Visiting the Bourdon's

Well, it has been WAY too long, almost two whole months without any blogging!  So, let me back up to November.  Sarah, Jon and I flew out to Kansas to visit Ashlea, Nick and to meet little Eva.  We arrived pretty late on Friday night, Ashlea picked us up and we drove the 2 hours from Kansas City to Junction City and went straight to the hotel.  I don't remember much of the drive, because it was dark and I kept falling asleep.  

      We spent most of the time hanging out at the apartment catching up with Ashlea, playing a few games with Nick and taking turns holding Eva.  We did venture out a few times to see the base, tried some Cracker Barrell, and on Sunday we went to the zoo.  

 Auntie & Eva

Eva in the dress that Ashlea wore home from the hospital.

Uncle Jon & Eva

Eva, Sarah & Sharon

Sarah rocking Eva in her room.

The baby monkey at the zoo.

Time for a family picture!

 All smiles!

     It was a very quick trip, but a lot of fun.  We couldn't get enough of cute little Eva, so hopefully she'll be coming to Maine soon!  I love Eva's face in this picture!

Happy Birthday Michael and Pumpkins!

      Two weeks ago, Mike and I went to see Fountain's of Wayne at the Port City Music Hall in Portland.  It was my early birthday present to him.  Unfortunately, it was on a Thursday night on the week of homecoming and some away field hockey games.  So, I was not a really fun date, because all I really wanted to do was sleep!

      For his actual birthday today, we are celebrating with some delicious chicken parmesan and a homemade ice cream cake!  Happy Birthday Michael!  Enjoy the last year of being in your twenties!

     I also just wanted to share some pictures from pumpkin carving with the girls last weekend.  Happy Halloween!

To Etsy or Not to Etsy

     I have spent some time on Etsy.com, mostly just browsing and I even recently purchased some scarves.  As a result I have started thinking about possibly creating my own Etsy store and selling stuff.  I like to think that I am pretty crafty, so it could work!  I thought that I would start with the monthly onesies that I made for baby Eva.  This weekend the onesies were actually on sale, and I went ahead and purchased two sets of fabrics that would work for a boy and a neutral set.  I still have some fabric leftover from Eva's to make another girl set.    

Neutral fabrics

Zoo animals - so cute!

     My goal is to slowly start working on them, and then once field hockey is over I can really focus on setting up a site and see how it goes.  The best part is I already have some pictures of Eva to use as a model!

Happy Birthday Sage!

     Our baby girl, Sage, turns two on Monday!  She has really grown up a lot in the last year, and because of that she pretty much has free rein of the house (with the exception of bathrooms & bedrooms) when we are not home. We are certainly enjoying the freedom as well, because we no longer have to deal with the baby gates!  I think she spends her time relaxing on the couch and looking out the window waiting for us to come home.

She has also been going to a new daycare near my school, so she will sometimes make the trek south with me.  It is meant for days when both Mike and I have late nights with field hockey or work, so it doesn't happen very often. Although we love the place in Scarborough,  the times did allow me to get to work on time.  So far she has been to the new place 3-4 times and it works out perfectly, because I drive right by it on my way to school.  The best part is afterwards we can go to the website: http://www.adogstale.net/ and they post pictures of the dogs during the day.  

Happy Birthday Sage!

Labor Day BBQ #2

     

     We had another successful Labor Day BBQ, which included delicious food, great company and plenty of sports/games.  This year we expanded from field hockey to include relay races, washers, half ball, and football.  We had so much fun, and we are happy that so many friends and family were able to join us.  We are already looking forward to hosting again next year!  Unfortunately, mom was not around this year (she was enjoying time with her granddaughter in Kansas), so there are not as many photos to share...

And a little video of the relay race!

Eva Marie Bourdon

    

      She has finally arrived and Ashlea and Nick have offically become parents!  So, you can now call me Auntie Sharon.  Eva Marie was born on August 31st at 3:50pm (central time). She weighed 7lbs and was 21.5 inches long! Here are a few of the photos that they have posted.  I am looking forward to many more photo updates, especially since mimi will be leaving on Saturday to visit for two weeks! 

Mommy & Daddy

Her zero onesie for 0 months old!

On side note - I survived the first week of school.  It was very uncomfortable, because it was so hot!  The good news though, is that the students were awesome and really didn't complain too much.  A very positive and cooperative group of kids, so it should be a great school year!

READY, SET, but don't make me GO!

     The students start school in ONE WEEK!  The first teacher workshop for MSAD 35 is Thursday, so today I decided to go into school and get my classroom ready.  I dropped Sage off at daycare by 8:00, made the drive to Eliot and stayed as long as I needed (which ended up being until 5:15).  I am happy to say that I feel like my room is in good shape and pretty much back together.  I have a few posters to put back on the empty walls, curtains to wash and put up, bulletin boards to fill, folders to organize and then actually plan out what I'm going to teach.  My classroom may be ready, but as usual I am just not mentally ready.  I know once Tuesday comes around the routine will feel comfortable and I'll get right back into it.  I guess that means that tomorrow I should focus on summer read: Rigor is NOT a Four- Letter Word (only 100 more pages to go by Thursday)!!  Goodbye summer vacation - you will be missed!

My desk - one of the few times it will be nice and neat!

Blank bulletin board for now - and my school library.  All of the books are scanned into Bookpedia this amazing program I found to track borrowed books!

A few of the blank walls that need some lovely math posters!