School is in session!!

Oh boy! Another school year is upon us!!!!

Here are the darling Nuttlings... all lined up. And tired of pictures. These are actually kind of in backwards order! ha ha ha

Brothers..... (rolling eyes)

I actually love this one!

Carissa's laughing and I think it's so cute!!

She's wearing "dangly" earrings for the first time to school. They were my first pair. Cute.

I can't believe it's his last year at the elementary schools!!! Next year, the MIDDLE SCHOOL!

Micah was up and ready to go at 7:30 am this morning! And he was willing to sit in the parking lot at school if we needed to!!

My stud muffin! :)

Makin' my Daddy Proud!

Today I decided to make whole wheat tortillas! Not as round and pretty as my Dad's. But OH SO TASTY! The kids LOOOOVED them! After the 2 hour process (at least it FELT that long) it sure makes me appreciate the labor of love when he makes them for us (or other family).

Now to get a proper pan to fry them in. I had to resort to my dinky little 6 inch pan! Gotta hunt down some cast iron, I think. :)

I haven't looked at the cost effectiveness of making my own, but it is comforting to know exactly what's in them and know I'm not filling the kids with extra ingredients I can't pronounce.

Hair Cuts!

All the kids got hair cuts last week. Carissa's only consisted of getting bangs though! :) Here they are... all bathed and clean and ready for bed! Amazing.

Micah's Kindergarten Graduation Celebration

Today was Micah's last FULL day of school. Tomorrow they have a half day. This morning was their mini graduation celebration. Micah's teacher is moving to a split 1st and 2nd grade class next year so this was her last year to teach kindergarten. Bitter sweet for her, I think. As she got up to talk about the class and how proud of them that she was, she choked up and teared up and was embarrassed. Through the quiet of the room then you hear Micah say, "Awwww, poor Mrs. Paganelli." To which, we all laughed. My goofy boy. Sigh. He wanted JJ to sit by him so he did. Here they are before he got his diploma.

Micah getting his diploma and hug from Mrs. Paganelli.

The whole class after they all got their diplomas.

Throwing their hats... (made out of paper.. too cute!)

Mom and the Graduate. :) With JJ peeking in on the picture. Ha ha..

Micah with his teacher, Mrs. Paganelli. We've been spoiled to get to have Noah, Carissa, and Micah all get to have her. Selfishly we're bummed that JJ won't get her for kindergarten!!!

Another group shot outside. They are all dressed in their swim suits and outdoor clothes b/c this afternoon at school is field day. They have various stations in the play ground where they do different games and the fire truck will be out to spray them all down. FUN times!

Noah hit the 50 mile club!

Every week at school the kids have mileage club. The kids get a card punched for every lap they run around the field at school. They add up the laps into miles and Noah hit the 50 mile club this last week. If you can make it to the 50 mile club you earn a t-shirt. He earned one last year as well and is very proud of his running. We're pretty proud too. I wish I could bottle his energy!! :)

JJ's 4th Birthday

Four years ago today we were blessed by Josiah James being born into our family!

JJ was excited to open his present from Grandma and Grandpa Burgess this morning. He's caught his first glimpse of the character on the gift and is VERY happy about it! Big grins!

Proudly showing his pillowcase off!!

Carissa ran and got his pillow. Once it was in he hugged it and said, "YEAH!". He then laid with it for the next hour while watching cartoons!

JJ is an ice cream lover. He doesn't do cake, brownies, pie, or even cookies that much. He just wanted ice cream with sprinkles. Okay by me. Makes it EASY for the Momma!! :) He's in a cheesy smiling mode. Evidently today is a NO teeth day. HA HA.

Spring time..... tulips and soccer

Noah has really enjoyed soccer this year. His skills and his confidence has really picked up and it's neat to see him excel with the other boys. Two games ago he scored the last 3 goals. Today he scored the first goal of the game! The Grizzlies (his team name) have won all their games except ONE, which was a TIE game!!! So, I think they're undefeated... :) But, I'm a partial momma. :)

My tulips came up this year. Here's a pic of one of them.