Little artists

Elizabeth has been taking weekly art classes at a local studio all year and she absolutely LOVES it. It is fun watching her explore her creativity and her love for art has blossomed. Jack joined her for a class on Monday where they made robots out of recyclable materials. My favorite part of Jack's robot is how he made glasses using Q-tips and the cardboard from tape rolls. I just love watching how his brain works!

A second grader

I can't believe he is now a second grader! I like to compare the first to the last day of school pictures each year. The school year went so fast. He learned so much and is now a confident reader and a rocket math pro.  His favorite subject in school was math and he loved playing soccer at recess with his buddies. He kept his teacher, Mrs. Gray, on her toes with all his questions!

First day of First Grade

Now a second grader!

First 5K

Jack joined the running club after school this year to train for the Cellcom 5K in May. We ran the race together, the first 5K for each of us. I let him choose the pace we ran as I hoped to take it a little slower since I was running the half marathon the next day. It was a very warm day and he did a great job considering the heat. I think if I pushed him he could have ran even faster than his 28:33 time. He wasn't even winded when we finished. I'm so proud of him and hope to run many more races with him.

Early in the morning-ready to race!

Stretching!

He did it!

Playing Catch Up

Phew, this summer has been busy and is flying by. I type this while listening to one of my neighbor's fireworks shows (I both LOVE that WI is a legal state to buy fireworks and HATE that WI is a legal state to buy fireworks!). Anyway, I will try to play catch up for my lack of updates the last few  months. I would be a really bad mommy if I didn't include Elizabeth's 4 year old birthday pictures from last November (yikes, I am bad!).
We had a wonderful time celebrating our very loveable, yet sassy, princess Elizabeth!

Four! Dressed in her favorite color, pink!

She wanted all her favorites for her birthday dinner including, mac 'n cheese, blueberries, sweet pickles and fruit snacks!

Yummy cupcakes!

She's ready to open!

She was so excited to finally get a pillow pet

A princess dress for princess Elizabeth