"I baby"

Esmé is getting more and more independent and wanting to try more things and help. She often tells me "I baby". This is not a statement of defeat this is her argument for why she should be given a sharp knife to cut her peppers. 

To walk across the street without anyone touching her, etc. 

It is such a sweet, plaintive little way of asking for things "I baby, momma" 

We will enjoy it while we can 

Early Fall

We have been having the best weather and such a nice time enjoying it. Last weekend Zaven had his first flag football game and he loved it. 

While he was practicing Esmé discovered her shadow. She was watching it, chasing it and then trying to get it!

Nell was silly at bedtime

We are still being really regular with biking to school. A pretty great commute!

The garden shop is still looking great, Esmé often walks home so we get to see a lot 

We have even gone for some bike rides after dinner. The weather is so nice you hate to waste a minute of it. 

Esme is so funny on her bike, she does not use the pedals. She does Flintstone feet and is really quite fast. She also I showing that she has a bit of a date devil streak, going down hills and bumps and loving it! 

Nell and Esmé peeking over the church wall. 

They are such sweet sisters and truly enjoy each other so much. 

I loved finding this 2nd grade school pic of Zaven. What a cutie!  I really did not remember his hair being that long at that age- but clearly it was. 

Rolling along

We had a great weekend, busy and fun. 

Friday we had great weather so we are dinner out in the gazebo and then walked/rode bikes up to Baskin Robins for ice cream. Esmé ran the whole way home! We all slept well. Saturday morning the kids and I went to gymnastics with Nell then we rushed home for me to go play tennis. I won my match! Zaven went to play at Jack's house and then had his tennis lesson and Nell had a tea party with her stuffed animals and Chris went on a bike ride. The. We went out to an early dinner at Sticks and took Zaven to a camp out sleepover birthday party. After putting Esmé to bed, Nell and I went out for a bike ride. It was fun, until Nell almost hit a lady and her dogs. Luckily she did not. 

Sunday we had a good day at church then Zav had his combine for his indoor football league. He was the 2nd fastest sprinter and did well all around. 

Sunday night was the Seafood Festival at the church and we had a great time and it was a good turnout. 

The weather continues to be so nice, a little cooler this week. 

Wrapped has gotten a few more orders, so that is moving in the right direction. 

Esme has been having fun on the walk home from school. She is so fun. 

This picture of Esmé is snapped after she ran away when I said it was nap time. She put the pillow over herself and said "I hiding" and the. She said"one minit". 

Fall schedule and activities

Well the 2nd week of school continues to go well. Though we have had a few bike accidents on the way to school. Friday Zav fell and landed on his elbow and then Monday he and Nell got tangled up and his fingers got smashed, ouch! But overall it is still a really nice way to start the day and get some energy out. 

New activities started last weekend. Nell is doing gymnastics and I think the program is really good. The class is an hour and twenty minutes and quite a workout. Nell loved it and now has a new leotard which is sure to make the second class even more fun. 

Zaven took a competitive tennis lesson. It is 30 min of instruction and an hour of play. He is doing quite well. After that he stayed and played with The Fiels for a long time and had a great time. 

Friday was his draft for Fantasy Football. They had a great time and he got a decent team. He won his first matchup on Sunday and has been negotiating some trades this week. 

Sunday Esmé was happy to go to her nursery at church and the kids had choir. Then Zaven went to the Oneill's and watched football and Kate came here and played and had dinner. It was a nice day. 

I feel like we have a good fall schedule. It is nice having fewer days running all over and the days that we do have things they are close to home. Zav went back to piano and was reminded how much he does like it. Nell had a great tennis lesson 

I have my tennis finals coming up. We were going to play last night but rescheduled because it was going to be so hot. I think we are playing again on Saturday. 

Back to School

Well Nell is off to a great start in 1st grade! She loves her teacher, Mrs Watkins. She says her days go by quickly because she makes it so fun. Sounds great!
Zaven is also loving school this year. He is in 5th grade, I can't believe it. His teacher is Ms. Corneliuson and he seems to like her and his class.
It was a good first week. The kids rode their bikes to school all week and even got up and went for a bike ride before school. Activities start up tomorrow and into next week, hopefully we will be able to keep up. I managed to pack healthy lunches and we ate around the table for dinner. Trying to get back to good habits.
Esmé and I had a good week, though she has been a little out of sorts. A little feverish early in the week and just red eyed and fussy the last few days.
Nell also lost her other front tooth. It had been hanging by a thread and came out Wednesday morning. She looks cute. No more corn on the cob for her!
In other firsts, we shipped our first gift basket for Wrapped. We sent a photo of the basket to the giver and they replied that it was "BEAUTIFUL" and that she would be talking to us again soon. So that is exciting. We are still sourcing new products and having more ideas and developing. Next step is to go out to Realtors and pitch our Welcome Home baskets. Fingers crossed.

Vacation!

  Well tomorrow we drive all the way home to Virginia. It will be a long drive. But we have had a great time. 

We left Va and went to Tn for a few days. We loved visiting with the Burbanks a d Eppersons and Wieberleys there. 

Then it was onto Watercolor with Meg and her boys. Chris drove us there and spent the night and then came over to St George. Meg and I had a great time catching up and the kids all enjoyed each other. Lots of swimming, wiffle ball and Madagascar 3!  Miss Tosha kept everyone smiling. I was supposed to be working during esme's naps, but the connectivity was terrible. We got through a d Katherine was so patient and calm. I think that she and Meghan had a good showing for Wrapped at W&m and we are excited to be officially launched. There is yet a lot to do. But we are moving forward. We even have our first order!  After a fun filled week with Meg Chris came back to get us and we all came to St George. Armen and Ellen came down and we enjoyed lots of pool time , yummy food in Apalachicola. 

We are starting to wrap our heads around the fall schedule. Decide on activities and ready ourselves for school. 

Chris rode his bike over 200 miles while on vacation. I did a yoga class and played a lot of pool volleyball. 

Esme has befriended the flamingo lamp that she calls "Gamoo"

Nell has worn her favorite dress to the exclusion of almost evety other thing in her suitcase and Zaven has tanned into a little brown berry. It has been a great time away and I am ready to get home and into a routine. 

Hopefully the drive home will go smoothly. 

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