Welcome to the Hood

The neighborhood 

(that is)

Land of 1000 mosquitoes

(seriously I have bites all over me)

So our housing development is call Kickingbird

(remember folks our house is from the 80's)

Which I can not say with out using my

'Dancing with Wolves' accent

kick-king burd

Apparently I can't type it without

saying out loud in the accent either

It never gets old

Mark and I crack up every time we drive into the subdivision

As soon as we turn on the street

we say it

and we laugh

We live in a cul-de-sac

which we love

We can let the kids ride their toys 

without too much fear

This is the house next door

We can see the drive and this truck from several windows

After about a week of living here

Mark said "that truck hasn't moved

Wonder if they are dead"

So we started with the stories...

grabbed the poison instead of the creamer for the morning coffee

drank to much and passed out in the bathtub

you get the idea

Then the lady from the other side of this house came over

With some very yummy cookies

She told us the lady in said house died

WHOOPS

So that house is empty

The lady who came over, has grown kids

On the other side of us is someones great grandparents

If the Cadillac and Grand Marque in the drive weren't clue enough

Then the walker that is by the front door should be

But Mark has talked to them once when he was doing yard work

OLD!!!!

We met the other neighbors the other day when the boys were playing

They have grand kids from 2-16

Across the street, college age kids and older

 Point is.....

we won't be sitting in the drive way with neighbors watching the kiddos play in the street

No more white trash Memorial Day festivities out front with next door neighbors

Maybe, hopefully

When the house next door goes on the market

A younger family will move in

But we do have trees

Lots of trees!!

The kids have been bugging me for a pool all summer

But with the move I have not purchased one

Last weekend on 1 of my 3 trips to Target

I grabbed a Toy Story pool

It had gone on clearance for $7

Love me a bargain

It looked much bigger on the box

But again for $7

who's complaining

It even came with water guns that you connect the hose too

Super fun

Until they turn the water guns on you

We could actually handle the heat because of all those trees

Dare I say...

you were right Mark

Nah, I won't really say it

But it was bearable

This is a really cool house in the hood

If you can tell in this photo

That is a bridge from the garage to the house

Kind of cool

And this yard is nothing but trees

(out front anyway)

And more randomness......

-Yesterday was registration for Connor's pre-K through the school district

Sunday night I went to get all my paperwork together

 and we could not find his birth certificate

I was devastated

Mark got up and drove to Dallas to get another one

I had him signed up by 3pm

What a husband

What a DAD!!!

-We go back next week to meet the teacher and find out if we have afternoon or morning class

-I am pretty sure I overheard one of the ladies in the front office say there was only afternoon classes left

**THAT SUCKS**

-I had my whole day worked out in my head for morning classes

I would have 1 on 1 time with Colton

Then in the afternoon while Colton slept I would have 1 on1 time with Connor

-Now I have to rethink my plan

-Guess this means no more naps for Connor

-I found the boys a pediatrician

-We ordered the carpet for the basement

 and it should be installed in the next couple weeks

-Mark's 40th birthday is next week

-Need ideas so please share with me your thoughts

-I have been wondering if my boys would benefit more if I went back to work

Maybe the summer has just been too long

-We are headed to DFW in less than 2 weeks for a birthday party

Can not wait to see some FRIENDS!!!