This is the Cool way to do it, Mommy

Logan was all ready for school his first day, I asked Logan to put his backpack on and then we would be all ready to go. He then insisted, "mommy, I will put it on, but only ONE strap. It's the cool way to do it" I thought it was so precious, I asked him later where he heard that and he said from his favorite movie. Such a silly boy. But everyday, he does the same thing, only one strap. Cracks me up!!! He LOVES school. Logan got a Good Work Award this week and he was so proud. It said he was a great friend and a hard worker at his math table. I was super thrilled.
Logan would go every day to school if he could but I am so thankful he is only going 2 days a week. This mama's heart isn't ready for full time yet. I did make it through his first day without crying, and but I had a friend say to wear sun glasses that day, just in case my eyes were all red and puffy.....thankfully my eyes weren't because it was SUPER rainy that day and no SUN in sight! lol
So I have to just LAUGH and GIGGLE about the bottom picture. I had a hard time getting peyton to stay OUT of the picture, trying to capture Logan's first school experience but more then anything, I thought it was so sweet that she wanted to be in all the pictures with him. My brother MJ and I have a picture similiar to this on his first day of Kindergarten...though I was nearly as tall as him(since we are 21 months apart) and I was posing my little gymnastics outfit. These days are so special. I am cherishing my time with Peyton but so excited for the new stage for Logan, too. Look out world...my little Motsingers are growing up!

I Scream U Scream..

We all scream for ICECREAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And apparently everyone and there MOM was thinking the same thing as us that day. WE love the cheese factory...but NOTE TO SELF...Don't go on Sunday at any time during the Summer...CRAZYNESS...Pure Crazyness in there!!!!!!!

Getting Pretty.

A few things Peyton loves are markers and painting her toenails. Today, she decided to combine those two loves;) She was super proud of herself.

Summer Splash!!!

10 hours of reading in a month! They had so much fun! But can I just say what a challenge it was?? we started a month late for one thing(the program is 2 months long), and then the weeks we had to do it were full of Bend vacation, a week of company, and the fair!!! Plus since neither of my little kiddos read on their own....yep, you guessed it...I had to read them all 1o hours! But my little family loves a challenge and they really enjoyed putting up their stickers each time. As soon as they were all finished we went into our beautiful library(which always feels like Christmas for me) and the kids got to pick out a prize. I even did the adult summer reading program. 8 books in 2 months! I won a t-shirt from a drawing and got a gift card for the library book store! And the nerd that I am...I am totally wearing the t-shirt right now. (it says "I'm a part of the Tillamook County Library."

Logan's Summer!!

I am pretty sure Logan would say that this has been one of his favorite summers yet;

when the sun won't come to us.......

WE GO TO IT!! Jason was off yesterday, so our little family ventured out. When we left Tillamook, it was drizzling and cloudy...got to the valley and it was nearly 80 degrees before our day ended!! I love family days!!!!!

Can I keep it?

Logan was so gitty about his first Fishing trip with daddy! He sang, "I will make you fishers of men" as he got all of his clothes on for his trip. He had to have his old jeans on and he was very serious about wearing his brown vest(not on for the picture) because u must have a special fishing vest on:) He caught his first fish!!(or his second as he reminded Jason because he caught a little tiny one a few minutes before and threw it back). He was super excited to tell me that the fish was bleeding...a lot;) We cooked it up at a friends campfire that night and he almost cried on the way home when he realized that it was eaten up and gone. He told Jason, "I wanted to keep it forever."