School and Schedules

The boys started school on Monday. They are doing great and loving it! Gaber has stayed on the green light all week, YaY!, and Josiah has been earning stickers on his chart which means they are both being good. :) Gaber has made some new friends too, he's very excited about going to school everyday to see them. Its fun watching them grow up and do new things. Its also hard watching them grow up and not need me as much. Well, that's life, right?
So everything has changed around here since they started back. I get up around 6:40 to get myself ready before I wake the boys us at 7:10. I try to keep them quiet as they brush teeth and make beds so that Tara can sleep a little longer. I have to be out the door by at least 8:10 so that we aren't rushing which means I need her up by 7:45 to nurse and get changed. I drop the boys off at school and then I'm off to Sarah's house to go on our morning walk. We've been getting in about an hour walk every morning, its been a lot of fun! We get to talk alot and get some exercise. She has a baby that just turned one and I just have Tara with me so we put the girls in the strollers and off we go. We've been walking everywhere. Today we walked to the BX and around the gym. Well, sometimes Tara ends up snoozin' a little near the end of the walk so her morning nap is being pushed back some. By the time I get home with her she wants to play a little and then lays down. Since that morning nap is pushed back her afternoon nap is pushed back too which then means her bedtime is pushed back. lol Its one vicious cycle! Just kidding, its not too bad. She has been a little grumpy, but I think that may be from teething or just being a baby. :) So, our schedule as we knew it is GONE! Out the window! Now its really a day by day thing, what ever happens, happens. Like today I didn't get home until 3 pm with her. Sarah and I ended up going threw coupons together and then made a trip to the thrift store. While at the thrift store Tara zonked out on my shoulder...she was out the whole time (her tongue sticking out and everything...Yes, she was OUT)! She missed a great shopping trip! ha ha (I got a pair of shorts and a dress for her for 2 bucks! Yeah baby!)
So maybe my title should read, "Schedule, What Schedule?"
Well, I'm way tired now. My body is just done and its only 4pm. I still have supper, visitation, kids playing, and then bedtime in hopefully the near future. :)

Some Firsts and A Last

We had a good week and Tara had a few firsts. She got her first tooth last Sunday, then on Monday she got her second tooth! On Tuesday she went to her first birthday party of a friend, how do you say that...her first friend's birthday party. :) Last night she got into her first fight with a friend...lol...while I was changing her diaper another baby came over and kept scratching her face, so then she started crying. This other baby kept going at her face that night for some reason. She had yogurt for her first time this week and loved it. Hmmm, that's all the firsts I can think of for this week. :)

Well, this is the last week of summer break for the boys. Monday they start school! I can't believe the summer is already over and its time to get back into the groove of school. No more sleeping in for me and the kiddos. *sigh* They are both excited though and so am I. I am excited because this is one step closer to moving back to the states! We've already began preparations for the move. We sold our dishes, I really want some new ones, and we are trying to sale our tv center. I'm also trying to sale my maternity clothes and some of Jeff's old clothing. Next I will go threw our closets to lighten our load for the move. I don't want to get to Georgia and unpack a lot of junk we don't need!

Jeff gets off early today. We are planning on going out this afternoon, maybe our last trip to the pool this summer. Then we have a parent/teacher meeting tonight and then Jeff is going to the teen activity. Don't worry, he doesn't think he's a teen...he may still act like one though :)...he likes to help out with the teen group at our church. I think tonight he is helping with games and then giving the devotion.

It was a great week! Not much going on but some fun firsts for the baby and a sad last for the boys. Ready for the fall to come and then our Hawaii vacation! Oh Yeah!

Here are some recent pictures:



"Huh"




playing in the wind from the typhoon, see the "parachute" up in the air?




May the Force be with you

More Editing :)

A couple more pics I did...





