And so it begins...

When did my baby grow up? Ok, so he's not completely "grown up", but still. Today was his first day of Kindergarten and he did SO well. Phil and I were convinced he would cry or something, nope just the opposite. While talking to his teacher he practically left me at the door. Uh, hello, are you gonna kiss your mother good-bye? I have to try get away with it now because I know soon I will get the "look" like, "Are you kidding me? Kiss my mother. In front of all my friends, how lame!"

The morning started off as usual. Logan waking me up at 6:30 for his "pink milk". And Madeline soon followed. I decided to make bacon and waffles for breakfast. Ok, I'm not as good as daddy who makes homemade buttermilk waffles, but my Leggo my Eggo waffles were going to have to do. Gavin came trotting down the stairs around 7:15. I immediately started singing, "school days, school days, don't break no golden rule days". Is that how it goes? Eh, probably not, but whatever. My parents used to sing the same exact song to us on our first day of school. And I got the same reaction my parents did when they sang it to us, "Mom, stop!!!"

Gavin ate his breakfast. We all got dressed and were ready to go. Here he is all ready to walk out the door.

When I picked him up he was all smiles and asked if he had to go to school tomorrow. I told him he did. I was all ready for the whining to begin, " I don't want to go! Why do I have to go back?" But all he said was, "Ok, but I want to ride the bus." Sometimes this kids amazes me. So Phil and I will discuss it alittle more, but maybe starting next week he can ride the bus home.

So that was Gavin's big day. And I am so proud of him for being such a big boy. And proud of myself for not crying this morning. ;)

Living at a lighthouse

Phil has always loved lighthouses. I remember our first Christmas together he got many lighthouse pictures and such from me. He has lighthouse figurines and Christmas ornaments. After we got married and moved to Guam I told him I didn't want everything we decorated our house in to be of lighthouses. Not that I have anything against lighthouses, but I like other things on our walls besides...lighthouses.

Well, here we are, yet another move under our belts. What is that now? Move number 4 since we have been married. Guam, Oregon, Texas(my home state), and now Connecticut. And guess where we live...at a lighthouse. What an oppourtunity! Neither one of us thought we would ever get to live at a ligthouse.



The lighthouse we live at is called Lynde Lighthouse in Old Saybrook, CT. http://lighthouse.cc/lynde/ The picture above is the lighthouse. The one to the left is the outer lighthouse. So not only do we live at a lighthouse we also have another one within walking distance. AND we have keys to both. The only thing with that is, we tend to have to play host to tourists and people that ask if they can go in the lighthouse. But it hasn't been all that bad. We are already know at Gavin's new school as "the people that live at Lynde Point". :) And anytime people ask where we live in Old Saybrook and we tell them the lighthouse. Their eyes get get big and tell us how lucky we are. And that we are.

The kids are having a blast! They have a nice size yard to play in and we can go to the beach anytime. It's just right outside the gate. Our own private beach, well sort of. There are two other houses on the beach but they are "weekend houses". I'll post pictures later of the kids on the beach. Well, so far we are enjoying our time in CT and hope we get lots of visitors.

Finally!

OK so I've had my account open for some time, but have never posted a blog. I started this so I could post our many adventures. I promise I will get better. :)