27 August 2014

Morning farewell

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What I wish I could record are all the things they all yell to Spencer as he drives away for the day. In this case they were farewells for the night as well. Spencer is on call tonight, but we love that that means he will be home tomorrow! And an even better treat is that Spencer is taking Friday off so we will have a five day weekend with the holiday on Monday! We are looking forward to a fun time with a quick overnight trip to Ohio to visit some very dear friends. 

08 August 2014

First day of school

We now have three kids in school! I can hardly believe it. Benny, Andy, and Lilia have all been so excited to start school for pretty much the whole summer. 

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I remembered to make signs as we were ready to head to the bus stop. It took four different markers to get them done since apparently all of ours are about out of ink. 


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Janie gets to join us at the bus stop, now!


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The day before school started, Spencer texted to suggest I take the little girls to the children's museum or the zoo on the first day of school. I knew I would need to do something, but, quite frankly, I did not want to set the bar too high!  We settled on a bike ride to the park. 

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Janie's first ride on the merry-go-round. Despite what it looks like, she did love it. 


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She also insisted on a solo ride on the "big girl swing."  This little girl thinks she is a big girl and ready to keep up with her big brothers and sisters! She's just about there, too. 


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And this beautiful girl loves any chance to swing in the little kid swings. I don't ever put her in them, but she has a friend we met there to thank for this ride!

After getting home we had lunch followed by nap time for the three of us at home. Even Anne slept (I am hoping for more of that this year)!! I must say, it was a great first day of school for everyone!

Princesses

This little girl:


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loves princesses more than anything. Her favorite game is "Princess the princess." Her own invention. Here she is watching "Tangled." I love watching Anne watch her princesses. She gets the cutest looks on her face.