Green Belt

Tonight Cami tested for and received her green belt in karate. She is doing great! I will post pictures tomorrow night. We got home late, I just got her to bed, and I'm pooped! She is so proud of herself, as am I.

Stitches

My poor little snaggle toothed girl! She was playing Freeze Tag at recess, ran into a little boy, and the only tooth left in her head gashed his forehead open. He had to get 5 stitches! She was just beside herself. We HAD to get him a gift and a card and take it to school so he would know how sorry she is. She has cried every night about it because she is afraid he won't want to be her friend anymore. My sweet little punkin'...

Park

Supposedly we were going to be stuck indoors this weekend due to Hurricane Ike. As devastating as it was for others, Austin was able to continue to enjoy the outdoors. The temperature is cooler which is wonderful for the park. Cami and I went to Williamson Co. Park today for a picnic with our friends Kieren and Keelin. Ironically, the creek was dry enough for the girls to walk through it and collect rocks. We had a great time!

Teeth

Well, my sweet girlie lost 3 teeth over the last 3 days! She lost one front tooth wrestling with her daddy on Saturday. Today I was walking down the hall at school and the counselor said, "Ms. Swindle, don't go too far, your daughter is in the nurse and she might want to see you." I rushed to the nurse's office and there she was with a pink tooth treasure box, a huge smile plastered on her face. Then, 4 hours later as were walking out of school to get to karate, she was drinking out of a straw and said, "MOM! I lost my tooth!" Sure enough, the other front tooth fell out. Geez...Tooth Fairy has a busy night.

First Grade

Today was the first day of first grade for my girl. She woke up quite sassy, imagine that! She even told my office mate, "you don't really think you are funny do you?" OMG...she got in trouble for that one! Anyway, she LOVES her teacher and so do I. She had a great day and is so much more confident this year. I'm proud of her.

Entryway

I finally got around to painting my disgusting entryway that I've hated since I moved in this house. There was a cheap, thin chairrail on the wall that I tore down and in the process, tore the wall. So my sweet friend's husband spent a Sunday here and put up a nice chairrail. So here is the result.

Honey Bees

Gran Gran and Mimi expose us to all kinds of things at their farm. Llamas, donkeys, pottery, and honeybees. This weekend we got to extract the honey from the hives. We got 100 lbs. of honey and are only half way done! It was an interesting process and Cami got to help. She was very brave around all those bees (more than her mommy)!