It.is.September

In case you guys used my blog to gauge time. 

Which is totally understandable.

My blog can be used for lots of things.

Not really.

Just reading.

And realizing how much less chaotic your own life is after reading about my life.

Since we last talked, school has started, soccer is in full swing, Libby skinned her knee, I’ve gone grocery shopping, mopped my floors,

and gone to bed at 9 pm two nights in a row.

{You get to the point where you have nothing to prove anymore.}

So, this is what our September has looked like so far.

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Curlers for the girls.

Spencer wanted some in his hair desperately, but there are some things you just can’t do, like make foam curlers stay in short boy hair.

I did try though.

Libby insisted she get curlers too,

because she has false illusions as to how much hair she really has.

Only enough for three small curlers.

Meg reading the Lego magazine to Bennett.

 

And Spencer thought he looked particularly handsome one Sunday and thought a photo was necessary to document the rare sighting.

And no one else wanted to be left out.

 

 

OK, so, something new on the piano.

I found these glass canisters at a garage sale.

They’re kinda cool.

They were invented my Thomas Edison and they used to hold batteries.

The batteries would be suspended from the lid and then hang into the glass jar surround.

I printed up some photos and propped them up with some flower frogs.

 

 

And school has started!

I think if I’m being honest with myself, and all of you, my life is not as calm as I thought it would be.

So, keep on lowering those expectations….

Adeline: 4th

{Isn’t 4th grade the best year?!  It was my favorite.}

Meg: 2nd

Elizabeth: 6th, which around here is still Elementary

Libby sporting Bennett’s shoes.

 

Summer freckles

Watering can

And Spencer is starting Kindergarten.

{A week later than the girls. If we’re being honest, it may have been the longest week of the year.}

This is the year guys.

The year we’ve all been waiting for.

The year that four kids are on the same schedule

at the same school

and only two kids at home.

The last time I only had two kids at home,

I only had two kids.

And it’s all day Kindergarten.

And Libby and Bennett nap at the same time.

I’m a little bit giddy.

 

 

And my fall porch.

I met a friend at the Home Depot Do-It-Herself class.

She was nice enough to come over and help me decorate.

Someone asked if it was fall yet.

Not officially, but sometimes I decorate when I have the time.

 

 

 

I think the part I’m most proud of is growing the pumpkins.

This was my first successful pumpkin planting and harvest.

I’ve tried like six different times.

The little ones were supposed to be black, but I think I planted them too early so they got bleached out in the sun.

Now I know.

And you too,

see another useful part of my blog….

Hope your September is off to a nice start and thanks for reading,

Katie