Back to school

Trevor's 1st day of 2nd grade is today. He was excited, but last night got a little nervous and cried that he would miss me and his daddy. All was better this morning, and he got on the bus without crying. Here he is on his 1st day of school.

Catching Up

I have had a chance to post lately on what has been going on in the Riggins household! Trevor is all ready for the second grade, and we went last weekend to get his school supplies, and some new clothes. I can't believe he is in the 2nd grade already! Time sure does fly! He has been doing alot with daycare such as going swimming, going to the movies, and today they went to Cascade Park, and the Mills pool in Bloomington. He will start school next Tuesday, so we are planning on taking him putt-putting sometime this weekend, and he wants to go to the new pool at Washington. Our annual Zoo trip is planned for late Sept, and I want to take them to the Children's Musuem! Busy Busy!!

Kelsye is a little riot! She has fallen deeply in love with Elmo-she found two elmos at a garage sale on Saturday, and has not put them down yet. She takes them to daycare and leaves them in the van. At the mall Sunday she had to get two elmo books, which she carries around as well. She loves to play by herself, and has really learned alot this summer. She has to open all doors by herself, and get her own milk out of the refrigerator for her cup-thank goodness she doesnt want to pour it herself too!

I have been busy with work, and HOMEWORK. This accounting class has really taken alot of time and brains-two of which I dont have much of! LOL. Luckily the class is self paced for the 6 week course, which I am so thankful for, but I just don't like falling behind that much. I also pulled some weeds a couple Sundays ago, and developed a huge rash of poison ivy all over my hands and fingers. After a steriod shot and some steriod pills, I have gotten rid of it, and I am so glad! It was very painful and annoying. We also celebrated my neice Bella's 3rd birthday with a Hannah Montana birthday party. I will post some pictures later, she had a blast!

My hubby celebrated is 26th birthday yesterday! I fixed him supper with some of his favorites-corn on the cob, fried zucchini, and pasta salad. YUM! He doesnt like cake that well, so my grandma made him a banana pie-his favorite!

Overall, this has been a pretty busy summer. It is finally hot like Summer's are supposed to be! This weekend, I am hoping to get things rounded up for our garage sale we are having in the middle of Sept, and get completely caught up on homework. Other than that, I will probably hit a few garage sales, and take a couple naps!

Silly Safari Steve and Old Settlers

Friday, I took Trevor and Kelsye to Old Settlers to see Safari Steve, and they LOVED it. Well, all the kids loved him that were there. He brought snakes, alligators, rabbits, grasshoppers, turtles, hedgehogs, owls, and a few other animals. It lasted about an hour, and was really neat. I am thinking of hiring him to do Trevor's birthday party in April. We also went to the baby show on Friday and below Kelsye is having her picture taken with the winner of the boys 12-24 months Quincy Pruett, they go to daycare together! He is a cutie!

Saturday we went back to the Old Settlers and let the kids ride rides. There aren't many there, but Trevor and Kelsye both had a good time and that is all that matters. On Sunday we just hung around home, and mowed and pulled weeds. I also did homework, and will be doing that tonight as well.

This week doesnt seem to be too busy as of now. I am off on Tuesday for a dental appt, then signing Trevor up for school on Thursday. This weekend we are going with my mom to her company picnic, and then on Sunday it is off to Terre Haute to buy school clothes and supplies for Trevor, and fall clothes for Miss Kelsye. Enjoy the pictures below, there is one of Kelsye sitting with the rest of the kids, like a big girl, she is so independent.

Holiday World 2009

What a fun trip we had to Holiday World-kids were great, weather was great, and we really enjoyed ourselves. Trevor rode the roller coasters with his dad, and also the Liberty Launch. I was very proud of him for being so brave. Kelsye loved the water, and the kiddie rides. We wished we lived closer so we could go more often. We got there before the opened, and left shortly before they closed. It was a long day, and the kids were out even before we left the parking lot. I love family trips, and was glad my mom could join us too! Here are some pics of the day.

Way Behind!!!

