Another Month

Well, a few weeks have passed. Let me fill you in. I have been super busy trying to get pregnant but alas, not this time. This time we tried IUI. My response was just okay ... Meaning that my body is super slow at developing eggs. I had numerous blood draws every other day at 7 am that left me looking like a drug addict. Every other day I also had an ultrasound. In the end I only had one egg that was about 18 mm. The doctor likes to see them 20 mm. So tomorrow I will learn how to shoot myself up with hormones, and then on Wednesday I will begin. It is a full time job! Thanks to my friends and family for their support. I have really needed it. Hugs.

First Day of School 2012

Uh oh! Look who's in Kindergarten!\






 Here is Violet with her teacher, Mrs. Poelman (the same one Ava had last year. This is a really good thing!)

 Here are the girls SO excited:

 

 And my first grader who looks like she is turning 16...

 

And Ava with her teacher Mrs. Jones:




Violet reported to Ava that the "she was right, the teachers really were nice." Ava said all she did was color. And that I forgot her snack (but I didn't, it was just in a different pocket). They have the same recess, but when they went out it started raining (and it rained BUCKETS) so they had to go back inside. They get a solid A+ for the first day! Mom, on the other hand dropped the ball and didn't go inside to pick up Violet like she was supposed to, so Violet was one of the kids "left behind" with the student teacher. Poor thing. She didn't know it was a bad thing though so this is one of my free passes. Soon she will cry I'm sure, but hopefully it will not happen again.

In case you want to know what Ava and I wore for the first day of school click here. :) I'm sad my girls are away from me, but happy they will get to learn and have fun at school. It is also nice to know they are in good hands. We are blessed with a school that is in the top 20 in the state ... or as the principal says, "The NY Yankees of elementary schools!"

End of Summer

One of the things I really enjoyed this year was doing a celebration, or something really fun the "last" day of summer vacation. School will always start in Michigan after Labor Day, and since it's a holiday there are a lot of fun things going on. It was nice to have a real shift in activity one day to the next - and be able to anticipate that shift and prepare for it. All the school supplies were bought, bags packed, named, clothes set out ... so we had the whole day to have fun!

It was a hot one. And naturally the AC in our house died. Thankfully we got the AC in the van fixed last week, so we're running at a solid 50% average in the AC department. The weather is going to turn soon ... I know it! (This totally jinxes me ... we're going to have 80 degree weather through Halloween now ... )


We went to a local fair called the Renaissance Festival. There was giant food:



(Honestly, what's a paleo girl to do? I've always wanted to try one of those giant drumsticks and I had my chance)
Saw jousting and a sword fight:

 

 Some pretty gardens:

 

 And hugged some weird dragon thing:



He wants to be just like his sisters.



All in all, it was nice to have "an event" to look forward to and something big to do the day before school started, but I'm not sure if we'll go to that festival again. The people watching was much crazier than any amusement park I've ever been to. Tons of people were in costume, which was fun. But it also drew the tattooed and pierced crowd. And to top it off I saw a pregnant woman smoking. The SECOND one this summer. So sad. Breaks my heart. Michigan and smoking in general is so antiquated. Anyway, next you get to see the school pictures, so I'll stop this and move on!