Birthday...Part 2

Ok, first let me explain my neighbors. My neighbors (Tim, above & Judy) are wonderful people. The kind you always want living next to you. My neighbors are CRAZY! They like to blow things up, let off illegal fireworks and have huge bonfires. See except they are not just your typical roast your marshmallow beside the fire, kind of fire, these fires explode and have a mushroom cloud! They are set off by used motor oil (all you "Green" people, I know, I know, but it's not me) and gasoline poured on at just the right time to let the fumes build!! Seriously, these are our neighbors. They decided to have one of their annual parties the day of Logan's b-day and just make it one big party. Cool, except when you have done this for over 5yrs. sooner or later someone is going to call the fire dept. on you. Well it just so happened that night! So the cops and the fire dept. arrived and put out the fire. Way to put a damper on the party!! Anyway, so when you are going to get a $$ fine, you might as well ask them to put on a show and turn the lights and sirens on and let you sit in the truck, so that's what we did!! Logan got his b-day turned into a fire truck b-day bash! So he got to sit in the truck (along with Tim) and watch the lights and he wasn't too sure about the horns and sirens, a little too loud yet for him.

A funny note to all of this was that poor Olivia had thought we had the firetruck come on purpose for Logan's b-day and was fuming that we never had one come for her b-day. Well after some explaining that this was not the plan for night and what actually had happen, she went to bed happy and not fuming over brother getting something she never did!! I love a happy ending..........

This is a video and I hope it works of them blowing up a construction barrel with a .25 stick. Enjoy!

Birthday...Part 1

Another awesome cake by Aunt Cookie!

So here we are, another year older. Next thing you know I'll be posting preschool pics.

Well he finally got a ball tent! Nothing says fun like 150 plastic balls to throw everywhere!

He kept his b-day hat on from last year and yes, he is the little Prince.

Thank heavens for big sister's who can and will help you open things and show you how they work.

"Please someone open these and let me at them!"

These are some more pics from Logan's B-day weekend. I am slowly getting to his party pics. BTW, school went really well for Olivia yesterday. The bus was only about 1hr. late coming home, but that happens every year.........

First Day of School

It's the first day of 2nd grade! Nerves were a must this morning. Don't ya always get a case of the nerves starting something for the first time? I even have a case of the nerves the first day for her, as always. To think I've got to do this again with Logan someday. The bus was it's traditional late this morning which caused more nerves for her. I don't know why they schedule the buses so early when they know that's not going to happen. Anyway, we will see how her day went when she returns home and hopefully it's a good one.........................I think I forgot to tell her her bus #.........................

Funny, long story short, there is this very bad boy a year older than Olivia that also goes to the bus stop. Well I think he got worse than last year. For the first day he took down his neighbors "cats for sale" sign that was hanging on the stop sign, he stole a pumpkin out of another neighbors garden and ended up throwing it back into there yard after he was done with it (not sure that's going to go over well), and beat another neighbors bush in his front yard with a stick.............All I can think is, "Please let these people realize this is not my child!!" We are on Day 1 people!!!!!!!!!!!

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It's Official

Since the last time I blogged, it's official:

-We now have a 2yo. in the house!
-We made our last one week stay to Pa. for summer vacation.
-This is the last "summer vacation" day before school starts tomorrow!!


Yes, our little wonder, is now 2. ............where does the time go?? He's growing up and fast. I would love to take credit for the pics you our about to see the next couple of blogs, but they are from my brother's new camera he just got and they are far better than my "little, inexpensive" digital.

So we made our last trek to Pa. for a week of summer. Basically, just to drive their aunts and uncles crazy and then leave! That's what we did and we came home just in time for Logan's B-day (Aug.13)!

School starts tomorrow and I think we are going to have another great year this year. We met Olivia's new teacher and she seems really nice and understanding! Yeah great year of school, so much easier on mommy! I got off a little bit cheaper this year for school. First, couldn't pass up the awesome deals on school supplies back in the beginning of Aug. and secondly the shoes she wanted, weren't the brand name expensive ones!! She has always wanted Sketchers, which was fine, she really didn't ask for much to start school with, but this year she wanted these ICarly shoes and they were at Payless!! (TaDa) She not only realized they were cheaper, but we got dress shoes for 1/2 price!! Makes my day! So we are off to catch the big yellow bus tomorrow morning and to start the 2nd grade............................

Signs of Beautiful Summer

I love this time of the year and certain flowers "shine". I live to call these the "big dogs" of all my flowers! My Hibiscus (above) are like the last great summer blooming finale at my house. They seem to literally stop traffic. We have several of them down our driveway, along the front of the house and out back. Everybody that stops by wants to know what they are and how beautiful they are. Sadly, they only have a flowering life span of about a day per flower. They are so very delicate, paper thin really. They is a history with these flowers and the daylillies below, when I worked at the greenhouse years ago, these seemed to need a new home and found one. Well since departing the greenhouse in Pa., they have been planted in Pa., moved to Oh., then moved again to this house in Oh. They have quit a moving history and all have survived every dig. Will there be another dig someday????...............

Olivia and her kittens! If I don't include these guys in my blog, she won't leave me alone until I do........so here we go. Olivia is still being mother hen to these little critters. She is a cat lover! They have been introduced to the outside world via plastic wheelbarrow. They are so used to her carting them around, they cry for her at their box to come and get them!!