First Days of School!!

We made our school bus cookies :)

First day!! So VERY excited!! Danny and Gerri were up at 6 :)

Yes, it is pouring!! Danny getting on his bus

 Luckily the neighbor was able to show him the ropes :) The bus driver let them sit together (they sit by grade on the bus)

Gerri's bus!

 They both had great first days, mostly just learning the routine and how to get from point a to point b.

Day 2!! Love Gerri in pigtails!!

Victoria had orientation for PreK

Wow! they let us use markers and stickers!!

very proud of her frog!
They go up on the front door and as each child comes in they take their frog off the door and put it in a basket. So the teachers know who is not in class by whose frogs are still on the door :)

did a little mopping

sat in the reading chairs

played a little

loved matching the jewels :)

her cubbie!

if only this worked!! :) :)
She is sitting in the front seat because my van would not start and we had to wait for daddy to come jump it!

  I got a call from the school nurse (who I met on Tuesday) she wanted to know if it was ok for Gerri to be twirling on the monkey bars. I asked her if the kids were allowed to do it and she said, I need to know if it is safe for Gerri to do it. I once again told her that Gerri has NO physical limitations. When Gerri got home from school I asked her how her day was and she said she wanted to walk around without her walker and the teacher would not let her. I also asked Gerri about twirling on the monkey bars and she said she did it, so I asked her if she thought that was a safe thing to be showing the other kids, and she thought about it and decided it was not, since some of the other kids can't do it :)
I called the school nurse to find out what was going on and was told "since you send her to school with a walker she has to use it". WHAT?? I had told her that the walker was only sent to school for her teacher's convenience. That since Gerri cannot walk as fast as everyone else it is just to help her go faster so the class is not held up. I understand CYA, but come on!

Day 3 - finally stopped raining!!

 And if you notice - no walker in the picture!!! :) Took care of that problem, we kept it home. Gerri said she felt fine not taking it. Her bus thought it was cool too.
Once we go to Philly next week for her followup we will get her AFO's adjusted and she will be able to wear her shoes again and ride the regular bus with Danny and our neighbor. They are SO excited!! Dr vB was great about doing a quick letter saying Gerri has NO physical limitations!!!

finally have the flag pole in place and flew our BIG flag yesterday to mark 9/11.
We shall never forget!!

Dancing around!!

dancing

and dancing

snack and juice break

stop for a hug and kiss

then more dancing!!

The beds are here!

Watching Daddy :)

staining the deck :)

 I then had to see my new primary to get a referral for ortho for my hip. And yes, Jodi, they weighed me :( :( But I made sure I had just gone potty and did not eat or drink that morning :) :)
I read my record upside down and she wrote,"very pleasant, educated, well nourished female"!! I guess that is PC for overweight :)

The Dr was very nice, gave me the authorization for a referral and then sent me over to get a script filled for Ibuprofen 800 mg to take till I have surgery. So cool have everything in the same place.
Then I met my sister for some salon time!! :)
We both had our hair colored and cut and styled. Then had lunch together :) so much fun!!

Here is what it looked like right after (and never will again :) )

 I had a brainstorm for a desk for the kids to do homework, a countertop and 2 file cabinets. So we hit Lowe's and bought a countertop and 2 cabinet bases. We did not think about how high countertops are on top of the bases, so our quick desk took much longer as we measured and cut the two bases.

The kids keep fighting over who gets to do home work!

It works out really well. Danny and Gerri both have a place for their paper, pencils and stuff.

 Then the real excitement came on Saturday am!!

Bob's delivering the girl's princess beds!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They watched every move!!

They helped carry out the empty boxes!

The bases are almost done!

Danny SO wanted one!!

Almost done!!!

The princess room with their bedding!

 Thankfully the room is huge so the 2 beds fit :)

Over their dressers, the picture says "happily ever after"

I LOVE these lamps :)

 The girls could not wait to go to sleep Saturday night :)
Sunday we had all the cousins over to swim and BBQ and I did not take any pictures :) It was nice and hot and most of us swam, cannon balled, and there was even some synchronized swimming :)

We ALL helped dig a hole for the flagpole

how much fun is it to watch cement set up?!?!?

What we have been up to :)

Dan and I have unpacked ALL the boxes!! The kids are all signed up for school! Our insurance is switched over and we made it through a hurricane with NO damage at all!!

The kids have been swimming every day!

Ginger finally realized she could go in (both dogs used to swim in FL all the time)

Ginger got a kiss for being a good girl :)
This is the same child that used to be SO mean to the dogs!!

Maggie got in, barked at everyone, drank the water and then got out!

We have trainer her well!!! :) :)

Gerri is SO happy to be able to help!
Hard to believe last summer she could only scoot on her butte, now she walks confidently barefoot!!!

The kids had to all swim with the dogs.

all this swimming is exhausting!!

 We have been having some growing pains! All 3 kids have been nudgie (is that a word???) Not making good choices, Not acting their ages, Not playing nice, Not cleaning up, Not listening, etc.
We know there have been lots of changes and all 3 are nervous about school starting NEXT week(!!!) so we have been letting them get their energy out with swimming as much as possible.

Danny got to be the first to meet their new pediatrician at the base, what a cool room and table!

a little nervous!

what great murals!

 Danny has grown 2 inches and gained 7 pounds this summer!!!!!!! wow!!!
He really liked his Dr and she agreed to continue on with his meds as is. She had copies of his IEP and psych report put into his record. They still have not gotten the kids records from our ped in FL who sent them a week ago and charged me $75!!! I will have to call to follow up :(

The kids had lunch and played Little pet shop by the pool :)

Can't resist the water!

The girls got dressed, slapped on their backpacks and headed on out to girl land!! :)

I see my new Dr on Friday to get a referral to an ortho Dr up here. I think it is time to get the hip done, so not looking forward to it though :(
hopefully they won't weigh me :)