The New Wittys

outside on the concrete

Friday, August 24, 2012

As our summer ends, we have to get used to a new schedule, new routine, new habits...

We now have a cat. She's amazing horribly awesome.

Andrew starts Pre-K at home. With me. Wish me luck.

New school for the hub. New campus. New co-workers.

{Lord, please let this transition be a happy one & beneficial for him!}

And we will have a successful football team that the hub will be a part of.

Closer and further apart from family. We shall survive!!!

Prim is a ~~good~~, ~~bad~~, cat...She can be sweet, but she can also be a little turd.

She'll lick and cuddle with you and then attack you with her sharp little teeth and claws in a matter of seconds. She's lethal and cute. Perfect combination. Jonah loves it, as you can see.

Houston is awfully sunny. And rainy. And muggy.

We just get used to the conditions and use cloudy days and shade to our advantage.

My mother drove 5 hours just to come visit us---she seldom does that---and I was uber grateful.

The kids had a blast because they actually had somewhere to ride their ripstick, you hardly have any concrete living in the coutnry...My kids were in heaven just because they were here.

We have this rock {who knows where it came from}and it's a perfect shape for Jonah to kick...

I think he thought it was a soccer ball...

...and we busted out the rollerskates too...

This is Dawna, the babysitter.

Jonah got a lot of Moomie lovin'

and when Daddy came home from work, he got out his toy too.

We had plenty of pink lemonade breaks.

And cheesy grins with lightsaber swords

I hope this new school year will be a great one. I hope that we learn this area and reap of its benefits like playdates, gymnastics, swimming, parks, library and all that good stuff a community should provide.
I just wish I could find my little niche in the art community....

Prim stories & school

Thursday, August 23, 2012

The other day we watched The Hunger Games and the name Prim sounded so familiar....

Oh yeah! I named my cat after their character.

That whole terrible week of not having my kids here (they were at both of our parents' house), I didn't have anybody to photograph.

So I photographed Prim.

In the summer, our water here in Texas is never cold...it's always lukewarm.

So I make sure to cool down her water too--with ice cubes.

She likes to play with them.

Needless to say, she hated bathtime. But it had to be done.

Still doing some arranging in the new home.

We finally got a new shelf. Thank you Ikea and your affordable options.

I love my curtains.

And almost ready to begin Pre-K with Andrew.

I think I underestimate him a lot. Is that a bad thing? Maybe underestimate is the wrong word.

Surprise. He surprises me with his intelligence quite often.

He's so dang smart, it's his stubbornness that irks me.

I wonder where he got that from....?

I made a shelf for the boys for their school/craft/drawing time.

There's paper, chalk, playdough, flashcards, games, sensory bin, pencils, markers, colors, stickers, coloring books, paint, you name it.

Now that school is starting, I hope to dedicate a couple of hours in the morning to 'school' and try a couple of Montessori techniques with the boys. Then in the afternoon, I can dedicate a couple of hours for arts and crafts {mainly for me!!!}....but we'll see how that goes.

Motivation. Dedication. Stick-to-it-ness.

Wish me luck. :)