School registration was today and it was a well oiled machine. There were "stations" throughout the school cafeteria w/the forms and people you needed to talk to. I could tell that they are use to new students coming into the school. Randolf AFB is in this school district (only a couple of miles from us) and many military families live in this neigborhood and in the "older" neighborhood that is next to us. This school (Schertz Elementary) even has a dual language program where they teach in BOTH English and Spanish...however, I know that Kyla won't be able to be in it...you have to be entered in either Kindergarten or 1st grade....and I doubt that Summer will be able to get in - although it would be nice. In this part of Texas it seems that English is the 2nd language. Schertz Elementary is only K-4th...which will be different after attending a K-12. The kindergarteners probably don't eat at 10am in order to have time to serve everyone lunch! ha!


The Supreme Painter of the Universe - that is me - has been able to take a break for the last couple of days. Not that there aren't walls to paint...because there are....but I finally finished Summer's room and I have been working on unpacking her toys and knick knacks. She was VERY happy to have her room finished...she no longer can claim that she isn't loved just as much as Kyla and Luke....at least not about this! ha! The framed pics for her room are in a box somewhere so that isn't done, and we are waiting on the shutters for her windows, but the canopy over her bed is hung so in her eyes it is finished! I thought that I would include these photos so that you could see the product in progress.




This afternoon we are waiting on the furniture for the upstairs gameroom/family room. It was purchased about 3 weeks ago...but was backordered. I think that it will be worth the wait. We still haven't purchased a living room sofa. I was so sold on the one that broke (see the post from July 14th if you wonder what happened) that I haven't really been wanting to go find a new one. I think I know what I want...pretty much my 2nd favorite from when we first shopped. I just haven't made the purchase. Once that purchase is made there shouldn't be anymore BIG home purchases...at least not for a while. What in the world will I write about when my universe is not contained w/in the walls of this house!?! I guess by then school and activities will start and I can share all of that w/ya'll! You just can't wait can you?? :-)



One parting shot of Kyla's room. She has been sooo pleased with it. We are planning a trip to the beach at the first of next week and she hopes to find a few shells to decorate her little Polynesian paradise. She thinks that she will find one of those ginormous (to coin one of Webster's newest words) conch shells on the beach somewhere...I told her our greatest chance of finding one of those on the beach would be at the nearest gift shop. Either way, she wants shells to decorate her room and some picture frames that she has made. The "craft gene" was definately passed on to that one! She has made frames from popsicle/wood craft sticks and she wants to glue shells from the beach to them to give to our family w/pictures in them. She has even given thought as to how she will attach the pictures to the frames....first to a piece of paper and then the paper to the frame...she is so funny! But I love it!


Kyle has started working the second shift now...so our lives are a little upside down. He leaves for work just after lunch and doesn't get home until about midnight...I find myself staying up, however, once school starts that will have to change. He will only be on this schedule for a couple more weeks...then he will swap over to nights for 4 weeks, then to days for 4 weeks, etc., etc. etc. He still really enjoys his job. The change/challenge has been rewarding - although he (we both) miss our friends and former co-workers!


Well, the natives are restless and they want to eat lunch...I'll post again after we get the furniture up in the gameroom. Thank goodness they are delivering it - I would HATE to try and get it up our stairs!