Surprises in the Mail!

This evening I came home to a stack of mail! It was full of surprises! The most exciting for me would be an official acceptance letter to be an independent educator! Pretty exciting, and one more step closer to kicking off the year! :)

And the most exciting thing for the children...OUR ANTS!!!! Yay! They arrived on the perfect day! Grayson has just returned home from a blissful week with his wonderful grandparents, and what a cool thing to take his mind off the separation from them! And the best part was that him and I were just discussing that if our ants didn't arrive soon I would contact the company to "make sure they were coming"...by his request of course! :) We are excited to give this a try!
So we prepped the hill, "chilled" the ants...literally! By placing them in the refrigerator! And put them in! Now, we wait! It says that it may take them a couple days to get used to their new home and start digging! Should be fun to watch...now wonder if I can sleep tonight without feeling like ants are crawling on me....

There they are! Our new friends for the next couple weeks! :)


And since it's the end of the week, I wanted to include a few things I left out, and like I mentioned in my very first post, mainly just for me to remember! :)

Ada Grayce has a sweet free spirit! And a style all her own :) And my boys were so happy to see each other today! These are my hearts! <3

 Grady had his nine month check up this week! He is still hanging at the top of the charts, but at least he is no longer OFF the top of the chart! ;) So thankful for a happy, healthy, growing baby boy! Life is about to get VERY adventurous with this one! :)

 This is Ada's first drawing of me..."what's beside it?", you may ask...according to my sweet daughter..."It's a mess"! I love it! Kids call it like they see it! Either she thinks I am always cleaning a mess or I AM a mess...I will leave that one to you! ;)

And this is the last one for the day! Her first family drawing! The thing that caught my eye...look who is the biggest...speaks volumes doesn't it?! My children love their daddy, and boy are we immensely blessed to have him!! It does my heart good to have a "daddy's girl"...I never got to be one, but boy am I glad I get to raise one! <3