Monday, November 04, 2013

Random Fall Pics

We have had a very busy fall!  Many pictures to share!
Cute pigtails!

Aiden and his friend Gavin at the fall festival

My pretty Emmy!

Aiden's very first school pictures

Playing in the leaves!

Luke and I had a special date night and went to Build-a Bear

Aiden found a big frog to climb on when we went Downtown.

Went apple picking and made applesauce!  So yummy!

Aiden's preschool field trip to Nottawa Fruit Farm

Rachel enjoying her ice cream  :)

Aiden's cool Batman hat!

Aiden's preschool Halloween party

Another awesome picture by Luke.  I love his drawings!

Thursday, October 31, 2013

Halloween 2013!

Trying to catch up with photos again - Halloween was super fun this year!  We went to Gene the Pumpkin Man for our pumpkins - which is where I remember going as a kid!  It was a super warm day!  The kids had great costumes - Emmy was a black cat, Luke was a Transformer, Aiden was a Lightning McQueen race car driver, and Rachel was a flower.  :)







Friday, October 11, 2013

Emmy the Cheerleader!

This week, Emmy participated in the Mini Cheer Clinic at school.  Every day after school, the girls got to work with the high school cheerleaders and learn cheers and play games.  Then, tonight, they all got to cheer along side the real cheerleaders at the Varsity football game!  It was so exciting to see her out there!  She had a lot of fun!  She is in the back in a gold shirt (next to her good friend Annika).


Saturday, September 28, 2013

Balloon Show

This weekend, we went to our local airport to see a very cool hot air balloon show!  There were about 30 balloons, and they starting going up right when we got there, and flew right over our heads.  I loved it, and the kids did too!  Later in the evening when it got dark, the balloons came back and did an illume - which was awesome!  A couple of pics:



Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Aiden's 1st Day of Preschool

I had not originally planned on sending Aiden to preschool this year.  He still has 2 years before Kindergarten starts, so if anything, I though maybe next year.  But then, Emmy and Luke went back to school.  Most of his 3 year old playmates from our Mom's Group started preschool.  He is bored during the day with me... so I started rethinking our decision.  I was also having trouble getting Aiden to do "learning" stuff with me - he refused to practice counting, or his ABC's with me.  He doesn't like to color or draw.  I found out that the co-op preschool right around the corner still had openings for their 3 year old program - so we decided it would be a good idea after all, and his first day was today!  I think he was nervous yesterday, he kept telling me that he did to want to go - but then he started to get excited.  Ray talked to him a lot about it, and he changed his mind and said he wanted to go after all!  :) I was worried it was going to be horrible dropping him off this morning!
But, it went great!  He smiled for pictures, ran in the door, found his hook with his name already on it for his jacket and backpack.  I think he will do great, I can't to pick him up later!





Tuesday, September 03, 2013

1st Day of School!

Emmy is starting 4th grade and Luke is in 1st - they are so big now!  It is going to be a great school year!


Saturday, August 31, 2013

End of Summer Fun

We have had such a busy summer!  August was non-stop - we had to get in as many fun activities as we could before school starts again!  Many photos to share!
We found this super cool playground to play on!

Many fun play dates with my Mom's Group friends

Another trip to the Alligator Sanctuary

We saw the movie "Planes"

It was Aiden's very first movie in the theater!

More fun with friends at the ice cream shop.

Emmy and friend at the park

Beach day at the nearby lake


My Goober Face learned to like the water

Family bike ride on the Kal-Haven Trail

South Haven beach evening - huge waves on Lake Michigan!

Aiden loves to swim!

Miss Rachel


Visiting the fire station with friends

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Aiden Goes Fishing

Aiden started asking a few weeks ago if he could go fishing.  So, this past weekend, Ray happily obliged.  The local fish hatchery has a free fishing event for kids every Saturday morning this summer, so it was a great place for Aiden to go on his very first fishing trip.  He did catch a couple of little fish, and he was so proud!


Monday, August 05, 2013

Rachel - 15 months old!

Miss Rachel is 15 months old already!  She is getting so big!  She started walking a few weeks after her birthday, and now, of course, she is running all over the place!  She hasn't been weighed since her 12 month check up, but I am guessing she is around 23-24 lbs, and is wearing 12 and 18 month clothing. She finally has a few teeth!  She cut her first tooth back in June, the second one just a few weeks ago, and now she is cutting 2 molars!  Other than being a bit grumpy from teething, she is a pretty happy kid.  She loves to play with her older siblings.  She likes to wear everyone's shoes, either on her hands or her feet.  She likes books, and she will often climb up in her rocking chair with one of her board books and "read".  She is very vocal, always babbling and yelling, although the only real words she says are "mama" and "dada".  She is a smart cookie though, she can follow simple instructions.  She likes to throw her diaper away in the trash can after I change her, and if I ask her if she wants to go upstairs, she runs right up to the door and tries to turn the handle to go up.  She is a pretty good eater, she loves hot dogs!
She still makes awesome goober faces, and she is a funny kid.  She gives great hugs and kisses and is very loveable.  :)