King of the Playground so just get over it

 
The boys are soooo excited. Houston is in 5th which makes him King of the Playground... because of his size it's a little joke around here...the rehearsed speech goes something like this "OK you snot nosed second graders it's time to bow down to the king of the play ground...as I stand here face to face with your knee caps I'm here to say I once walked in your shoes. It's not important that I can still wear them, it's what Ive done in them that counts...I have clawed my way to the top of the slide on more than one sunny afternoon and I'm here to tell you it's bloody hot, so take the stairs provided at the back. Strongly recommend reading Night of the Living Lunch Ladies before you step foot in the cafeteria. You can run and you can hide...for a measly 50 cents I will share with you the best spots PVS has to offer. One more thing the gum under the desk is not that bad. I will enjoy my reign until mom finds out then it's back to the bottom cause I know she'll make me go on to 6th grade. Long live Captain Underpants!"

The fun continues

Reece informs us this evening that Nicole and Sofia ( the "girls" from last year) and the boys all decided to like each other for this year. In his own words "we just got over it" guess we could all take advise from the pre-k 4 class.

Hope all of you are having great first day memories too!

Summer

I know it was here just the other day
the start of Summer was on the way

The beach, the park, the pool did you say
all fun things to fill a long summer day

Visiting friends, some travel not far away
we have so many hours to waste in a day

But today I awoke and much to my surprise
Summer was gone like a quick sunrise

Now it's the last minute crunch to get ready for school
backpacks, pencils and other colorful tools

Gone are the days of jammie's till noon
It's rise and shine have to be at school soon

It's hard to let go of the things left to do
guess that's why next year we get Summer too

Wait just a minute I thought of a reason
to smile again about this Summer season

It's Florida you see and that means just one thing
We enjoy Summer year round and that's a reason to sing

PS. better start Christmas shopping

Orlando

These are from our trip in July...some of the kids havng a great time and just being kids

Love Picasa

Here is my first Picasa collage and it's as easy as everyone says. These are a few shots from Key West and I will be posting more of the summer excitement as I play on Picasa. Have a great one...Go play! PS Just love how the one of me and the boys cuts out my face.

Home Again

Tag I'm it...thanks Nikki. Now if there were five fellow bloggers that have not been tagged yet I would be all set..so let me know if you want to get "tagged". OK, so I've been feeling some heat ...no pun intended...for not blogging lately. I have good reason...another trip to Orlando and not one visit with the Mouse...ooh I'm so lucky that my guys are not Disney junkies. Do get credit for going to Sea Bloody Hot World...thanks Amanda, without you there it would have been miserable suffering all alone...the things you do for love (no it's my kids I love but Amanda is a close second). Did get to spend a lot of time with my longtime friend Melody. We usually catch each other on the fly so it was nice to have more than a few hours together and the kids had a great time together too. I have so many pictures that need to be uploaded and ordered. So be on the prowl as they are on the way. I got side tracked by The Deathly Hallows and made record speed in finishing before anyone could ruin the ending for me...and since I'm sworn the the secrecy of the Order of the Phoenix you will not find any answers here...just like Harry you must find out his fate on your own.

OH! So excited that my sis in law and I are going to the ultimate scrap weekend in Orlando. This is the first time since we became in laws (13 years ago) that we are doing a girls only activity...it's going to be a blast and I'm excited for her to meet the rest of my scrap family as they are all a bunch of creative, goal setting, motivating, inspirational, did I mention fabulous & gorgeous scrap girlie's. It will be a blast. OK so I'm off to get some work done. Don't forget to leave a comment or you can email me to say hi. Go Play!!

One for a Pal

Ok so she's a great scrapbooker but lacks a little in the upload department :-) So this is for Amanda who completed two chalenges this week the first one was for Nikki's goal challenge to make a layout for the goals you have left in 07 and the other was an "ugly" challenge where Jessi gave out things that she did not want and had us make pages..nothing ugly about it now. Great job Amanda and it looks like I have some catching up to do.

Have a great evening everyone.

Gotta Love the Keys

Can't seem to slow down long enough to catch up now that we are back. I thought we would have a quiet Summer not much planned but opportunities keep popping up so why not enjoy. We had a wonderful time in the Keys. We rented a house on Summerland Key and the water was perfect the first few days. We spent most days on the boat with a few days in Key West on our bicycles sharing the sights with the boys. Had fun fishing thought the Mahi (Dolphin) were a little elusive. Rick landed a Goliath Grouper, they are protected so we got a few pictures then sent him back to the ocean. We caught another grouper that was legal along with 2 snapper that Houston landed himself. We did some Kayaking and found an entire Lagoon of upside down Jelly fish...Reece had his little net and in the excitement got some Jelly juice on his legs...he had a few welts but we washed him off good and within a few hours he was OK...little secret... urine does help...Reece had to pee so I told him to just go in his swim suit while sitting in the Kayak then I rubbed it on his legs...he was crying before then within 10 minutes he was not complaining any more...thanks Survivor Man. The boys also had a blast just fishing off the sea wall at the house. Those of you who scuba or snorkel know the excitement jumping in to explore clear calm water. I have been diving almost 20 years and I still get a rush when the visibility is great. It's so much fun watching my boys fall in love with the water. Reece is a little fish and took to the ocean like Nemo. Houston is learning how to slow down and look for all the things that inhabit the reef..it's amazing what you will find just looking in one spot for a while. One of the most memorable dives I have experienced was a macro dive at night under a pier in Bonaire. The sea life and colors were amazing I rented a camera and took some great shots. The most amazing thing was how little everything was. I played with a baby puffer fish that was smaller than a dime, found sea horses nestled in coral fans and fed coral heads...if you shine your light briefly plankton swim to the light then you watch the coral heads eat them sounds gory but it is very cool. I also learned how to feed a Tarpon by shining little fish in the dark some of the Tarpon were over 5 feet long. I do love night diving...I figure if something is going to eat me I would rather not see it coming so at night all your attention is on what your are shining right in front of you...it is very relaxing. Have lots of pictures to share but here are a few will post more later.