It's official...kindergarten.

Don't tell Andy but I've been waiting 5 years for this day...yet I find myself nervous kind of while he is gone. He has loved it so far and I must admit I have too. Today when I dropped him off, Ivy SCREAMED "stay" to Andy. Other than him asking me ALL THE TIME to ride the bus, it has gone pretty smooth...knock on wood.

This is what Ivy does when you ask her to smile....not sure why.

We  have LOTS of visitors in August. Tim's brother Matt's wife Brandi and her two girls Lexi and Anna came to visit the first week of August. We went to Turkey Creek to feed the turtles and we went to the beach, the Pier and lots of other fun stuff. My kids LOVE playing with their cousins and already miss them.

 Tim was nice enough to watch the kids so Brandi and I could go out one night. This was the sunset while we were waiting to be seated at the restaurant.

 I never thought I'd say this but I am flat out sick of the rain!! It storms almost every day and while it cools it down, we get cabin fever on rainy days.

 We went to the Pier in Fort Walton Beach and watched some people catch sucker fish and feed some Cranes. Then we saw some dolphins swimming in the water after the rain stopped. The kids loved it. In a week Tim's parents are coming and then my sister is coming at the end of the month. So excited! 

So Minnie let me straighten her hair for the FIRST time ever and it was so weird. I kept looking at her like "who is that?" When I was done she said, "Mom, it's not big enough!"

"Sweaty" vs Hot

Since we moved away from Arizona, everyone always asks us during the summertime, "Are you guys soooo hot?" Usually I say, it's not too bad but really I'm thinking...it's 89 degrees outside, not 115, your kidding right?! I know we are probably alone on this one but we prefer the humid 80's to the burning your face off dry 115's. Yes we sweat more here but I can't feel the skin on my face burning to a crisp. And, its not 100 degrees at 10:00pm either. And I'm sure having some sort of water everywhere I go does help :)

Pictures

 The week of the 4th we had a little "stay-cation" as they say, while Tim took the rest of the week off. The thing about living here is that it is packed in the summer...and everyone is on vacation...so it makes me want to be on vacation! We went to Fort Walton Beach and walked out on the pier, which we haven't done yet. Minnie was trying on this lovely horse head at a gift shop.

 This Heron seriously almost took my head off and flew right over me and landed directly in front of me. It scared the crap out of me.

 This is the view from the pier. There was a ton of dolphins but I couldn't get a good picture of them.

 Andy was sick off and on all week...it was killing me! So he isn't really into pictures. The girls on the other hand are hams.

 Ivy at the restaurant. Andy always wants to eat here but I tell him it's too much money. So, he told me that he would earn lots of dollars and then we could all go eat at the crab restaurant. He also told me, "Mom, I LOVE money...". Everyday he asks me to earn a dollar to do extra chores.

 Minnie on the pier...

 Andy and Minnie were flexing their muscles.

 Ivy's hair is looking just like Minnie's did, but about 3 shades darker.

 I have a picture of Minnie just like this in San Diego at this age when we went with my family...the hair is exact.

 We did fireworks a few days after the 4th. The kids LOVE going to the fireworks store and picking them out.

 Then I had the smart idea of doing smores...while we sweat to death. They were real good though.

 If you ask Ivy, "who wants a waffle?" she puts her arms up like this and yells, "ME." She is starting to talk a lot!

 Saturday we were just playing and taking pictures. We put Minnie's hair up in my clip and it was so cute! It only lasted a few minutes of course.

 Mom and Ivy

 Ivy will bring me stuff to put in her hair and then wants everyone to tell her "Pretty".