School's in Session!

We started school Tuesday, August 22 and it has been a lot of fun. Tay actualy started Smithville last Wednesday and has really enjoyed going. I will write on both the kids blogs so you know what they have and will be learning. I have been strictly working with Jimmy on phonics before we start anything else and he is doing great and really enjoying it (especially his flash card that has Pp, he laughs so hard at that one).

9 days and my husband will finally be here and I can't wait to see him. Taylor has really been missing Daddy and she is counting down the days. It has been 3 months since they have seen him and I know he is excited too. We are planning to take the kids on their first field trip of the year to The Kansas City Zoo where they have just opened Asia. My grandparents gave Eric and I a Friends of the Zoo card so we can take the kids to zoos anywhere in the USA and we really appreciate that. Eric is flying in September 2nd and will be here until the 6th.

Last Sunday Alisha and Izabel came to visit and it was nice to see them. Thank you for coming and I will get ahold of you once Eric gets here so we can all get together. I can't believe how big Izzy has gotten and she is sitting and just as cute as can be. Taylor and Jimmy loved having her and I don't think they left her side. You are always welcome to visit.

I also have a new baby as of yesterday afternoon. I was up in the garden picking tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini and peppers when I heard a cry. I walked over to where the asparagus used to be and found a baby kitten that was probably dumped (they always end up here). I would guess she is about 8 weeks and she was filthy and had a hurt foot so I brought her in and bathed her. She is the sweetest thing I have ever seen and so loving, I don't think I have ever had a kitten that wouldn't let me leave there sight. She follows me everywhere (unless she's sleeping which seems to be half the day. I love her to death and Taylor named her Tinkerbell and we call her Bell. I will post pictures soon so I can show her off.

The Italian Duo

I had to post this picture of Angie and me, I just found it and I am guessing we were around four. We were always dressed in matching dresses that were different colors and I think Nani made these dresses for us (I may be wrong).

I have been so busy lately and haven't had a lot of time to blog so now is the time I guess. The kids and I have been doing very well and have added to our family with a new beta Flash. Taylor and Jimmy's beta Bedtime passed away Thursday evening so I took them for a new one Friday. Bedtime lived for over years and stayed with Stephi and Brett when we moved to Florida. Steph brought him back to us when her and Brett broke up but Bedtime had lost a fin and wasn't doing very well after that. Flash seems to be doing very well and the kids are always checking on him.

We are now waiting on school books to show up so we can start school, which will be next week. Taylor is excited since she will have three different schools (home school, Smithville and Sunday school). I can't wait to start teaching them again, this year will be a lot of fun with all the new things they will be learning.

We are waiting on Eric's arrival which was suppose to be on the 31st of this month but something came up and it was pushed back. Hopefully it will only be a week or so later, we all miss him a lot.

Schools About To Start!

We are starting school next week and all of us are very excited. Taylor will be in 3rd grade and is enrolled part-time at Smithville for gym, music, library, art, any state testing and field trips. Jimmy will start K4, which is preschool where he will learn to write his letters and numbers and be able to recognize them by looking. I have decided to split their work into two different days, they will do so many subjects one day and the next day do whatever is left. Taylor would be doing school from 8:45 a.m. to 8:15 p.m. if she did every subject she had this year for the 30 minutes alloted to her. I will be posting this years schedules on their school blog pages so you can see what they will be doing this year. I will find out her Smithville schedule tomorrow and everyone seemed very nice up there and were very happy to have her join.