Biking on the river

For a year I have been wanting to take Ben back to the river Timmy and I biked on. We finally made it! It was a gorgeous day in the 60s-perfect for a "as long as Timmy has energy for" bike ride. We are hoping to go back this Friday on Ben's day off-when we can ride for longer since Timmy will be in school. Lucy LOVES to ride behind daddy!

Timmy's first week

Timmy has gotten thru his first week of kindergarten! He loves it but "wishes it was shorter so he had more time to play at home." He also is quite exhausted from the full days. I've been enjoying getting up and making him breakfast (every day has been different-french toast, eggs, waffles, and oatmeal) and putting his lunch together. Every day for lunch he has his favorite a peanut butter & honey sandwich. I've also been freezing gogurts for him-that works great and he loves it! Please keep him in your prayers this week-for him not to be so tired and to keep adjusting to all the rules of Kindergarten!

Who will miss Timmy more?

Who's gonna miss Timmy more when he goes to Kindergarten? I think it will be an even tie between mommy and Lucy! He starts on Tuesday.

Camping

Ben & Timmy went on an overnight campout at a state park. They fished for about 6 hours (yes Timmy was that patient) but caught nothing. They made a campfire and roasted marshmallows, sang songs, and told stories. The song and stories were required because as Timmy says "that's the rules, that's what you do at a campfire." They hope to make this an annual trip before going back to school.

Ten on Tuesday

It's been awhile...keeping up with the kids, summer, etc has kept me away. So here's a little catchup!

1. It's sweet corn season and we have an entire shelf full in our refrigerator (most delivered in the last two days). We LOVE it!

2. My allergies are going nuts and giving me my awful sinus headaches-blech!

3. Timmy has learned to express disapproval of mom and dad usually with a "I'm very angry with you-hmmph"

4. Ben's garden has been producing lots of delicious vegetables. We've been enjoying tomatoes, jalapenos, yellow beans, snap peas, lettuce, tomatillos, and brocoli. We could be vegetarians right now! For a first timer he's got quite the green thumb!

5. I've been hosting monthly card workshops and love it! Not only is it a lot of fun with other ladies, but I also love having to think outside of my normal scrapbooking realm.

6. I've started a scrapbooking blog called Practical Scrappers-we crossed 7000 hits today-in just 4 weeks time. You can find it at http://www.practicalscrappers.blogspot.com

7. School starts in two weeks-I'm excited for Timmy-but a little sad he's that grown up already!

8. Summer has finally arrived here and it is hot and humid...good for the farmers...but not my favorite!

9. Ben and I tried out a restaurant that was featured on the Food Network. We had a hamburger with peanut butter on it. For as weird as that sounds-it was delicious!

10. I am getting back into making ice cream...I've made four batches this week, granted I gave them all away, still it has been fun.