What's in a Name?

Cooper has decided he would like to be French.  Every time I fix his name train, he changes it to this...

 

Backpack, Backpack

It's almost time for school to start again ~ hard to believe Reagan will be in the first grade!  We've started shopping for school little by little; our first purchase for the year is a new backpack.  Reagan had originally wanted a pink and black one, then changed to a purple with pink polka dots, but ulitmately decided on this one!  I think she made a very good choice.

New Hat

Bubba brought Cooper a new hat when he visited last.  It has taken a couple of weeks for Cooper decide that he wants to wear it (he doesn't like hats that aren't broken in!), but today was the day he wanted to wear his "Bad Boy" mower hat to church...of all places!

A Change

Notice anything different in this picture? Cooper has switched hats!!! For the past few months, he has ONLY worn his fishing hat, but last week he changed it up on us and went cammo!
Update: the change lasted exactly one week. This fishing hat went back on his head today!

Getting A Boost

Since Reagan will be starting kindergarten in less than 2 weeks (sniff, sniff), we decided to move her into a booster seat from the car seat that she's been in for the last 5 1/2 years. She'll have to be able to get in and out of her booster seat by herself when we pull up in the car line at school ~ so, she better start practicing!

Deja Vu

We've put our house on the market again...in hopes of moving 2 streets over in the neighborhood to a house with a flat driveway (so the kids can ride bikes), a 4th bedroom (so grandparents can have a place of their own), and a basement (that we can hopefully one day finish and put all the toys down there along with Greg's weight benches).

Rainy Days

It was a rainy day today ~ just another reason to show cute pictures of the kids!!

He loves to look at himself in the camera preview

Not sure where the goofy grin is coming from these days

Whose Child Is This?

Once again in a cartoon coma...why does Reagan remind me of Al Bundy in these pictures?

It Only Took 8 Months...

...but we finally put up pictures in Reagan's bedroom. We re-did Reagan's bedroom for her 4th birthday in April, but have just been lazy about putting up the pictures until Saturday. When she walked into her room, she said, "wow, who did this? this is awesome!" Makes a momma's heart proud!

Over the bed pictures

An acrostic of her name (I bought this print in 2008 at the Christmas Show)

Over her dresser - given to her by mamaw & papaw

A print of "Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep" given to her by Shawn & Ronnie

Now, I just need to find a collage photo frame to go on this wall - hopefully, it won't take me until next December to do so!

Cool Car

This week, my van had to go in the shop for a few repairs, so I had to get a rental car. Reagan was so excited to have a new car. She kept saying, "Cool car. I want to keep this car forever!" It was nice to drive a new vehicle, however much to my dismay I have become a van person. It was so hard getting the kids in and out of their seats in this car.

I was hoping that the Golden Nugget's stint at the repair shop would trigger Uncle AZ to get me a new car (which is supposed to happen at 75,000 miles and my van has over 88,000 miles), but alas it hasn't. I'm trying not to complain too much, because I'm very blessed to have a company car, but a new one would be so nice!!