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Thursday, September 30, 2010

Home...

 After 9 days away, it was so nice to see this smiling face
And to come home to these beautiful roses that Jack bought me. How I missed my loves! Will post some pictures soon of my trip, still fighting jet lag!

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Another favorite

We went to Rochester for my sister's surprise birthday party this past weekend. Elizabeth discovered another new favorite thing, chocolate covered strawberries. I guess no one can resist giving a cute girl in pigtails chocolate!

Ready?

We have taken the supplies to school. He has a new back pack and lunch box. We met his teacher and he knows where his classroom is and what bus to ride. I know he is ready for kindergarten. But, is this mama ready for her baby to be gone all day? 8 hours is such a long time. I am going to miss all his questions, miss hearing "Hey Mommy" 1000 times a day, miss the random hugs and kisses and hearing "you rock mommy" when I do something totally cool, and I will definitely miss my favorite checkers partner. 5 years seems like such a long time when they are tiny babies. In reality, it goes by all too fast. Sure, I am excited for him to go and I can't wait to hear about his days, his new friends, and all he has learned. I am just not sure I am ready to watch the yellow bus take my first born to school in the morning. I know I will be standing at the curb wiping the tears as the bus leaves my sight. If the last 5 years have gone this fast then surely the next 12 will go even faster, and then I will be wiping the tears as I send him off to college.

The lone Packer fan

He is the only one in our family that is a true Packer fan. We surprised him on Thursday night with tickets to the Packers/Colts game. He went with Matt and had a great time. At least he won't get picked on in school for not wearing green!

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Sand table

She loves playing in the sand (and her momma hates to clean it up!)

Blocks

He can spend hours building and is always thinking of new things to build with his blocks. Here are a few of the creations he has made this summer...
A Battleship

His fleet of fighter planes

Finger painting

In an effort to get more organized for the start of school in two weeks, I am going to be slowly adding some pictures that I have taken over the summer in the next few blog posts. This first set of pictures was taken at the beginning of August. I wanted to give the kids a chance to do some finger painting since I had been saving some large pieces of cardboard specifically for this purpose. Thank goodness for washable paint (although we did do this outside so I wouldn't have to clean paint off every inch of the kitchen island!)
Check out my dirty hands!





Nothing is better than a drink from the hose!

Cooling off!