New glasses

We picked up Austin's glasses today after school. He can see now!

 

The two of us modeling our glasses. I got mine a few months ago.

 

And a close up of Spongebob!

I can't wait to hear how much better he can see at school. His eye sight was terrible, I'm surprised he could see the board at all!

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween (yesterday!)

The kids got dressed up in their costumes and we headed to the park.

They had all sorts of activities for the kids along with candy for trick or treating.

The weather turned cold really fast, so we headed home and did some trick or treating in our neighborhood after getting more layers on! The kids had a blast running from house to house, it was so fun to watch.

A roller-skating birthday party

We attended the birthday party of a friends daughter a couple weekends ago. They hosted the party at the roller skating rink. We all gave it a try, but Austin and I were the only ones to stay on skates the entire time! It took Austin a minute to get them on, but once he had them on he didn't want to take them off!

Enjoy the pictures!





Michael made sure to get some really flattering pictures of me from behind!









Abigail gave it a try for about 5 minutes then decided to hang out with Daddy.



What she really wanted was some cake.



We told her no, and we got "the look" from her.



So while she waited for cake, she danced for Daddy.





Another flattering picture of myself! NOT!



Austin had so much fun!



I had to give Abigail a ride. It was not as easy as it looks!



What a sweet baby girl!



Finally, cake time!



Our little lefty.



And yes, Austin was still wearing his roller skates while eating cake!



After cake, we talked Daddy into getting skates on. Of course once he did that, Abigail had to get hers on again too.

1st day of Kindergarten

Today was Austin's first day of Kindergarten! He got up at his normal time this morning, 5:30 am, and started with breakfast. Cinnamon sugar toast, yum!



And yes, he's wearing his Christmas jammies from 2 years ago! They are also two sizes too small, but he refuses to give them up!

After getting dressed, we headed outside to take some pictures.



This would have been a cute picture if he actually had his eyes open!



Since Austin was taking his Daddy to school in his backpack, Abigail had to take her Daddy to Miss Sole's house. She also had to pose for a picture, just like Austin.



We dropped Abigail off then headed to school. Because you can accompany your child into school the first day, we had to park in the housing area across the street from the school.



So off we went!



One of Austin's friend from the CDC was in his class. I made them pose for a picture together!



Once they got into their room, they were told to place their bags on their chairs and have a seat to wait for directions.



What a good listener! Ha!



I held it together, even while walking away from the school.



Thumbs up Mom! No tears on the first day, for either of us! :)



From the sounds of it, he had a great day. He was very excited that he doesn't have to take a nap in Kindergarten or at SAS (after school program). However, it all caught up to him on the ride home. It didn't take him long to fall asleep in the car!

I can't wait to see all that he accomplishes this year in Kindergarten!

The catch up

So, what's been happening? Or rather, what hasn't been happening?!?! I don't even know where to begin!

The kids and I have been busy adjusting to life without Daddy here. Things have been going rather smoothly, however, we've hit a couple bumps along the road lately. The kids are starting to miss Daddy like crazy and Austin has been choosing to show it by acting out. We had some heart to heart talks about it this weekend, and in all we had a great weekend.

Austin starts school next Monday so we're starting to get into our routine by practicing this week. Austin has to be to school by 7:30 so we're going to be practicing getting up early. Although, since they've been going to bed by 8:00/8:30, they're getting up around the normal time. Great for during the week, but not so great for over the weekends. He got up at 4:30 am yesterday and wouldn't go back to sleep! We chose to make the best of it and headed out to do some school shopping at Kohl's! I always find comfort in retail shopping when Michael's gone, so that helped me too! :)

Abigail is doing awesome. Of course I can never get the girl to shut up now that she's talking in full sentences. We've been slowly working on the potty training.



Some days she's all about wearing panties. Other days she doesn't want anything to do with them.



I roll with it when she wants and she does a great job!



Seriously? Who crosses their legs when waiting to potty?



I love these crazy kids!



I got Abigail to kiss me, but Austin wasn't having it!



The dog is getting huge. I had her spayed last month and she weighed 52 pounds. She is completely house trained with the occasional exception. I caught the brunt of the protection she's going to provide for the kids the other day. I had Abigail on the floor wrestling and tickling her and Lexi jumped on top of me and started nipping at me. I love that she's going to be that way!

How am I doing? Single parenting stinks! It's very hard, but in the end it will all be worth it. I'm really having to stick to my guns and it's hard! Work has been ridiculously busy, so that helps tremendously with making the time go by faster. My evenings are filled with making dinner, bathing children and getting them into bed. I have decided that there is one thing that will get me through this deployment: SLEEP! I've been trying to go to bed shortly after the kids do because it makes us all happier!

I have more pictures to share, but I better save them for the next couple of posts! The kids both have things coming up that are sure to be camera moments, so stay tuned for that. The first being the first day of Kindergarten for my oldest baby. I can not believe that he is going to be 6 years old in another 6 months, let alone going to Kindergarten. It absolutely blows my mind that he's that old already. Where in the world does the time go? I'm going to blink my eyes and he'll be graduating, yikes!