I am such a SLACKER! I started this blog with all intentions of updating this on a regular basis. This summer has been flying by! In less than a month Trevor will start back to school-I can't believe it! We were really busy with baseball both May and June. We usually spend our free time playing outside, and watching our cousins play in all-star tourneys at various places. We did spend a couple days in Indy with my aunt, and have been going to yard sales and going to cookouts. This Friday we are going to Holiday World. Trevor is so excited! He is tall enough to ride the Pilgrims Plunge and the roller coasters! The rest of the weekend, we will be going to the ball park for a little while to watch an all-star tourney. Kelsye continues to amaze me with the things she says and does. She is so independent. No pics this post, but promise to post some after we go to Holiday World. I hope everyone is having a wonderful day-too bad it is raining!

Trevor & Baseball

This post is dedicated to my little boy Trevor! He never ceases to amaze me! When he was 3 (almost 4 years old)he started playing tee ball at the local park. He played tee ball the next year as well. Last year he started playing pee-wee ball. To be honest, it was a long year. I don't know if he just wasnt interested, or what but he didnt hit the ball that much, and was found playing in the dirt more than watching the ball. I was kind of nervous this year when we signed him up, but did realize he had matured alot in that year. I could tell after the first couple of practices that he was really interested, and was so happy to be playing. Opening day was May 2nd, and our last game ended on Saturday. Playoffs are going on this week. In Pee-wee kids get 5 pitches from a machine. They play 4 innings and play each team in the league 2 times. The first part of the year, Trevor played catcher, and then towards the end he played short stop. He was good at stopping the ball, and even caught a pop fly in the air, and knew to get the out on second after he caught it! In the middle of the season, he got into a slump and struck out about 5 times, and then he would cry! It broke my heart, but James and I practiced with him one Sunday, got his swing back in line, and he never looked back since! Official score books are kept for each team, and each team keeps track of their team record for the year. The better the record is, the better "seed" you get in the play offs. Trevor's team did wonderful this year. They won their first 6 games, then lost 1, won a couple, lost a few, but the record at the end of the regular season, ended up being 10 wins and 4 losses. They tied with another team for 1st place in the Pee-Wee league. They all had to work hard, and play as a team to do this. Being 6 and 7 years old, I can't imagine knowing as much as they all do. Their first play off game was played on Monday, and we won that game. Last night we played but came up short by losing 6-5 :( I figured Trevor would be upset, but he wasnt at all. I would have loved to see his team win the playoffs and being playing on Thursday night this week, but in another way, I am just relieved that it is over! I know, that sounds awful, but you get to the point where you as a parent get so involved and want them to win so bad, and I feel like as young as they are they need to realize they are not ALWAYS going to win. They each got a trophy and will have a little team party to celebrate. This is his last year of pee-wee, so next year he will move up to minor league (10 years and younger). It will be challenge, but I am 100 percent sure, Trevor will like the challenge! Leaving you with a bunch of pics from throughout the year.....Enjoy!

Catching Up

I am not very good at this blogging thing, or maybe it is the fact that I am always on the go! I took vacation the first week of June to prepare for my garage sale (which was a big success). I celebrated my 26th birthday on June 7th by eating at Mi Pueblo (YUM!). Most of my time has been consumed with working, garage saling, homework,working outside, and at the ball park. I will post about baseball and Trevor in the next post and include pictures! This week has been spent at the ball park, and catching up on a few things at the house. Trevor is going with the daycare today on a field trip to watch the Evansville Otter's baseball game. He has went for the last 3 years and loves it. This Saturday he has a birthday bowling party to attend on Saturday, and I will be helping at a golf scramble during the day before the party. Not for sure what my job is at the golf scramble, but I am sure I will figure it out! Sunday is the Daviess County Fair parade, so we will go to that, and Father's Day! James is working nights this week and next, so he is gone from 10:00 at night to 7:00 in the morning. I see him on my way into work, driving home. Hopefully, he will go back to days here in a week or so! I am leaving you all with some pics of Kelsye, Bella (my neice), and Trevor over the last couple weeks.