cheesy photo day

This is what happens when you are sitting and waiting for everybody to use the potty at IKEA. You tell whatever child is willing to be silly to go stand in between the 'bathroom people.' While trying to ignore the strange looks from people wondering why you are standing outside the restrooms with a camera. But come on... those silouettes are kind of cool. I wish I could have lined this up for a better photo... but IKEA is always busy!


Matthew is totally into 'stealing' my camera and taking his own pictures lately. We were waiting in the car while Mike and Megan ran into a store really quick. I have about 50 photos of details inside my car, and the cars in the parking lot next to us.

Here is one of his nature photos. The flower box in front of our parking space. Ooh.... ahhh....

So this week has flown by. It seems that they all are right now. Yesterday we went to the kids' new school to finish up registration. Mostly just getting their lunch accounts set up, meeting teachers, dropping off school supplies (which is so nice so we don't have to send everything on the first day) and getting them used to where their new classrooms are.

Megan's school days are going to be so much fun for her this year. Fifth grade is when they start changing classrooms for different subjects, like in middle school. I know she'll enjoy that and it will help the days go by faster. She was kind of bummed that there aren't official lockers, but her homeroom has an open locker/cubby kind of thing for them to go back to all day and get what they need.

Trevor's birthday happens to fall on the first day of school. He's not too thrilled about it (I can't blame him) but hopefully he'll get some special treatment for the day. I'll be bringing in cupcakes at the end of the week, so hopefully that will earn him some brownie points with new friends. It's so hard for me to believe he'll be turning EIGHT years old.

Matthew is going into first grade. He's in for an exciting year. His teacher is really cool and I know first grade is one of those years that the kids change and grow so much.

Looking back this has been such a busy summer. There were days we were bored to death, but there have been some changes in just a matter of months. Some are more obvious than others.... moving across the country.... and others smaller. It feels like we've finally settled in and we all love it here. Getting back to a normal schedule is going to be nice. :)

9 more days!