back to school

 This week Pantera started 4th grade and Zeke started Kindergarten. I cried myself to sleep pretty much all last week, I am such a baby! I HATE that they are growing up so fast. But as you can see from pictures, I was the only one sad for back to school time.

 There is a boy in Zeke's class with a peanut allergy so they have asked all the parents not to send in snacks with peanuts or tree nuts. While packing Zeke's lunch for the first day he came into the kitchen and asked "Is the boy who is allergic to peanuts allergic to ham and cheese?" I told him no just nuts and he replied "Then I will have a ham and cheese sandwich." He came home happy and was happy to go back the next two days.

 Pantera was right, they do pass out unicorns and unlimited candy bars instead of worksheets and homework in 4th grade!!! Ok, so  maybe that is just what you would have thought was going on with the way she came home Monday. She was SO HAPPY and talked about a mile a minute from the time she got home until she finally fell asleep. Great quote "4th grade is all about organization, this is going to be my year to shine!"

 Meanwhile home, the girls played "hot tub" with the dog. Just a little creepy.
Amari had our entire day planned out and has not given me much time to do anything but play with her. She has also decided to fill all the silence Pantera has left with her absence. She talks about everything such as "Mom, everyday I need to go to the bathroom. It's really weird."

Seneca

 Seneca is so big, so cute, and so trying to give me a heart attack....

 She is into absolutely everything. We currently have a love/hate relationship with the safety gates and even those are not going to contain her apparently.

 She loves playing with her brother and sisters. I really think she is going to be lost without Zeke during the day when he starts school. When they hear her awake in the morning they all gather on my bed and talk and love on Seneca. I am so going to miss these days. Last night she and Katurah were playing peek a boo and just cracking up together. I love these kiddos so much!!!

Snow Blue

Katurah does whatever her siblings are doing. She loves to follow along and play whether it's princesses or star wars, she is there! Yesterday Amari was wearing a Snow White costume and Katurah was wearing a Sleeping Beauty dress. Amari was so proud "I am Snow White" not to be outdone, Katurah exclaimed "I Snow Blue!" Amari tried to correct her and Katurah flipped her lid, Amari quickly reassured her "Oh it's ok you can be Snow Blue." Then tears went to smiles, big faker.

Yesterday she came to me holding her little butt and saying "Dog poop!" I asked if the dog pooped in her diaper and she said yes. I am still trying to figure out how that happened.

She likes to change the words to songs. She was singing "My cheese and prackers!" to the tune of My Little Pony. She also loves bananas, but they have to be talking bananas (see photo above) she makes them talk for 15 minutes or so then eats them. She says "follow you" instead of "follow me" it's super cute. Such a fun little girl we love you sweetie.

x-rayed

Little Miss Amari is so cute and rambunctious. My kids all know guns are forbidden for play in our home. To be clear I am NOT antigun, I just think kids need to have a respect for guns and realize they are not toys...ever. Anywho, Amari made a gun with her fingers and pretended to shoot Zeke. Pantera and Zeke came running and yelling like she had a real one! When I asked Amari about it she said "It was and accident!" So she "accidentally" placed her fingers to look like a gun and accidentally pulled the fake trigger while accidentally saying "Pew!" I see how these things happen.

We were talking about somewhere in the car and I said the word location, Amari was behind us and said "location, location, location!" Mama needs to lay of the HGTV. I poured her cereal the other morning and she refused to eat it because "It smells like dog bones." You mean Iams doesn't make cereal?!?

Zeke and Amari were playing in their room and Zeke got a little to close to an outlet. Amari exclaimed "Zeke don't touch that or you'll get x-rayed!" Sweet Amari always looking out for others, I love you crazy girl.

Star wars

Zeke has 5 books that he carries with him everywhere he goes. All 5 are star war,s some are character encyclopedia's, and he reads them over and over again. He goes through each page and tells us about the different characters and/or asks us questions about them. He was waiting for one to come in the mail last week, he knew it would be here on Wednesday. He woke up so crabby Tuesday morning and when Amari asked him what was wrong he said "It's Tuesday, that's what's wrong!" Even amazon prime isn't quick enough for Zeke. When I offered to let him look at some of the character encyclopedias on amazon he got so excited and asked "Can I look at the expanded views?" If you look up books on amazons sometimes they give you a little preview, he loves it.

We let him stay up late and watch episode IV of Star Wars for the first time on Monday night. He was so pumped and named each character as they came on the screen. After the movie ended he told Pantera that he wanted to marry princess Leia. When I asked him about it he said "I do want to marry her, and you mom." Good answer buddy.

Naked in Walmart

 I really love having Pantera home for the summer. So much that it makes me dread school coming again. She is so excited for 4th grade and has been preparing like crazy. She makes me write her multiplication worksheets to practice several times a week and has more than fulfilled her schools summer reading requirements. I was really impressed when she went to take her summer reading test at the school and the other kids all had their books with them, she left hers at home and got 100% on both tests!

The Cook's gave us an old piano. Pantera has been practicing this quite a bit now. I think I might have even found a teacher for her. She learned some notes and a lot about music from playing her recorder at school. I heard her tooting on the recorder in her room the other day and she said to herself "A little rusty, but I still got it!"

She is a wonderful older sister who loves to share information with her younger siblings. One piece of information came in the form of warning to Amari about the dangers of pornography. I guess they had a heart to heart on Sunday about what pornography is and why it is bad. She then proudly brought Amari downstairs to tell me what she taught her. "Amari tell Mom what I warned you about." Amari says "Pownagphy" Pantera says "Right and what is it?" Amari replies "It is when you take off all your clothes and walk around Walmart." Maybe Pantera and I need to talk again.