quick update

lincoln is still loving school. he really loves getting to go every day and (so far) hasn't had any problems with it. i'm still enjoying getting a couple of hours every day to myself!
scott and i took lincoln to the fair one night. scott's parents kept lexi for us so that we would be able to enjoy our short time there a little more easily. we ate lots of delicious food, went to the petting zoo, and lincoln rode lots of rides (mostly by himself, but he rode this one - the "tornado"- with his daddy):

the guys at the Army National Guard booth told scott that they'd give him a free t-shirt and football if he'd ride the mechanical bull, so he did. it was his first time to ever do so, and he stayed on for a good 20 seconds.

babygirl loves tomatoes.

Lexi girl is having to have tubes put in her ears in a couple of weeks. she has had 7 ear infections in 7 months. no good! i will be glad to have the surgery over with and have a healthier little girl! i'm sure she'll enjoy not being in pain anymore and actually being able to hear clearly!
life is good with us. busy, as always. i'm trying to blog as often as i get the opportunity but this is really a crazy time of year! but hey- 2 so far in sepetember isn't too shabby!

trying to get it all together

so, normally, i would've posted this on lincoln's 5th birthday (august 24) but since we were without a computer from august 22 til sept 1, that was kind of impossible. and normally, i would post a picture of lincoln as a newborn (and possibly one from every bday party he's had), but my old pics are all on my old, broken computer. FEAR NOT- we will be able to get MOST of our old files off of our old computer (which needs a new hard drive), but it's going to cost a pretty penny to have done so we're in no huge hurry.
instead, i will post pictures from lincoln's super-fun birthday party. i made the cake, cupcakes, and the pinata. we rented a 15'x24' waterslide and the kids had a great time!

i don't know if you can tell that it's raining in this pic. it was a random, beautiful rain shower in the middle of the party. no thunder or lightning- and the sun was shining the entire time! the kids were wet anyway so it didn't bother anyone.

lincoln's blowing out his FIVE candles. on top of the cupcakes are whoppers that i "carved" to look like death stars. yes, i made it all (icing and all) from scratch. ok, i lied, i used a box cake mix on the cupcakes but made them differently than the instructions say- so i oughta get at least 1/2 credit for them being "from scratch".

he was SOOO excited about this card!

i decorated a painting extension pole to look like a lightsaber to hit the pinata. the pinata looked good, but wasn't quite strong enough. lincoln was the only one who got to hit it. in my crafty-pinata-making defense, he has a great swing and hit it REALLY HARD twice before it broke :)

scott and i played on the slide with lincoln and julia after all the guests had gone. there is NO evidence of that, however.

Sugar (Scott's mom) and my silly Lexi.

Lincoln enjoyed playing with some of his new toys after the party was over.

here's my boy on his first day of KINDERGARTEN. it also happened to be his actual birthday. we took a giant decorated cookie for him to share with his class and he really enjoyed that. (this girl was trying to hide under the table while i was taking pics but it looks like she's leaning on lincoln's shoulder.)