First Day of School

O.K. so this is really late but here is a cute picture of the kids on their first day of school! They love school this year. I was a little worried about Josh changing to full day but he loves it! Especially math ( he got that from dad, not me!) Katie is one of the oldest in the class and the kids have nicknamed her the walking dictionary. She prefers book worm though. She loves being able to help the other kids.

Nickelcade

A trip to nickelcade during the summer is one of the kids favorite activities. Josh is getting quite good at air hockey. I love the skee ball and wack the alien. But the big favorite this time was a game called "dance revolution". It was hillarious watching the kids try to follow the dance moves, they got really into it. I wish I had been able to video tape it.

Treehouse

We went to the treehouse with some friends this summer. The kids had such a blast. The funny thing is, they did the same things that they do everytime but they still love it. School is one of Katies favorite places and of course the art garden. Josh has a love of all things theatrical especially when it has to do with knights and kings. He still remembers his birthday party from a year and a half ago that he had at the treehouse when they did a partici-play and he was the king.

Bowling

Wow does time fly! It has been forever since I blogged. One of the main purposes of this blog was to keep a record of our memories. So now I will attempt to catch up. We have been pretty busy and there is lots to write about and lots of pictures to share.

The end of summer we went bowling with some friends. The kids had a blast. I bowl about once a year and then remember that I am a terrible bowler. I think I came in last, which is sad considering there were bumpers and I was bowling againist 3 kids under 10. Katie on the other hand is a pretty good bowler!

Bad Blogger

I have been a very bad blogger lately! We have had computer problems on both computers. My husband fried the motherboard on one of them and the other has spyware problems. Hopefully all will be up and running this week. I have some fun stuff to post from the end of summer. We all started school last week and the kids are loving it and so am I. I am the preschool assistant at Horizon this year. I love getting to play with the little kids, they are so fun and say the funniest things! I am sure I will have many funny stories to come. Don't give up on us yet, we will be back soon!

SUPERHEROES!!!

I was looking through some old pictures yesterday and this one made me laugh so hard. I love the expressions on their faces! Josh has always loved two things- superheroes and dressing up. You have just got to admire his bold fashion choices! Katie is perfectly coordinated with her cat-eye rims and cat purse! Katie was 6 and Josh was about 3 1/2. It was so cute I just had to share it!

My little fishes

I finally got some cute pictures of the kids swimming this year! Josh has turned into quite the little fish. He has been so afraid of putting his face in the water that he still hadn't passed the beginning swimming class. This year we skipped lessons and I am so glad. He was able to discover it on his own and now I think lessons will be alot easier in the future. The first time we went this year he started to get brave. He would take a deep breath and go just barely under and come back up. He told me, "Mom I can breathe under water!" I explained that people can't breathe under water, that's why we hold our breath. He said, "Well just a little bit I can breathe under water, mom." It was pretty cute. Now he just dives in and even has dad push him down to the bottom of the pool so he can float back up to the top. It is so great to see the kids learn something new all on their own! Katie is a huge fan of the waterslide. She has become quite the little thrill-seeker this year! Josh took some convincing but finally tried the slide and now he likes it too.