It's Been Awhile

It's been awhile since I posted last but it seems that my days are filled with the same thing over and over. I guess I should be glad that I get up every morning to do these things. Anyway, kindgergarten is going well. We have had a few issues but nothing too bad. I just reassure her as I gently push her up the steps of the bus! I have been filling my days with running errands, cleaning, gardening and canning. As I type I have a canner full of green beans cooking on the stove! John wanted to know if this canning thing is just a phase or if I was going to do this every year. I told him I didn't know but at the rate I'm going I will have enough food canned that I won't have to put out a garden next year! My tomato plants just keep producing and I don't want to throw anything away so I just keep juicing and making salsa.

Jonathon is planning on coming home next weekend over Labor day. I'm not sure what day he will be in but will only stay for a couple of days because it is a 14 hour drive from his base. He recently bought a new car in NC and can't wait to show it off to his friends and family. We are planning on having our 4th annual Labor Day party at our house next Sunday so if anybody reading this lives within driving distance, please come and have fun. Call for more details.

First Day

The first day of school went really well. She came home got a snack and wanted to take a nap. I told her we were not taking a nap so we went out to papa's to stay awake. Trinity can't just take a short nap and I knew she would not go to bed that night if I let her. After supper and a bath she got a second wind and I had to make her go to bed at nine.
She said she really liked her teacher, had fun, and made a new friend, but she couldn't remember her name. Yesterday she came home telling me that she got to meet her teacher's mom and thought that this was sooo funny (her teacher's mom is also a kindergarten teacher). I guess she didn't think teachers should have moms! Tonight they are having a "meet the teacher" night so we will go out there after John gets home. He hasn't seen her class yet and they are already having a book fair so she thinks she needs to get a book. She is still riding the bus in the morning, but wants me to pick her up in the afternoon because she said she has to wait too long on the bus.

First Day of Kindergarten!!

We are trying to figure out if Trinity is more tom-boy or girly-girl because yesterday she got sooo mad because her baby dolls kept falling off of her four-wheeler while she was driving. So I rigged up her wagon with a tarp strap so she could fill it up with babies! She is a little reckless with her "passengers" and some have still bounced out. She informed me yesterday after a baby fell out that "it's probably dead mom" and I informed her that I thought maybe she could just take it to the hospital. What a girl.







As you can see in this picture, the baby bed is not right-side-up!



Today was her first day of kindergarten and she still wanted to ride the bus. We actually got to the bus stop and on the bus with very few tears. She is not a morning person so 6:30 came very early. As you can see in this picture, she prefers to cuddle up with her pillow and blanket to watch cartoons. She thought she was freeezing.



We had to dry a few tears to take this picture. (I should have flipped this picture but I was given strict instructions this morning before she left to have these pictures on my blog when she got home!)



Luckily I was pretty busy today so that kept my mind occupied througout the day but needless to say this last hour is dragging and I have butterflies waiting for the bus to come. I had therapy this morning, made a Wal-Mart run, canned five more quarts of tomato juice, made brownies for Trin and of course, posted on my blog. Well I need to go find something else to occupy the last half hour but will update later on how today went.

Catch Up!

I can't believe it's been over a week since I posted. It has been so busy this past week. My friend and her three girls came and stayed with us for one week straight so that was an adjustment. I finally quit trying to organize the toys because I seen that it was pointless. Yesterday I organized the toy room and put everything back where it is suppose to be. Thursday and Friday I helped my friend move into a house and helped her unpack everything which was a job. Saturday my grandma Miller moved to a new house in Montgomery so I also helped with the unpacking there. Today John and I replanted my garden since my green beans and peas never came up this spring. The lady at the greenhouse said that I could still plant so I planted six rows of beans and four rows of peas. Tomorrow is the last day before school starts so we are counting down for that also. My brother Jonathon never heard any more about going to Iraq so he won't be leaving on this tour but will next year when his battalion goes again. Anyway, I need to get Trin out of the bath and get to bed.

Kindergarten

Well it's official, Trinity is now in Kindergarten. We went and got her teacher today and seen her room. So far she is still excited about it. Her teacher is also the lady that is over VBS so Trin knows her and she knows that she is nice.

Monday I took Trin, her friend Makayla, Nicole and Emily to Holiday World. We had a lot of fun and it was a nice way to end the summer. Trin was 2 1/2 inches to short to ride the roller coasters but she did ride the Zinga water slide. This is the one that shoots your tube into the big funnel. She rode with Emily, Nicole and Makayla. I stood by and watched thinking there was NO way I was getting on that! As I stood on the platform waiting for them to come down, I kept thinking to myself "what have I done, letting her go on that". They thought this was the best ride and wanted to go again. Here are some pictures to sum up that day. I didn't take pictures inside the water park because I didn't want to get my camera wet.




Tuesday I had a follow up with my surgeon and he said everything looks good. He wants me to continue therapy for 4 weeks because I have a "catch" in my knee. He thinks it is from my knee cap not moving properly. If this is not resolved by October, he will go in with scopes and clean up scar tissue. Hopefully this does not have to happen.

I Graduated!

After 10 1/2 weeks I finally graduated from physical therapy! For those of you that don't know, I had ACL reconstruction done on May 13th. Clint said today that as long as my surgeon on Tuesday does not recommend more therapy, we are done. I am having a couple of problems with my knee so hopefully this does not require anymore surgeries and I get a good report.

I spoke to Jon today and he also graduated and went up a rank to Lance Corporal and got his official pin. He also said that there is a 90% chance that he will be leaving for Iraq on Sept. 25th. He will know for sure within a week. This news was kind of unexpected because when he first arrived at his new base in NC he said that he would be going in Sept. Then he was informed that his battalion had already started training and he couldn't go. Now today they said that a spot had opened up and asked if he wanted to go. Of course he said yes. When he goes he will always be on a base in an air conditioned trailer because of his job working with electronics. This makes me feel better knowing that he won't be doing anything too dangerous.

Jordan and Annie came over tonight and we attempted to play cards. Jordan always gets irritated because we normally do more talking than playing but we still have fun. It is still hard to believe that they are finally married. We like to tease her about her curfew because until the day of the wedding she still had a curfew! So far married life seems to be going ok.

Busy Day

Yesterday I spent the day working around the house, mowing and gardening. My garden got a little out of hand after my surgery but I got it back under control now. I am finally back to push mowing although I'm not real sure if I am suppose to be doing this or not. I don't like to wait on other people to do stuff for me so I threw caution to the wind and decided to just do it. So far so good! Last night me and Trin went and picked green beans so I would be ready to can them this morning. This was my first attempt at canning anything but nothing broke and my house is still standing so I think I did good. I can remember when I was little mom would either be very stern about staying away from the canner when she was canning or she would have me stand right in front of it to tell her if the pressure gauge moved! To this day I am terrified of canning but some things I just have to do myself.
Anyway, I got two canners canned and ran errands the rest of the day. Tommorrow evening we are going to pick corn to put away Sat. morning bright and early. This is always so much fun ;) but is worth it in the end.
I took some pictures of Trin yesterday to show how goofy she can be and she insisted that I put them on my blog. She thinks it is awesome that she is on the internet!
We are also counting down the days until kindergarten. She thinks she is ready but I think it will be a different story come the first day.