Off he goes!

Wilson started Kindergarten over a week ago. I was nervous he would have a hard time adjusting. When he started preschool, it took him a good 2 months to adjust to the whole routine. I had to drop him off, and sometimes would have a hard time extracting myself. 

He has done awesome. Even with school being longer, he comes home, tired, but happy.  The kids at his bus stop are all older than him, and he just adores them all. 

He is also very, very excited about his loose tooth. One of his bottom baby teeth is set to fall out soon. 

"When my tooth falls out, I will put it under my pillow, and the tooth fairy is going to come, and give me a gold coin!" 

We are just amazed at how fast 5 years have come and gone. They really do seem to fly by! 

Sorry, not sorry about my beach time.

I post way too many pictures of us going to the beach. I should feel ashamed, because I know everyone is probably sick and tired of it. 

But every time I go, I feel awe and wonder. The water! The sand! Seeing dolphins! I must take pictures! I must try to show you! Even if the picture never does it quite the Justice it should. 

It's all I got, people! 

A bunch of Kirks in Florida, a birthday, and a list of everything that broke. Part 2

I think I already listed everything that broke in part 1. But in case you want a recap:

1. Garbage disposal

2. A/c in my car

3. Dishwasher (because of garbage disposal) 

4. Andy's car battery, and who knows what else. 

5. Toilets and bathtub flooded in the bathrooms 

6. The lawnmower broke

Did anything else break? Honestly, I can't seem to remember anymore! I sure hope not! 

Oh, I forgot. It wasn't anything breaking, but I noticed Callie's eyes looked kind of red and puffy. So I had to take her to the eye doctor, who told me it was a pretty severe allergic reaction to something. 

I'm still not sure what it was, but the eye dr. prescribed some special eye drops. It cleared up in a couple days. 

So on Thursday, the landlord had to call a plumber, and dig up my yard to find some obstruction in the pipe that had caused the destruction in the bathrooms. 

So we headed out for the day and spent a bit of the day at the Crab Trap in Destin. We ate lunch, and they give kids a pail and shovel. The weather was nice and hot, but sadly, it was a seaweed day at the beach! Yuck! 

After a couple hours we headed home, luckily, whatever blockage was in the pipe, disappeared... So we were okay to finally shower and use the bathrooms again. 

Friday, we had to drive my Sister in law, niece, and nephew, to the airport. 

We then spent Friday, cleaning in preparation for the birthday party I was throwing for Wilson, on Saturday. 

Luckily, my in laws were a huge help! They helped me clean the house, and during the party wrangled any children who came inside, and then helped clean up afterwards. 

So thankful to have such wonderful in laws! 

Also, deciding to go with a bouncy house that I didn't have to set up or tear down, was sooo worth the money! The kids had a blast! I will definitely consider doing it again if I can. 

So the house is quiet again. Nothing has broken as of yet. And life will go back to normal for me and the kids. The end. 

A bunch of Kirks in Florida, a birthday, and a list of everything thatbroke. Part 1.

We have had a fun and crazy week here. And even a little stressful.

Last week, I had some issues like my garbage disposal stop working, and my car's ac seemed to not be running as cool as it used to. I chalked it up to being low on freon, because it's not that old of a car, but we have lived in the hot and humid south for the past 4 going on 5 years. 

Well, it sadly wasn't the freon. My landlord installed a new garbage disposal, so that was taken care of, and I was in the works to get the car taken care of after shopping around for the best rate. 

Family comes into town, so we attempt to go to the beach. I mean, it's Florida, it's the panhandle, it's all we have! 

Well, that was a bust. Really bad rip currents meant that no one was allowed in the water.  So we ate lunch and walked a little on the beach. 

During the week we went to Lincoln Park a couple times. Got my car fixed, realized that the dishwasher wasn't draining properly because of something with the garbage disposal, so my landlord came back to fix that. 

We decided to get Andy's car checked out, because it's been parked this whole time he's been gone. Noticed it was running really weird. Then it died, and wouldn't come back on. So we had to jump it and take it to get a new battery. It's currently at the shop. 

I didn't think anything else could go wrong. Until Wednesday night, when after singing happy birthday to Wilson, and eating ice cream cake, we found my cat chasing a salamander in the house, and my toilets and bathtub had overflowed all on the floors. 

So then we had a fun 24 hours of not using the bathroom or showering. Which wouldn't  have been too bad, except no one had showered on Wednesday, except for the baby. 

Since we knew toilets wouldn't be available for most of Thursday, we went to Destin again, to try to get to spend some time in the beach. 

Wilson's art show

Wilson's preschool had an art night last night, so we all got "dressed" up and checked it out! 

Each class did a couple art projects, and it was super adorable. From infants, to toddlers, to preschoolers, they all did something. I should've taken pictures of the other classes, but I only snapped a couple of Wilson's art work. 

He drew a self portrait, made some kind of clay sculpture, and painted on a canvas. 

He had a great time, and enjoyed seeing his class mates as well. 

It cracked me up that his about me, he said his favorite thing to do was go to the park and bouncy house. Hopefully, he enjoys his birthday then, since I rented one! 

May catch up.

Beach trip with friends, finishing up preschool for Wilson, getting the kids signed up for swim lessons, and dance lessons for Callie, a 5th birthday party to gear up for, and family coming down to visit! 

We are getting into the final stretch for Andy's deployment, thank goodness. I can finally look at the countdown and not feel depressed seeing the number it shows. 

Today Callie and I took a little brunch at a local place called Cafe Bienville. They do a lot of Louisiana cuisine, and use a lot of local, fresh ingredients. I have to say I really liked the quaint atmosphere, even with doing brunch with a 3 year old. 

We ordered beignets, a delicious French toast bake, and a cafe au lait. 

You can't eat beignets without getting messy! Or else you aren't doing it right! But with Callie, a mess was easily obtained. 

I can't wait to get to go again sometime! 

What we've been up to.

Slacking on blogging again! 

With daddy away here's a quick post in what we've been doing: had friends and family come down to visit, a surgery, an emergency room visit, two sunset dolphin watching sailboat tours, first time at the movies, took the kids bowling for their first time, built a tv stand, and a cat structure. And of course, going to the beach. 

So far that's all I can think of. I guess part of me is happy that time seems to be moving forward, even if it's not as fast as I would like. 

Having a pretty routine schedule helps, I haven't been cooking quite as much since it's just me and my two little munchkins. 

Keeping the house clean and laundry is probably where I am slacking though. I hate putting clothes away. So I guess I should go and do that now.