Red letter day

We went to olive garden on Saturday and nobody puked! After the last 2 trips with Ezra spewing something that was an accomplishment!

We no longer own a house...

So we went to 5 guys to celebrate. See the ghetto grocery bag? All it has on it are the grease stains to show you how official and fattening the food is for you, baby!

And- we are saying goodbye to summer soon! I am not ready for it to end. I actually had reasons to put on makeup. Now I just get dolled up to make dinner. I did a purple eye with red lips- I'm not a fan of dark lipstick on me, I look like a drag queen! This picture is scary, but I had to post it for Red! For you Red, try a purple eye with red lips!

The end...

Summer is almost over and we have run out of swim diapers. So today Mooks had to go commando in her swimsuit. Baby bums are the cutest!

Cousin movie night/ farewell summer bash

Goodbye summer! You will be missed! We celebrated in style with swimming, eating and a late night outdoor movie. The kids had a blast with their cousins watching How to Train Your Dragon. I love having parties like this! Any suggestions for what we can do to welcome fall? I want to do a Harry Potter party in a major way!

Surprise! First day of school!

We got a surprise email yesterday telling us Taylor had a spot at the one charter school I had put their names into. We were expecting to start school onthe 27th, but this school was already in session. So once we found out Cagey got in too we decided to go for it. I ran around like a mad woman trying to get uniforms and stuff for lunches. I just hope it's worth it! They started 2 days late, but it seems like they are going to like it. Taylor will be learning Arabic and Cagey will be learning Chinese. Interesting very interesting.

Finally!!!

I finally got something from the plants I planted at the beginning if the summer! That tells you just what kid of gardener I am...crappy. I'm thrilled to have my first zucchini though. I'm even more thrilled about the fact that one of the cucumber seeds we planted washed away and is coming up randomly on a flower bed! Yay for cucumbers!

Oh snap oh snap come to a Nicolaysen picnic...

And-
1. Wally the wasp will torture you endlessly while my children scream and Jeebs threatens his life with a folded piece of the church news. I laughed hysterically because all I could imagine was how crazy we looked to all our fellow picnickers who couldn't see Wally. That's ok though we had front row seats for their make out session on their picnic blanket.

2. You'll see Taylor- my oldest- 9 years old- falling into the river. I was so worried about Ezra being careless and falling in, but my children are always full of surprises. It scared her more than anything- again i was laughing because of the slow motion version of her rolling into the river.

3. And no picnic would be complete without Ezra puking. Yup. He got chocolate stuck in his mouth and I didn't get it out fast enough- he gagged and gagged. I thought we were out of the woods so I brought him back to the table where he then unleashed the beast. Pink tinted vomit spewed from my little geyser as he tried to clear the chocolate from his throat. But really, what's a meal without vomit? I wouldn't even know.