a new bike and I can have his! Hey I don't want to pay a pile for a bike I may trash!

It's been a while!

Wow it's been a while, sorry everyone! So I am now licensed to drive a motorcycle!! I only got 2 questions wrong on my DMV written test! I have taken Jeff's motorcycle out once, went around a few blocks around our house a couple times. His bike is so big that it's intimidating for me! Carter turns 1 tomorrow :( I'm pretty said that my baby is growing up so fast! Alanis turned 11 on July 9th, so yeah, I'm getting old! We have been getting school supplies and trying to get ready for that to start, yuck! I was really sad the first time I looked at a school supply list for Brady!!

Now I'm just very impatiently waiting for the kids to come home, it sucks! Everyone here is really anxious for them to be home! I know Carter is going to go crazy when he sees them again! He gets all giggly and smiley when he hears one of them on the phone! He will have to show them how he can crawl up the stairs now! He'll really be mad if we have that baby gate up and his sissy and brother are upstairs and he can't get to them!

2nd Riding night, oh what a blast!

So for the second night, it wasn't hot but it was storming like hell! Nothing like trying to learn to ride in the rain! Night went pretty well, except for the fact that 1 hour into the 4 hour night I laid the bike down and decided to try to use my new as the kick stand! Yep, I dumped the bike, in front of 8 dudes! Talk about wanting to die! Miraculously, I still somehow managed to finish and pass the test! The whole time I was thinking about Myron, Jeff's brother who left us 2 years ago today. I kept thinking how proud he would be of me. I know he was laughing like all hell when I dumped it though! Probably reminded him of the time I pinned myself up against our house with Jeff's bike! So now all I need to do is go to the DMV and get my license!!!

1st Riding Night for Motorcycle Licence!

So last night was my first riding night to get my license! I had been pretty nervous about the whole thing since I have never driven a motorcycle! Luckily Jeff bike got done on Monday so we went to practice a little bit that night. Jeff's bike is HUGE so I was really nervous but ended up actually doing pretty good, didn't even dump it! Class went well, besides the fact that it was hotter than HELL! We have to wear long sleeve shirts so I had a hoodie on! When I got home at 8:30, it was still 85 degrees outside! Imagine, hoodie, jeans, boots, a helment, outside, 4 hours, yeah it sucked!!! Oh and don't forget my massive mess of hair sweating like crazy! Anyway, according to the teacher I was doing good so I'm very excited about that! I am the only girl with 7 guys in my class. I make fun of myself the whole time and they're pretty patient with me! Hey I must be doing good, I always start last and end up first! I'll let everyone know tomorrow whether or not I pass today! Wish me luck!