oh hey there, tooth fairy!

my sweet boy has been so eager to loose a tooth. most everyone in his class has lost multiple teeth, and i think he was beginning to feel like it was just never going to happen. he would get a loose tooth, and then it would tighten back up. so tricky! but finally, one loosened right up and he was just ecstatic. days and days of wiggling that tooth and then one day, he popped out of bed and ran in with a tooth in his hand. but it wasn't THE loose tooth, it was the one next to it! weird! he was still super stoked, especially because he still had the original super wiggly tooth. so we tucked the tooth into his sweet tooth pillow, and he drafted a note for the tooth fairy. the next morning i awoke to a sweet boy covered in gold fairy dust holding 2 golden coins. it was only a couple days later the original loose tooth fell out, and we had another visit from the magical tooth fairy. we are still finding specks of fairy dust around the house, and finally getting used to coen's new smile.

 



 

 

hello, 1st grade!

first grade?! how on earth can it be? i tell you, these kids...they just grow so fast! mr c was bright eyed and bushy tailed about starting first grade. there is a new found independence this year, and we are so proud of him. although i am a little bit sad about not picking his clothes out every morning. but that's for the best, i suppose. hey, coen....go rock 1st grade!

 

 

just keep swimming

this summer we lived at the local pool. coen look 3 sessions of swim lessons and turned into a really great swimmer. he needed the everyday boot camp approach to really "get it" and we are so impressed with what a little fish he is now. way to go, coen! just keep swimming. 

 

june 2015

summmmmmmma! if i can, (and i can) let me start by saying that we are totally kicking summers booty. i will be the first to admit that i was a teeny tad nervous to have coen home all summer. i adore him, but school has programmed him to be constantly doing something and it wears me out. marin is still in the age of thinking its a total blast to load and unload the laundry baskets. coen is not. but you know, we totally got this. dare i say that i am enjoying it? well i am, and i have no shame. summer break, we heart you!



 

 

day one: we waited in line for 3 hours in the blasting sun to sign up for swim lessons. thankfully we had good company, and we got the lessons we wanted! 





happy birthday, cooper!

 

 

ice shave always hits the spot.

 

C scored a set golf clubs at a friends garage sale. more proof that he is actually a 40 year old man trapped in a 6 year olds body.

 

maddy's adopt a pupp party was sooooooo cute! happy birthday, maddy!

 

 hanging at the mall like teenagers.



friend sleep over! lots of silly giggles with these four.

 

we spent the first 2 weeks of summer with good friends that happened to be in the same swim lessons as us. (the same good friends that are in the sleepover pictures above).  the little girls would have their lesson in the morning, then we would hop across to the beach for a picnic lunch. after lunch the big kids had their lesson. it was a wonderful way to exhaust all involved. but fun too.

 

a beach day with school friends.

 

a mochi date with my favorite mochi monster!

 

 

 keeping cool, and sugared up.

 

breakfast in bed. yum.

 

this girl is hilarious. i asked her to put shoes on as she went outside to play. a few minutes later i peaked out the window to see if she had followed my direction, and i saw her wearing these giant inflatable clown shoes. she was just carrying on with her business like it was no big deal.

 

rain boots on the beach. another interesting shoe choice. she is just the sweetest.

 

 

 

i love these sweet little girls.

 

pine tree hideout.

 movie date with gracie grace!

rocking the colored zinka faceblock!

 

all this summer fun apparently made marin so tired she just had to lay down on the kitchen rug at 6pm and go to sleep. no joke.