Notice my beautiful Black-eyed Susan? I grew them from seeds!

An Unwelcome Visitor

I am beginning to think we are being invaded. I found a creepy praying mantis in my flower garden on Saturday. I had seen one earlier in the day on a neighbor's car. I was amused to see two in one day even though I find it eerie the way they swivel their heads whenever I move. But this morning, I'm reminded of an X-Files episode. You know the one where Scully and Mulder encounter robotic cockroaches that could really be alien technology aka "War of the Coprophages". While I was packaging the kids' lunches, Liam noticed another one skulking on some candles I have on the dining room table. Eeeewww! I am hoping our visitor came in while we were grilling yesterday thus having the back door open. The thought of these sinister creatures living, nesting, scurrying, cannabalizing each other and monitoring me leaves me with a desire to place an X made of masking tape in the window.

Note: If you don't understand the X in the window, I can only sigh, shake my head and say Mulder and my sister, Laura, would be highly disappointed.

Where did the time go?

My baby boy is 14. Okay, Colin is not my "baby" as in the youngest boy I have, but, still, my baby boy is 14! Where did the time go? Where did that little boy with chubby cheeks go? The one who would dance on the coffee table and carry stones in his pockets. Before you know it, he will be out the door. Thank goodness he still lets me give him hugs and doesn't mind me telling him I love him.

Next week: Adria turns 17!!!

First Day of Senior Year!

First Bus Ride for Liam

Waiting for the Bus

First Day of Kindergarten

One Week

One week from today, I will be readying the kids for the first day of the school year. Adria will be a senior, Eva will be a third grader and my little, baby boy will be starting kindergarten. Will he be ready? Will he miss me? Will he eat his lunch and not go hungry? Will he crawl under the table and do his puppy impression including licking? Only time will tell. At least I know he has a great teacher who will make this a great year.

As for the rest us, Colin and I are eagerly anticipating a quiet house.

Two in One

I know, you just fell off your chair. Two blogs in one day! I just had to rant for a minute about Blogspot. I clicked over to the blog only to find that my background had been deleted. This was the quickest one I could find that didn't make me retch. What do you think?

Bad Blogger

Yes, I will admit it. I am a bad blogger. It has been almost a month since my last post. For those that may be wondering we made it home from Utah. We had a fabulous vacation and were not able to go to all the places we wanted and see all the people we should have (I'm talking to you Angie!). But that seems to be par for the course on our vacations.

The start of the school year is just around the corner. With Liam starting kindergarten, I will only have Colin home with me. So wish me luck as I start a new phase of motherhood.