Countdown to Aug. 23rd...

We only have a few more days of summer...I always get anxious to get back into a routine.  I'm always excited to meet my new students and get the school year started.  BUT, I ALWAYS MISS MY BOYS when school starts.  Praise the Good Lord that He has made it possible for Gram to keep Nathan and Jordan every day.  Gram doesn't mind if I call to check on the boys every day on my conference period and sometimes at lunch too. ;) Gram loves on the boys, reads to the boys, takes them on fun outings, sits in the floor with them, and feeds them good lunches. PaPa makes pancakes for the boys on special mornings before he leaves for work.  So, even though I cry every morning for the first 3 weeks of school when I put the boys in the car with Bryan to go to Gram and PaPa's house, I know that I have nothing to worry about!  They are loved at Gram's house just like they are loved at home...and that is a really good feeling. 

Enough of that.  Or, I might start crying again.  Oh wait.  I already am.  Gee!!

I had a chemical peel on my face last Wednesday.  When I was pregnant, I got a terrible "pregnancy mask."  Dark brown spots developed all over my face and they were even more pronounced in the summer due to sunlight exposure.  Ususally the dermatologist would prescribe a bleaching cream to apply to the brown spots.  But, the dermatologist said my case was a little too bad for bleaching cream.  So that's when I decided to schedule a chemical peel.  It has been a horrible experience.  For real.  I mean, I am sure that I will be glad in the end.  I haven't had any complications with it, but the peeling process lasts about 10 days before your skin is back to normal again.  And, I am on day 5.  It has been a very slow 5 days.  I have pictures of the progress.  I almost posted them.  However, I decided to spare you the horror.  Let me just tell you that Bryan has been calling me "Freddy Krueger."

Jordan and Nathan have a new favorite activity of sending their little animals down the parking garage driveway.  Oh goodness...whatever entertains these two little busy boys!

Jordan has been kissing for a while now but Nathan just learned in the last few weeks to smooch!  It is so funny!  We have this alphabet book that the boys love!  "A is for Apple that I like to bite.  B is for Bear that I cuddle at night.  C is for Car that I drive around town.  D is for Duckling covered in down..."  I've got that one memorized.  Anyway, Jordan and Nathan  both have to give a quick smooch to EVERY page in that book when we read it at bedtime.  It is hilarious. 

Aunt Emily got a great picture (below) of Nathan giving his cousin, Avery, a little kiss!  So cute!  Of course, I am sure he will love that I posted this picture when he is fifteen.  HA!

I am so sorry for all the randomness and words tonight.  I guess I have a lot on my mind.  This time of year seems to do that to me!  :)