Go Orange!!

 Carter earned his Orange Belt in karate this week!

 Here's Carter in action...

 Gettin' the job done...

On a side note, Carter came home from school yesterday and brought me this.  He is learning cursive and was so excited to show me what he wrote for me!  It makes this mama smile to know that even while he's at school, he thinks about me!

Goodbye Summer, Hello Fall!

 Summer FLEW by and it's already time for school to start!  I have to admit I was really sad to see summer go, but also looking forward to getting back on a routine.  The Backpack Fairy made her appearance again this year, and of course the kids were excited!

 Hailey got a new outfit, water bottle, some supplies and some fun activities to do with mom at home...

 Carter got a new lunchbox, water bottle, book, lunch snacks and some needed school supplies...

 Hailey loved her princess pen...

 Carter was STOKED about his camo lunchbox...

 Carter was soooo excited to start school that he hardly slept the night before.  Then when I woke him up for school he didn't want to get up cause he was so tired!  He started 3rd grade this year and has Mrs. Fluckiger.

 The whole family escorted him to school in the morning....

 I love doing little things for my kids to make them feel special and I had this idea to make a HUGE chocolate chip cookie for Carter when he got home........as you can see it didn't work very well!  I got a whole house filled of smoke!

 Dad and Hailey hid in the bushes with nerf guns to get Carter when he came home from school...

 He didn't suspect a thing....

 So the cookie was a little burnt on the edges, and not done enough in the middle!  Carter didn't seem to mind, and it still put a smile on his face!  He just had to eat it like this...

Hailey's first day of preschool was about a week after Carter started...

 

 She is going two days a week for two hours to a little home preschool.  She's excited to meet new friends!