Yes, I think I'm addicted. I am getting other things done, I promise! lol

Update on typhoon, it looks like it won't hit us now! Yesterday was a very windy day, the typhoon was near but its path had changed. We had some strong winds for the boys to play in. I made them some toy parachutes, taped their power ranger toy to a grocery bag (that one was for Josiah) and I taped a plane to a grocery bag for Gaber. Josiah's flew high up into the air and took off. It landed in the top of a neighbor's tree, 2 buildings down! Gaber decided he would bring his in after that. Last night was very windy. I had a hard time going to sleep b/c our window was shaking and our patio cover was flopping. Luckily the kids all slept fine, their side of the house didn't have the wind. Today it has been raining off and on, but nothing compared to what it would have been if the typhoon hit. Well, poor Jeff. He was really hoping to go threw one before we moved. :)

some picnik pics

I've been playing around with this free online photo editor. It's a lot of fun, I'm still trying to learn it all, here are some photos I did.

Picnik

Ok, so I'm playing around with this free photo shop thing instead of doing the many things that I should be doing...but hey, this is fun! :c) Be prepared to see a lot of new Our Rybold 5 Header pictures, or whatever its called, b/c I will probably be experimenting a lot with it.

Typhoon Coming

So a typhoon is supposed to hit us, or come close to hitting us, on Friday. I guess to most people this would be scary, but here in Okinawa its like a snow day for those who work or to the kids if they are in school. Everyone will be sent home until it passes. Its not so bad here like it is in the states b/c most buildings and homes are built out of concrete...yeah, so we aren't going anywhere. Our house is even on top of a small hill so that really helps with flooding. The only part that won't be fun is if our air and power goes off. Then we will be hot and have no power to keep our food cold.
This morning I went to the commissary to do my regular grocery shopping, not thinking of the hundreds who would come to stock up before the typhoon...yeah...I forgot, but was quickly reminded when I pulled into the parking lot and almost all spots were taken. Eeeeshhh! As I'm shopping I notice the L-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-ong line for check-out. *sigh* So I quickly finish up my shopping and go stand in line. When I finally start to approach the area where the checkers are one of the commissary staff let me in the express lane, I was a little shocked, I thought maybe he had miscounted all the stuff in my cart. Maybe he didn't see the basket of baby food under my cart that would obviously take me over the limit of 20. So I asked him if he was sure? He said, "Yes, You have baby!" Wow! What a blessing! I would have had at least another 30 minute wait. I did feel bad for all the others who had to wait, but hey...I'm not gonna argue! So luckily I got outta there fast!
Well, we are ready for this typhoon to hit. Hopefully we won't lose our air/power and we can have fun hanging out together. Hopefully no flooding in the house and hopefully no major damage or anyone injured.
Oh, and today is Tara's 8 month birthday! Happy Birthday sweetie!

August Already!?

I can't believe its August! Where did the time go? I had big plans for this summer and not many of them were accomplished! The boys will be starting school in just two short weeks from now. No more sleeping in for us, no more lazy mornings, no more taking my time! Josiah and Gabriel are getting excited about going to school. I think Gaber is mainly excited about having a new backpack! Josiah is excited about being in a school again with his friends, last year I home schooled him...he liked that but is just happy about being with friends every day again. I will just have Tara at home with me...I can't imagine just me and her every day. I hope to get a lot done but knowing me, I will, somehow, fall behind. :c) My only problem I had with the boys going to school was picking them up after school. The buses from church don't come here and I really didn't want to wake Tara up from her nap. I've been praying about it and trying to think of someone I could do a carpool with. Sunday night at church I talked to Christina and she said that her mom, who is a teacher there, could bring the boys home! What a blessing! So in return I will help them out with babysitting their 3 year old little girl when ever they need it. Well, the boys will only be in school here for 2 months until we leave. I hope the next school they are in will have bus service to where we live or I'll be at square one again!
We have our last appointments made for the boys, Chloe and I before we PCS. Now we are just waiting for our orders so we can start scheduling movers and all that stuff. I can't believe its almost here! See y'all soon! :c)