Pass the wine please.

Yesterday was the last day of school for my two darling little girls.

Wait, little? My middle child. Ella, who will be 7 this summer is still my sweet girl. She finished 1st grade and probably will be begging for school in about a month. She loves her family, loves her puppies, loves her sports and loves school. She is still my little entertainer. Wants to make everyone laugh. Wants to raise money for a nursing home by hosting a rock concert. Just needs the space and an electric guitar. She's serious. Ha, I love her! Here she is on the first day of school this year....

The oldest. Taylor, is almost 14 and in full monster teenage mode. What happened to my sweet girl? Taylor who is almost 14, is testing our patience to say the least. Oh for the love of liquid eyeliner. High School is next on the agenda and I'm not sure how it will go. She tried out for and made the High School Cheer & Dance Team. This means she will be cheering and doing half time dance performances for football, soccer, hockey and basketball teams. At least she'll be busy. That should make her nice and tired and less likely to get into too much right? I hope. Just listening to some of the conversations she has with her friends, it's like the movie Mean Girls. Come on now, please, pretty please? Be nice. Here she is on the first day of school this year...

Pass the chardonnay. I think I'll need a glass or two this summer.

Bambino. Can't forget my sweet baby Jack. Thank heaven for little boys. My baby will be 11 months old this month. Time flys. He is still not walking, which is fine with me. I wish I could bottle age up and keep them this age forever! So much fun. His smile melts me every time. I just need to figure out how to get him to like more people food. He has such a texture issue, he literally gags and back up comes whatever he ate. Sigh, we'll get there I hope! Here is a picture of him on the boat last weekend. He HATED the life jacket. He sat straight up, stiff. Didn't move at all.  I kept calling him "Bernie" because he was just like that guy from the movie.

Thank the wine lords I have a great man by my side to go through this with. Here we go. Summer 2011.