So, um….can you believe my little munchkin is three???  I mean, yes, it happened back in July, but it’s not official until Mommy does the annual photos.  *sniff sniff*  Brooke is so big!  Not literally big, because she can still wear a size 2T, but so grown up!  I mean the kid can sing the theme song to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!  That’s grown!

Since Emma has been in school & leaving us ALL DAY, Brooke & I went to scout a new favorite location of mine.  At least that’s what I told her – Mommy needed her help.  I was secretly hoping to get her annual photos in too.  We chased butterflies, picked flowers, and climbed in little trees and here is what we got…

Tomorrow marks the end of Emma’s first full week of kindergarten…and then she has like 2 days off next week, another the following week, and so on.  So, to celebrate we baked chocolate chip cookies this afternoon.  (Sorry, Nanny, they weren’t homemade!)  We also thought it’d be a cool thing to reward Emma’s teacher for her first week too.  The girls picked out paper & we made this origami box from a tutorial I found a while back.  (You can see it here)  It took all of 10 minutes, slap a tag on it, write thanks on the back, and voila!  *Please note, we aren’t vying for class pet.  I simply remember what the first week of teaching kindergarten was like – this girl deserves these cookies!

When I took the dog out to potty, I almost ran smack into this ginormous spider web.  I have never photographed one, so I thought I’d give it a try.  Not the easiest thing to photograph, but it was fun.  I came back today & there were a few…um…victims in it’s clutches!

Today, after too much complaining, my mom & my husband made me go to the doctor for my right side pain.  The doctor I saw today was great.  She put me on a steroid treatment for a week & is sending me to physical therapy – and even ordered a massage!  Can’t wait!

Pain in the neck, wrist, elbow, shoulder, etc….  Too much working I guess!