Maple Grove Field Trip

I can remember very vividly my 1st grade trip to Maple Grove as well as Madison's so now it was Emma's turn. She had so much fun and was sooo excited. She had her clothes all picked out and helped me pack my lunch, I am pretty sure she didn't get much sleep the night before. We had a great day. The leaves were just starting to change colors and the weather was perfect.


She looks so grown up, especially with all of her missing teeth.

She loved the animal skulls and coats.

Smoky the bear was also a highlight. This is most of her class and her teacher with Smoky. We learned about fire safety, animal habitats, and leaves. Yeah for field trips, we love them.

Preschool, preschool, we love PRESCHOOL!

This boy was so excited to start preschool.

He was looking forward to recess and having snacks.

After he found his name and hung up his kissing hand he was ready to play. He told me that I could leave because he knew what to do. I love this kid and miss him while he is gone, but I am so happy that he loves Preschool!

Friends

Madison is so lucky to have such great friends. There are so many cute girls her age so there is always someone around to have a good time with.

These top 2 pictures are of her and her friend Maddy. They have been friends since preschool. They are funny and crazy and so sweet. I wish that I would have had my video camera on our outing to the park they were doing a musical for all of us, it was hilarious. It would have made great blackmail when they are older.


This is another of her friends, Taylor. These two are constantly giggling when they are together. As you can see from the outfits they know how to make their own fun, and they are pretty cute even with pipe cleaner mustaches taped to their upper lips.

Labor Day

We didn't do much, but we had a good time. We spent the afternoon enjoying nature. It was nice to get out an enjoy the nice weather. I only took a few pictures, but we had fun.

Trevor is trying to get C.J. to pose for a picture, it didn't work but thanks for trying.

Garrison enjoying a s'more, what good is a fire without a s'more?

Allie hanging out in the stroller. She has found her tongue so it is pretty typical to see it poking out in pictures.

We also finished the headboard that we built for our bedroom. What do you think? I think it turned out great. I found the plans here and talked Tom in to helping me (or me helping him) build it. It turned out so great that now I have about 26 more projects for Tom, what a lucky
guy :)

5 Months

This beautiful baby is already 5 months old, where does the time go? She is so happy all the time and loves to see what is going on all the time. She is so curious about every noise. The last picture shows it perfectly, she kept leaning over in her bumbo to feel the grass, so cute. She can roll over and will do it automatically when laid on her stomach, she loves rice cereal, and puts everything in her mouth. She weighs 12 pounds and is 24 inches long, not huge but big for us. We love her beautiful blue eyes and darling smooshy cheeks and thighs. We love you Allie

School is in session

That's right school has begun. I was not ready at all. I love having the kids home with me all day, I love going to bed late and sleeping in, but we knew it would come to an end all to quickly. Here are a few pictures of the big girls in their new duds.


Emma wasn't sure she wanted to go back, even after the first day (yesterday) she only thought it was alright, but after today she thinks it is pretty great. I think she will like it better when she has an actual class room and can eat in the lunch room. The school is under construction so for the time being her class is held in a trailer.

Madison has wanted to go back to school since summer started so she was really excited. She had had her backpack ready for weeks and couldn't sleep the night before, I remember those days, I hope she will continue to love school and learning.
Here's to a great year of school, only 2 days in and I am already feeling sleep deprived.

Cereal

We decided to try and give Allie rice cereal for breakfast a few days ago. I haven't ever had luck with my kids eating the cereal so I was expecting her to hate it, I was wrong.




There wasn't a gag, grimace, or groan, she loved it. I am pretty sure more of it was on her bib than actually in her stomach, but she renewed my hope that some kids do, in fact, eat (the other three were terrible eaters at this age) maybe the fact that I added juice to the cereal helped.
Way to go Allie!