Sweet Inspiration

Stacey's cake orders have been rolling in of late. She made this one for her cousin's baby shower, and it's so dang cute that I had to post a picture of it on the blog. Note the detail on the quilt.

School has begun!

This is meltdown week the first week of school, which brings lots of excitement. We're enjoying the bit of quiet that it brings during the day, but the rest of the day is a bit tougher with all the tiredness, frustration, irritability, homework, paperwork and general crisis management. Hannah's now a kindergartener, though she's an 'afternooner' so the schedule hasn't bothered her much. We can't believe David's a seventh grader, taking Algebra no less. Sarah, our third grader, is in a combined 3rd/4th grade class that's doing a 4th grade curriculum. The jury's still out on whether that's a good thing (no complaints, we're just curious).

The girls set up a lemonade and cookie stand at our recent garage sale, as well as selling off a few of their less-played-with items. The result: A trip to Limited Too for some new clothes for Day One(with a little help from a pushover parent). David, of course, is saving his money for a purchase to be named later.

Lakeside 2008

Last week we made our annual "the-kids-earned-free-tickets-so-let's-go-to-Lakeside" trip. Lakeside is a 100-year-old amusement park with some really old rides (and a few new ones), but we love going once a year. Seth barely made the 36" minimum height and Hannah made the 42" minimum height for the bigger rides, so they had a lot of fun doing new things. David, on the other hand, is now too big for the kiddie rides, though he used Seth as a meal ticket to ride a few of them.