Around Here Lately

I won't even apologize for the jumbled nature of this post, because life is kind of like that around here these days!  Josh has one more week of residency and we are moving!  We had a little garage sale to get rid of some stuff, and the kids did a little bake sale on the side.  They had a blast and made $23.

 We are not taking a whole lot of furniture with us- most of it was hand-me-down in the first place and has gotten its use.  Especially  my Paw's old couch!  (Don't worry, we didn't sell it- it went straight to the curb!)  I'm sure the kids will miss jumping on it though!

 We got rid of our table though so we've been eating outside a lot and using storage bins as makeshift tables.  Josh's work is paying for the move, and packing us up and everything, so I don't have to worry about packing, just clearing things out that we don't want to come with us and keeping the kids busy while I clean and try to keep them from undoing all my work.  Marissa loves anything to do with kindergarten, and plows through these kinds of things.

 I found Sadie a simple "same and different" book from the dollar spot at Target to do and I think she felt pretty cool.

 And Shane man got an "author's notebook" to jot down some of the jillion ideas for stories that pop into his head.

 Aaron likes to be a part of the action, and now that he is scooting around it didn't take him long to figure out he could come find us wherever we are now!

 He started solids a month or so ago and is enjoying them more each day

 He is a pretty good baby but sometimes wakes up a little too early for my taste.

 Shane is so good with him and loves reading to him,

 or anyone for that matter.

He finished off his baseball season and had a lot of fun again this year.  His team worked their way to the championship and lost, which he was pretty disappointed about, but was happy that the 1st and 2nd place teams got medals.  

He did a lot better hitting this year, and played catcher many a game because he felt like he was wearing armor with all the pads on!  The girls loved playing on his playground each game and we will really miss the league and his school when we move.  Lots of good people.

 I don't have any pictures of it, but Shane and Marissa both learned how to ride bikes without training wheels this summer!  We have been working with Shane especially for a loooooonnnng time and we ordered some "balance buddies" that hook to the back of their bikes and I took them out morning and evening til they got it- because sometimes I am more stubborn than them;)  No injuries on that front, but Shane did manage to randomly bonk his head on a fire hydrant!

 And Marissa lost her first tooth!

 We've been swimming when we can,

 and meeting up with friends and not looking forward to saying goodbyes!

But excited about the journey ahead!