A Day with Kay

Now that Kaylee is in Kindergarten all day, I don't get to see her very much........Since the weather has been so nice, the girls head outside right away to play with their friends after school.  They also have soccer and gymnastics each week.

Yesterday, I got to spend a lot of one-on-one time with Kay.  She had a 9:00 soccer game and the other girls weren't ready to go when we needed to head out to the field, so Justin stayed back with them.  She has been enjoying soccer and is much more active than last Fall......She is actually part of the action and not watching from 10 feet away!!!

She was also my running passenger in the afternoon.  We ran to Hannah's game and met up with Justin and the other girls.  She was very chatty the whole way.....Apparently, she is the loudest snapper in her whole class and really does like rest time!!!.......She also sang songs and did a little dancing in the stroller.  At first, I thought the single stroller with an almost 6 year old seemed much easier to push than a double with a 3 and 1 year old..........but really they both stink!

The registration for Girl Scouts was yesterday, and after talking with Kaylee A LOT about how fun it would be, she decided she would try it.  I think she is really going to like the small group and activities a Daisy Troop will provide.

After an afternoon of playing outside, the 3 Bigs headed out on a Daddy Daughter Date Night.

I think the outfits the girls picked out fit their personalities perfectly:

Kaylee---girly 

Hannah--Tomboy

Macy-- A little bit of everything

The girls and Justin had a great time at dinner and Best Buy---2 Barbie movies and a speaker for Hannah's hand me down iPod came home with them.  Whitney and I had a wild and crazy night of finishing the movie Hope Floats and taking some of the summer things out of the girls' closets.  

Life is Good with a busy Saturday!

Go Cyclones!!!

Since we can't be at the game we will be watching it with other Indy Cyclone fans.  Macy has been preparing her halftime show all afternoon!!!

Life is Good with Cyclone football!!!

Lost Another................

Hannah lost another tooth the other day..........

Whitney still hasn't gotten any more than the 2 she got in early August.

Hannah:  -2 teeth

Whitney:  +2

Life is Good when the Tooth Fairy visits.......(and brings 4 quarters)!!!!

"REAL" Preschool

Macy starts "REAL" Preschool today!!!  For the past 2 years she has done a Child's Day Out program, but today is her first day of preschool.  She also likes to tell people next year she will be in Pre-K and then Kindergarten.  This morning at the bus stop the girls were excited that in 2 years Hannah will be in 4th, Kaylee in 2nd and Macy will get to ride the bus with them since she will be in Kindergarten.  

She is in the Awesome Owls class so we had to wear our owl top today!!!

 Few more years for this one!!!

She did not want her picture taken with her backpack---it just happens to be owls too---bough way before we found out her class!!!

Besides the few seconds of crankies for the backpack picture she has been really excited about today and can't wait for all the fun at school.

Life is Good with REAL Preschool!!!

Big Day for Macy

Macy reached a pretty big milestone today for a kid------riding with no training wheels!!!!!

Thanks to the wonderful neighbor girls for practicing with her!!!!!

Life is Good when you can keep up with the big kids!!!!

Red, White and Blue----------and a touch of Green

This summer, before our annual softball game we had a photo shoot with Justin's family.  It was his mom's parents and her sister's family.

The perfect summer picture in Iowa is wearing Red, White and Blue and standing by a corn field!!!!

The Great Grandparents and 13 kiddos-----7 and under

The Chesnut Crew

We always have a great time when we go back to Iowa for a visit.  We are looking forward to a visit this fall and an ISU game.

Life is Good in Iowa!!!

New Bag for Fall

Over the weekend, I made a little (actually not very little at all) something for myself.  I LOVE bags and the girls were using new backpacks, so I thought I needed a new one too!!!!

Awhile ago, I made the Amy Butler Cosmo bag for a beach vacation.  I decided to do it again because I liked all the pockets and the size.

The only thing I don't like about the bag is the amount of pieces ........with the interfacing and fabric pieces there are more than 50 parts to cut out and iron together.  I broke the project into 2 days---cutting and ironing for one and then assembly.  While the girls were watching We Bought a Zoo, I was pinning and sewing.  My sewing room is right off the TV area in the basement, so to pin the pieces together I would sit with them.  I think I got too wrapped up in the movie because I attached 2 of the straps on wrong and had to cut them off and try again!!!  Would highly recommend the movie-----but not while sewing!!!  Make sure you have kleenex close by.......it is a tear jerker, but very good.

Here is the finished product:

Outer pocket on each side fits a sippy cup.

Instead of making a fabric button loop for a closure, I used a magnetic snap and added the covered button for cuteness. 

It has 4 interior pockets and my little bags from my last bag coordinate with this one too!  

All of my things fit easily in and there is plenty of room for 4 little jackets we may need in the upcoming weeks.

With this bag complete as well as a custom dress, I have a little bit of this fabric left.  Watch for a Deal of the Day in the near future using this color scheme.

Life is Good with new, colorful bags to carry all your stuff---and I have a lot of it.  Now to find the pattern  and fabric I want to use for my Winter bag!!!!!