What a sweet boy

I believe this is from Bear receiving an award for Student of the Month.  He cracks me up.

Ouch

I love this picture.  I don't know how well you can see it but Bo has cactus hairs in his finger.  I think his facial expression is priceless.

Bear's First Day

"Good.  I like it." is about all I can get out of Bear when I ask him about this school year.

What a nut

a resourceful nut, but still a nut.

Bo was so excited to let Kati fix his hair.

In with the old

I have all these toys I packed away because our kiddos out grew them.  Secretly they are just toys I love to much to part with so I put out the excuse that maybe someday I would watch kids out of our home and I would need them.  In preparation for our foster kids we were cleaning toys and getting more of the play room ready.  Did I mention we were cleaning toys 'cause my kids seem to think we are just playing with them.....

They have been in there for about an hour.  Too cute.

Growing up

At some point while I was away from home Bug started to grow up even more.  I noticed when I came home that she had almost stopped biting all of her nails.  I encouraged her and she was all done biting by the end of the week.  She now sports nicely trimmed, manicured and painted finger nails.  She is more concerned, I don't like that (it sounds vain), lets say more aware of her appearance.  She notices if her hair is out of place and is brushing it on her own.  She loves clothes and fashion.  I am being sure to emphasize the importance of who we are instead of our looks.  I think she gets it as much as an 8 year can get.

I think I am going to have a shopping buddy  and a possible clothes thief in the future....
while we were shoe shopping for the kids I noticed some heels that were calling to me.  I went over to check them out knowing they weren't going home with me.  Out loud I said, mostly to myself, "I don't even know why I am looking at theses.  We aren't shoe shopping for me."  To which Kati replied "Yeah, but one little peek won't hurt."