brown hair

I colored my hair before we left for San Diego. It took me a few days to get used to the new look...but I think I like it. I've had highlights for so long so it feels like a big change. The big plus is that I had a friend help me with the color, so I'll be saving some big bucks (at least until I go back to the highlights).

my girl

Violet found this hat in my closet.

kindergarten graduation

I am emotional about Jonah finishing kindergaten. His kindergarten year flashed by so fast and now I can see him as a big 1st grader. He is so independent and wide eyed and a joy to have in our family.



Here is Jonah in a slide show. He wants to be a gardener when he grows up. I believe this is exactly what Seth said when he was in kindergarten. They love mowing the grass with Dad and working outside - like all boys. With Kyle's landscape business, Seth and Jonah should have plenty of opportunities to live out their career dreams as gardeners :).



Jonah bought this gumball machine this weekend with his own money. He gave the store clerk his cash and then Kyle slyly switched the clerk for his Discover card. Kyle pulled out the card ony because we had several purchases paid with pennies and nickels and it was beginning to be a mess. Yesterday we were handed all of Jonah's school work from the year. I was reading in his journal and found a recent entry about his gumball machine that he bought with a "credit card." I had to laugh because he didn't miss a beat. Kyle and I remember when we had gumball machines around the same age. I know that I loved mine!

Seth wanted to save his money so he did not buy a toy. Violet really, really wants a pillow pet, especially the unicorn, but Target didn't have pillow pets so she found a jack-in-the box. The next day she was crying over how much she wants a pillow pet, and I told her she could get one for her birthday. I couldn't believe it when I heard seth trying to comfort her. He told her he would use his own money to buy her a pillow pet. How sweet! Another time he used his money to buy her furniture for her Dora house. There's something not normal about this :) but I don't want to stop him from being generous.