Kindergartener

Abby's first day of school!

Monkey see, monkey do

Nick idolizes his Daddy. He says that he wants to work in a milk truck when he gets big. Here he is practicing.





















Nick and I have been spending time together doing preschool type things. His favorite thing to do is play with play-do, but Mommy drawing pictures of Daddy is a close second.


The other day Nick was playing and from across the room I heard him saying in a sweet, high pitched voice, "Don't you bite me baby." I looked over and there he was "feeding" his baby from his "belly". Obviously the baby in our family has entirely too many teeth for his age (my opinion only) and has a tendency to bite.

Life with Nick

My friend Lisa and I were at church on Thursday with our children(six all together). We were trying to decorate the bulletin boards. We left the kids in the gym with balloons, balls, and each other to entertain themselves. After a few minutes of quiet, she and I were talking about what life with Nick is like. I made the comment that he is very curious and as a result comes up with some crazy ideas. She asked for an example. I was having trouble coming up with one off of the top of my head, when I hear Nick screaming in the girls bathroom. When I found him, his toenail had been turned up by the heavy door and was gushing blood. As a mother that's when I should have sprung into action fixing his "owie" and comforting him. Instead I was laughing my head off. The kid had found a potty training seat(like toddlers use when their bottoms are too small for the toilet). His first idea, being the thinker that he is, was something to the effect of " I wonder if this would make a good collar". After we improvised fixing his toe with a paper towel and scotch tape, Lisa and I had to try to get the urine covered potty seat off of his head. The poor kid has a decent sized head( I know because I gave birth to it). So needless to say, I have no idea how he got it on but it couldn't have been easy! Believe you me it wasn't easy getting it off either. The tragedy in this story being of course that I didn't have my camera.

More summer fun

Nick and Abby have been climbing on their play house lately, I'm just glad it's not on the roof of our house.

If you ever wonder what happens on a rainy day at our house.
Here is a great example of free play time.

Possible careers

Ryan is having trouble deciding what he wants to be when he grows up. He has it narrowed down to three things: A pirate, a horror film composer, or a GQ model.

"RRRRRrrrrrrr, Shiver me timbers"

Ryan loves to sit and play the piano. Abby and I decided that he's composing music for a horror film. Sucking on his "yummy thumby" helps him think.

Playing in the Creek

A few weeks ago, I asked Josh what we were going to do for fun on his day off. He said that he was going to fix the water gap across the creek. I told him he didn't know how to have fun. He said that the kids and I could come along and play in the creek. I thought that sounded like too much work on my part and quickly shot down the idea. Josh came back with " Gosh Hannah, YOU don't know how to have fun!!!". We obviously ended up having fun playing in the creek.
I love this picture! I think I'll use it in my living room.





Abby was on a mission to collect snails. The kids were so surprised when they discovered that the little "sea shells" were alive!













Doesn't Nick look like Josh's mini-me! He is just a little Josh in so many ways.














I love the symbolism of this picture. Following in Daddy's footsteps.