Last Monday my three helpers, big girls, babysitters boarded this bus

They were happy

She was sad and now only has large pretend horses to play with

Mom's to boring

Summer Round Up

Summer officially came to a close last week, school had begun or so we thought. The girls have since enjoyed Labor Day, Rosh Hashanah, and election day (next week). The following week we travel to NY city for our annual pilgrimage. School will officially begin in October. Here are a few pics of the last days of summer.

Yummy, yummy

Nothing like the yummy food of summer

Merry Christmas

Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas

A Sad State of Affairs

Rob called for me to come to the yard, quick.

When this happens either the kids have caught a nasty critter, there is a snake crawling up a tree or a ROUS crawling through the vegetable patch.

Unfortunately none of those things were happening. Our beautiful, tall, shade tree in the front yard had a giant crack down the middle of the trunk. Must have been from the most recent wind storm.

Rob thought for a minute that he could bolt the tree back together. I wasn't keen on that idea with it being so close to the house.

I guess it would be a great way to not have to pay for a new roof. Not sure how that insurance claim would go if they knew we had bolted a tree together.

Rob and I ventured to the hard ware store and purchased a chain saw, a want on Rob's list that had suddenly become a need.