As we tried to cram as much fun as we could into the last few weeks of August, we made sure to frequently hit the park:
And the merry-go-round:
And the lake:
And we even found some time to read quietly, as well!
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We celebrated Jim’s birthday early in August with a day on the lake – Jimmy even started surfing on his dad’s birthday. What a great gift for the best dad in the world!!
I’m looking forward to soon posting photos from our trip to Deep Creek Lake back in early August, but I’m having some uploading issues which are making that difficult (why would my computer decide to “eat” just that week’s worth of pictures, ack!). However, no fear! I have lots of other August pictures to share! Like this lazy day full of fun and games, like Chubby Bunny -where you see who can put the most marshmallows in their mouth and still stay the word “chubby bunny.” I know, we’re very classy around here! 😉
And here’s Jim schooling the kids on the ins and outs of Monopoly. We’re raising some budding real estate moguls (who happened to have a large appetite for marshmallows)!
Becky and Susie have been taking weekly piano lessons for about four months now, and I’m impressed by how much they’ve learned already! And Tazie is impressed too – yet another way she wants to be just like her big sisters! We had a great, busy Labor Day weekend! We kicked it off with a day on the lake and a little birthday party for Danny: And then we spent the beautifully warm Monday afternoon and then at our dear friends’ house. It was the perfect ending to a great summer!
Jimmy: “Mom, why do I know a lot about everything?” ***************** Danny, curled up on floor covered with blanket: “I’m in sleep mode.” ***************** I asked Danny at mealtime, “What kind of car do you want to drive when you grow up?” He answered, “I won’t have a car.” I was surprised and asked him how he was going to get to the store if he needed something. He matter-of-factly said, “If nobody will marry me, then you can go get my groceries for me.” ***************** Danny: “Me and Tazie are twins. We both like to play and we don’t like to take naps.”
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Becky: “God’s job is awesome!”
Me: “Why?”
Becky: “God gets to design people, and he designed Taz great!!”
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Me: “You’ve got great eyesight. Must be all the carrots you eat.”
Danny: “No, it’s all the hamburger.”
Here are a few more pictures from Danny’s first day of Kindergarten. He was very excited to get on the bus in the morning, and when he got off in the afternoon, he proudly announced, “School is AWESOME!”
We also celebrated Danny’s FIFTH birthday! It’s so crazy to me that my baby is five! Here he is enjoying his new scooter:
And his new transformer:
We love this kid so much! I’ll take a break from our summer adventures to share pictures from our latest excitement: the start of school! Susie and Becky are now fourth-graders, Jimmy is a first-grader, and Danny a KINDERGARTENER! This is blowing my mind! So far, the kids are all doing really well. I’m so proud of these kiddos!
Once the girls arrived back from Arizona, we celebrated their ninth birthdays! They decided to celebrate with a trip to Taco Bell with a friend:
And then a visit to the local animal shelter to visit the cats and dogs:
Followed by a fancy tea party! The girls received all sorts of wonderful gifts, which helped ease their sadness at no longer being with their beloved cousins.
In the middle of July, the girls flew back with their cousins and grandma to Arizona. That left the boys, Tazie and I feeling a bit bewildered after our wonderfully busy month of summer! So I decided to keep us moving so we didn’t miss the girls too much. We took a beautiful hike:
The boys wanted to use plastic garbage bags as parachutes, so they went out into the yard in search of places to jump from (!):
We played a lot of catch:
We had a playdate with some dear friends who were moving. We miss them already!: Jim and I let the boys camp out on our floor for a night. The boys thought it was so awesome they didn’t even mind sleeping on a hard floor!: We went boating:
As a special treat, we took the boys to a Monster Truck show:
As you can see from the headgear, we enjoyed the show a LOT!
So even though we missed the girls during their trip to Arizona, I think the boys enjoyed their time in Connecticut – I know I sure did! |
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