We have a teenager!!!

It is now official...Julia turned 13 this weekend. She decided she wanted a sleepover and invited her 5 best friends from school: Lindsey, Hannah, Taylor, Amie, and Faith. The evening was filled with lots of singing and talking and their version of "America does not have talent". They did quiet a little to watch the movie Penelope and finally fell asleep around 3:30 a.m.

Anime Class

Hi everybody! A couple of weeks ago I did an anime class! It's a type of art that the Chinese (Or Japanese, I'm not sure which) produce. It's really fun to draw! I really like making up my own characters, like Jenny over there, or Nock, the hunter. It was fun putting anime and fantasy together. I'm hoping I can get another drawing class like that to improve my skills even more!
Anna

My first lost tooth!

I was extremely excited when my first tooth came out today. And, I got a quarter from the tooth fairy. I thought I looked different when my tooth came out because before, I had all my teeth.

Eliza

The Kittens

We had two new additions to our family last month: kittens named Ronny & FlapJack (they were already named when we got them). Anna had been begging for a cat for years. I always said no, or on the condition it was an outside cat. I hoped that she would give up asking, but she is persistent in things she has her heart set on.

In a moment of weakness, and the stars aligning in Anna's favor, we ended up with not just one cat, but TWO. What was I thinking??

The girls truly love the cats as you can see by the pictures. Eliza treats them like babies who do not know how to walk yet. She carries them everywhere and they are usually quite patient with her.

Kittens!!!

Hi!!!! I'm so excited because a month ago we got kittens!!!!! AAAH!!!!!!!!!! (I'm still excited about it.) I've never had any pets before, except for a hamster, but he died very quickly.
Mom and Dad were talking in a different language, what they always did when they were hiding something from us. We all hopped in the car and rode for about twenty minutes. When we stopped in front of a house, I thought it was the usual pickup of one of my sisters friends. But it wasn't!!! We went down into the basement, and there were four kittens!!!!
Simba, Jasmine, Ronnie, and Flapjack were the adorable kittens names. They were so cute!
You might have guessed what happened next.
We got to choose one!
Actually, sorry.
TWO!!!!!!
We decided on Ronnie, (orange) and Flapjack (Black w white belly & paws.)
HOORAY!!!!!
(Did I mention I was still excited?)
Well, gotta run!! More info on the kittens next post!!!!

Bunk beds resurrected!

We decided earlier this year that Anna and Eliza would share a bedroom this school year. This would let us have an extra bedrooms to store things when we finish our basement this winter (we hope).

Eliza was so excited about the prospect of both having bunk beds and sharing a room with one of her sisters; although I can't say the feelings were reciprocated with as much enthusiasm. We do give Anna credit, though, for being a good sport.

First Day of School

Here are Anna and Eliza at the bus stop, excitedly awaiting the bus...Julia had already left for school an hour earlier.

Labor Day @ the beach

We couldn't end the summer without a trip to the beach. But the beach was actually a sidebar of something more...

My mom was actually flying in to Philly that day, meeting up with her cousin Gayle, to go on a long awaited trip to her mother's homeland of Slovokia. We are so excited she could finally make this trip that she has dreamed of doing for years. Cousin Gayle is a highly experienced world traveler and has planned a wonderful trip for my mom. It will be fun to hear her tales when she returns.


We drove my mom over to her cousin's house near the Jersey shore and were able to have a nice lunch with them before we said our goodbyes and headed to the beach. The girls had tons of fun jumping waves and digging motes. It was hard to leave, but we knew we had the long trip home and preparations to still make for the first day of school.

So long summer. It was fun.