Day 265 - Thursday, September 22, 2011

Day 265 - Thursday, September 22, 2011 – Liam's customized Zigs that we ordered in early August arrived today. This is the look of weeks of anticipation being realized as he excitedly tore into this package.

Day 264 - Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Day 264 - Wednesday, September 21, 2011 – Channeling her inner Tiger with a fist pump after sinking a wicked putt.

Day 263 - Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Day 263 - Tuesday, September 20, 2011 – BFF's Megan and Jordyn take a break from float building to pose for another self portrait to instantly upload to Facebook.

Day 262 - Monday, September 19, 2011

Day 262 - Monday, September 19, 2011 – Ashton giving Owen a hand with his homework. As it turns out, Owen is turning into a pretty good big brother, too.

Day 261 - Sunday, September 18, 2011

Day 261 - Sunday, September 18, 2011 – Jordyn's self portrait uploaded to Facebook along with the status, "Smile, Pass it on." Ahhh, Jordyn, your smile, and your attitude, is contagious.

Day 260 - Saturday, September 17, 2011

Day 260 - Saturday, September 17, 2011 – I have to say, leading up to the JV Blue vs JV Gold game this week, I expected to cheer today when either team scored or did something well. Win/Win situation, right? Well, as the quarters rolled along with Gold having a big fat goose egg the entire time, I'll admit it, I got bitter. I can handle not winning. But not scoring? Not a big fan. (Photo Coming).

Day 259 - Friday, September 16, 2011

Day 259 - Friday, September 16, 2011 – Kevin bribed Owen with a dollar if he got all of his spelling words correct. Whatever works.

Day 258 - Thursday, September 15, 2011

Day 258 - Thursday, September 15, 2011 – A little bit of rain can't take away this team's sunshine! Lapeer Country Club.

Day 257 - Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Day 257 - Wednesday, September 14, 2011 – Ashton's fascination with dogs, real or stuffed, continues. Here he leans in for a kiss. MMM aah. MMM aah.

Day 256 - Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Day 256 - Tuesday, September 13, 2011 – What a fun night in the D with Jordyn, Bailey, and Shawn. We saw the first production in the Fisher Theater season, Come Fly Away. The music of Frank Sinatra with fabulous choreography. iTunes, here I come. I need to download some of Ol' Blue Eyes' music, stat.

Day 255 - Monday, September 12, 2011

Day 255 - Monday, September 12, 2011 – Owen practices writing his spelling words on this new crayon-y white board, insisting that he write each word in a different color.

Day 254 - Sunday, September 11, 2011

Day 254 - Sunday, September 11, 2011 – We spent the 10 year anniversary of 9/11 at Liam's football game. Other than noticing that the flag at the stadium was flying at half staff and reflecting briefly on "where I was when" (sleeping with my newborn, my sister calling shortly after the first plane hit, spending the rest of the day glued to the TV as the horrific drama continued to unfold), it was pretty much an ordinary day.

Day 253- Saturday, September 10, 2011

Day 253- Saturday, September 10, 2011 – A basket of bounty brought to me by Mrs. Greene Jeans before our trip to the Clarkston Farmer's market. Banana peppers, a jar of pickles, pan pan squash, zucchini, yum, and yum.

Day 252 - Friday, September 9, 2011

Day 252 - Friday, September 9, 2011 – Liam is quite possibly the best big brother on the planet.

Day 251 - Thursday, September 8, 2011

Day 251 - Thursday, September 8, 2011 – Jordyn and the Oxford JV golf team edged out Lapeer West in a home match at Oxford Hills.

Day 250 - Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Day 250 - Wednesday, September 7, 2011 – Owen unleashed his dormant athletic beast at his first flag football practice today. He was thrilled to learn that Ronnie is on his team.

Day 249 - Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Day 249 - Tuesday, September 6, 2011 – First Day of School, already?! Where did the summer go?! As sad as we are to say goodbye to summer, I have two out of three kids who are thrilled to be going back to school. Jordyn is looking forward to, as a sophomore, no longer being the low man on the high school totem pole. Liam is looking forward to, as a fifth grader, ruling the elementary school. And, Owen, as a second grader, is already looking forward to Friday.

Day 248 - Monday, September 5, 2011

Day 248 - Monday, September 5, 2011 – After a long weekend of laboring in the garden, Kevin prepared a fabulous meal and we enjoyed a quiet Labor Day dinner at home.

Day 247 - Sunday, September 4, 2011

Day 247 - Sunday, September 4, 2011 – Watching Ashton model his older brother's behavior is magnificent to behold. He is a sponge. And, hopefully, a future Wii World Series champion.

Day 246 - Saturday, September 3, 2011

Day 246 - Saturday, September 3, 2011 – Jordyn, Mair, and I joined our Zumba instructor, Leslie at Arts, Beats, and Eats in Royal Oak to attempt a world record for the largest Zumba fitness class ever. While we had more than 900 people, the record to beat was upwards of 1,300. So, unfortunately no world record for the LARGEST Zumba fitness class, but I'm pretty sure we now hold the world record for the HOTTEST Zumba fitness class ever. We melted into pools of sweat on the pavement, and had a lot of laughs in the process.

Day 245 - Friday, September 2, 2011

Day 245 - Friday, September 2, 2011 – Owen came running into my office to tell me that there was a snake in the garage. Sure enough, when I went to check it out, there was a garter snake curled up at the rear bumper of the Tahoe. As I went to look for a rake or something to remove the snake from the garage, I think the snake was startled and it quickly slithered into the bowels of our garage. For the rest of the day, Owen and his BFF, Ronnie went snake hunting in the garage (note the green net). At one point, Owen got a couple of eggs from the fridge to set on the driveway as bait. When the eggs didn't work to attract the snake, Owen decided to CRACK the eggs on the driveway, where they proceeded to poach in the hot sun. Nice.

Day 244 - Thursday, September 1, 2011

Day 244 - Thursday, September 1, 2011 – Ashton does this huffing and puffing thing that he thinks, and we all think, is absolutely hysterical. What ever would we do without this constant source of entertainment?

Day 243 - Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Day 243 - Wednesday, August 31, 2011 – Ashton and his sword...a.k.a.

the lid and straw to a water bottle. Even at 16 months, little boys naturally know how to turn normal household objects into weapons.

Day 242 - Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Day 242 - Tuesday, August 30, 2011 – The last week of summer vacation and poor O-boe is a sick-O.

Day 241 - Monday, August 29, 2011

Day 241 - Monday, August 29, 2011 – Jordyn and Alicia had a blast tonight filming a music video in our basement. LMFAO Party Rock Anthem...every day I'm shufflin'.