Helping Hands

Violet has figured out that if she moves the dining room chairs to pretty much anywhere, she can reach pretty much everything. When you live in an open space, this can be very difficult to deal with. Unless, of course, if she is coming to help. She insists on helping Randy load and unload the dishwasher nightly.

More Art

not good photo quality. But definitely shows her personality right now.

Trucks

Violet loves Henry's newest toy. Too bad I didn't get a picture of her wearing his baseball cap.

Seriously the Rain is here

Yep, we are getting ready for the end of summer. It really seemed like such an abrupt ending, one day sun, and now the rain has arrived. Violet is decked out her best rain gear (the skirt was a thrift store SCORE! Super Girl super hip skirt)

20 Years

I think I may have hit a new milestone this weekend.

I attended my 20 year high school reunion. Yep, that's right Golden West class of 1989. It's hard to believe it's been 2o years, and 18 years that I moved away.

Did I learn much from seeing my old classmates?

Most cliques still exist

We all aged about the same

Most of my old insecurities are still there

When people shared their thoughts of me, it ran the gamut: one old friend remembered me as very shy and quiet, another friend said I looked like a city girl, and I belonged in a movie.

All in all it was a great night to remember the good old days, but also to be thankful of who I am today.

Counting

We are learning to count. The only problem is that 10 is a very exciting number!

The Pumpkin Patch

We visited our local pumpkin patch last weekend with Ellie (and the mom's) it was an adventure to say the least. I learned that carrying my 2 year old and a 5 pound pumpkin can be a daunting task, and no naps on a Sunday afternoon make for a very fussy toddler. We had a fantastic time overall and the sun even came out for us.

This is in mid sentence of say "NO"