Erica's 6th Birthday

The Friday after Erica's birthday (9/9) we had a party where we invited all the girls in her Kindergarten class, plus a few other friends.  It was a Hannah Montana theme...they had lots of fun!

Dancing

The Hokey Pokey (put your head in!)

Limbo!

It wouldn't be a party without Daddy acting silly for the girls...

And for those who called Erica on her birthday, and heard the word "Zoobs" when you asked what she got for her birthday....THESE are Zoobs.  Emily put the purse together.

Lizzie's first day of preschool!

She started preschool last Wednesday.  She was so excited to go, and never looked back...she loves it!

That Makes Three....

If it wasn't enough for Erica to have her first day of Kindergarten and her first lost tooth all within a week...we added one more thing.  A big haircut!  Ahh...this should make things much easier in the mornings.  :)

And Erin wanted hers shorter too...she's still a little sleepy here.  :)

 

Anniversary

Today Brian and I celebrate our 13th anniversary!  He sent me flowers at work yesterday.

Another First!

First day of Kindergarten and First Lost Tooth, all in the same week!

Okay, I had better throw in a "First Day of School" story about Erica.  Apparently at nap time (full day kindergarten) she fell asleep.  When the teacher awoke the students by turning the lights on, Erica groggily said, "What are you trying to do, blind me Mom?"  Then, waking up a little more, "Oh, did I just call you Mom?"   

Too funny! 

First Day of School

The first day of school went really well! Erica had her first day of Kindergarten, Emily entered 2nd grade, and Erin became one of the "big mean 5th graders that rule the school!"

A camping we will go...

We decided to take a week off to go camping this summer in Mid-August. We went to Wallashuck Campground at Lake Red Rock near Pella, and we couldn't have picked a better week. We went down a day early to attend the Iowa State Fair (there's nothing like it!) and then we took the camper out on Monday and stayed through Sunday. It was a nice relaxing week, with lots of family around to visit and to have come out and visit us.

Here are some pics from our week.

The State Fair - Little Hands on the Farm experience, the kids did everything from planting "seeds" to getting their veggies out of the "garden" to milking cows, gathering eggs, getting wool from sheet, turning their soybeans into Ethanol to run the tractors, then "selling" it all at the farmers market and spending their money at the "store". Neat experience!
And Here is a photo from the times we spent on BIL and SIL (Gene and Elaine's) boat. We got some tubing in before we started having mechanical problems. Erica and Emily went, then Lizzie went with Tyler.


A Rainy day in the camper.


Playing with cousins

An attempted photo-shoot. :)