November thus far

november has been beautiful. the weather has cooled just perfectly, blessing us with chilly mornings, the occasional shower, and perfect afternoons in the 70's. I have begun the fun (and daunting) task of Christmas shopping and even put up a small (4 foot tall) lit tree. I have been feeling up to a bit of crafting even. We have been enjoying riding bikes and playing at the park and generally leading a charmed life (between the snot and bruises).
Henry ( 4 1/2 years old) is now riding his bike sans training wheels and is so proud of himself! And so are we :)

We enjoyed celebrating Grandpa Wes and Uncle Bart's birthday on Sunday!

 And yesterday was the perfect park day.

Just a few things

Tucker-
Is starting that awkward, my teeth are too big for my face, phase. It makes me smile whenever I see his jack-o-lantern grin.

Charlotte-
May seem quiet and shy to the average onlooker, but she is the biggest goofball! She is loving Kindergarten (straight A's on her first report card!) and starting the sound out words, which usually has some pretty funny results!

Henry- Darling and loveable. Sensitive. Always pulling a face. Makes us all laugh and is Paisley's best friend. Really wants to name the new baby "Chubby". (Oh, did I mention that I am 15 weeks pregnant and we are all really happy about it!)

Paisley- Says "Oh my gosh" about everything and describes most things as "wonderful" and "beautiful". She used to want to do everything by herself, but lately whenever I ask her to do anything she replies, "I can't do it." Pretty annoying when she wants me to do everything for her again :)

I am thrilled to be leaving on our trip to Hawaii! But really anxious about being gone from my angels for that long!

Back to School

Tucker started 3rd grade on the 11th of August and Charlotte started Kindergarten. She was definitely ready. She says that she misses me all day, but I know that it can't be too bad, because she is always happy to go in the morning! She is so darling. Tucker is the greatest big brother. He was reassuring her that she would make lots of new friends and do lots of fun things. That second day when I didn't walk them into class, he took her by the hand and led the way. There is nothing that could have made me feel better than watching that!

Here they are ready to go on their first day.
*Did I mention that Charlotte cut herself some bangs the week before school started?

School time!

It's here! As of today three of my kid have started "school". Tucker started second grade. Charlotte started Pre-Kindergarten, and today Henry started Joy school. So we are part excited and part sad. The kids definitely need the stimulation and I definitely need the break, but this just means more growing up! We had a wonderful summer together with lots of fun and even more swimming (I'm actually sick of it!) But we are ready for some sort of schedule and learning to go on. Here are my big kids on their first days of school this year.

Turns out rolling backpacks are great toys. The kids can't wait to use them at their next sleepover with Nana or Grandma. 

Henry's 3

Wow, I haven't blogged for 10 days. Honestly, I just didn't feel like it. Uploading photos from my camera and sitting down to recap hasn't seemed appealing until now. So here goes.

The actual day of Henry's birthday I picked up Krispy Kreme doughnuts on my way home from my early work out (way to go burning those calories just to consume so many immediately after). He loved blowing out the candles.

 Henry loves motorcycles and quads, so he got this dirt hill cake and he got it twice.

We celebrated with my family Henry and Tucker's bdays together. The same party you saw on Tucker's recap.

This is Henry's preferred way to go down the slide.

Then we celebrated a week and a half later with Trent's family Henry and his cousin Weston who turned two together. So the kid didn't get his own party but he got two so that makes it funner right?

How old are you Henry?

Birthday Boys (Tucker)

Henry turned 3 the 27th and Tucker turned 7 on the 28th. We've had so much fun celebrating and we're not quite done. We celebrated Tucker's birthday with Trent's family on the Sunday before his birthday. He had so much fun playing with cousin's, eating cake, and of course, opening gifts.

Then on his birthday he requested eggs and toast for breakfast (I thought it was funny he chose that over pancakes or waffles.) Of course he couldn't wait til breakfast to open his presents. The kid woke up at 6:15, he thought it was Christmas or something. I also thought it was funny that he asked me if Daddy knew what his presents were (he did not).

The day after his birthday we had my side of the family over for swimming, chicago style hot dogs, cake and ice cream. We had a ball!

Tucker's cake was a lego piece.

 I will recap more when I cover Henry's birthday. But for now I'm off to change a diaper, clean the kitchen, and make dinner.