Sweet Caroline

We are a week into having a KINDERGARTENER and I just wanted to document a little bit about it so far.    First off, Collins absolutely LOVES school.  (don’t most 5 year olds though?!)  She seems to be adjusting wonderfully and handling the longer day and earlier mornings like a champ.     But, let me tell you….this change in schedule has been tough for us.  My kids have always had a bedtime of “ around 8:30 ”…  I like a schedule, but I also like flexibility.  That seems contradictory, huh?  I am a firm believer in providing structure/schedule especially when they are babies and establishing a night time routine…but in my experience once you do that….my kids have always been able to adapt to staying up later some nights, or whatever is thrown at them.  So, with Collins going to preschool (half day) the past three years…yes, our bedtime has been  around 8:30  and she would sleep  until 7-7:30  and we’d be out the door sometime between  7:45-8:15 , depending on who was taking that mornin

What. A. Weekend. Whew! I'm exhausted still, but it was totally worth it!  My best friend flew in town from Ohio for the weekend and we didn't stop the whole time....  A cook out, a fun brunch, a couples baby shower... all in 24 hours! Sunday was busy as well, we had promotion Sunday at church and Collins received her first "big kid" Bible. It was the sweetest. And then we went to another baby shower after taking some pictures for dance.  I did squeeze in a nap late Sunday afternoon bc I was beat! I need to go take another nap, pipe dreams!! Xoxo

1. Total eclipse of the heart. I didn't take off work for the eclipse, so no fun eclipse party for me.  But I did get to see it and it was pretty darn cool. We were in the path of totality here in Columbia so that made it even better. My SIL and fam were still in town so Collins got to hang out with them and watch. We enjoyed a few hours on the lake Monday too, which always helps a Monday out:-) This was a professional pic, but this was my favorite part.  2. My girl started kindergarten Wednesday and LOVED it. We do a staggered start for kindergarten so she just had her second day today. But was definitely looking forward to going back! 3. I've been on a major reading kick lately and have read some good ones! I've read almost all of Liann Moriartys books now, and enjoy them. My favorites are my husbands secret and big little lies. I also just read all the missing girls and really liked it. I've got 8 more on hold at the library!! 4. Although I'm bummed summer is slo

I can’t believe our summer weekends are almost over….seems it was just two weeks ago we were celebrating the start of summer.  Urghh, so sad.  Anyways, we certainly enjoyed LOTS of outdoor/lake time this weekend. We have also been celebrating our ALMOST kindergartener a LOT!    On Thursday, Collins and I had a lunch date for school supply shopping and a trip to Rushs, her choiceJ And then  Thursday night , the boys spend the night out so Mikey and I could have a special night with JUST Collins.  We started with meet the teacher and then went to dinner by boat, again…her choice of restaurant.  I think she enjoyed it, and we won’t even go into the fact that she starts kindergarten TOMORROW!   Mikey was out of town with the guys  Friday night , so I took the kids to the library after work and we rented a few movies.  After pizza and a movie with all of them, I put the boys to bed and let C stay up late with me watching Pippi Longstocking…she absolutely loved it!  And I let her sleep in be

The final vacay post, it already feels like this was months ago. So sad.  My brother and his family, some friends of theirs, and a couple friend of ours joined us for our last weekend.  We had a ball! Our friends didn't come until Saturday morning so our little family of five went out to dinner one last time at our fave Beaufort seafood restaurant. We've taken family pics on the dock at this restaurant for SIX years now! Crazy!  We offered a pack and play to my brothers friends as they forgot theirs.... so the boys had the opportunity for the first time in their little lives to sleep somewhere not contained! They loved it! Collins even joined in on the air mattress fun! We did have a few pretty hours on the beach Saturday but of course i got no pics of that... we spent lots of time fishing and playing! Glenn fam vacay 2017 was amaze, wish it lasted longer!!