I love it when she smiles for the camera.

When we made room for the dishwasher, we had to take out some cabinets which we decided to make into our kitchen island. We put on some breadboard, trim, and a counter top. Then we painted it. Now all we need are a couple of stools.

I cut my hair off.

The day of the earthquake I took the girls hiking in Fair Hill. We didn't feel a thing and when Randy called I was clueless.

That weekend the hurricane hit. We had a slumber party in the basement. The girls slept in their tents with tons of toys. It was a fun party. The storm didn't do any damage at our place. Randy and I were in the front room as the storm was beginning to pick up--about 10:30 pm -- when we heard a loud cracking noise. Turns out our neighbor across the street lost his remaining 2 bradford pear trees. Sad, they were beautiful! He knew they were on the way out though.

Here is the disturber of the peace at work.

Anne is rather particular about some (all) things.

One of them is her bed. It must be PERFECTLY made or there will be ranting and raving.

Anne went to kindergarten!!

She got on the bus like a champ! (Yeah, just drop her off at the bus stop on her first day of school EVER and hope all goes well. It was a little nerve racking for me.) And she had a great day. That night she told me, "There are some things I don't like at school. But mostly I like school!" I asked her what she didn't like and she said she didn't like it when the other kid sprayed water from the sink and soaked her new shirt. Then she made sure we would take her to the bus stop again tomorrow.

This past weekend was the Rubber Duckie Regatta. A big huge rubber duck race near the bay. There were all kinds of booths at the park and one was Bob's Critters. Randy was loving it and eventually, so was Anne. There were all kinds of things from Turtles and frogs to scorpions and pythons. Anne really loved holding the geckos and she also held one of the snakes. (yick!!)

The sad thing is, my girls start screaming and shaking and running to hide when they see a cute puppy frolicking anywhere near them. Perhaps they just prefer the creatures that can't move so fast.