Funny Moment of the Day

Josiah- "Do you want to watch a movie? We are going to watch "Cob Webs."

Alyssa - "Cob Webs?"

Micaela - "Charlotte's Web."

Too funny.

Family News

Micaela had her first soccer game yesterday and they won 10-1 (or maybe 12-1) we sort of lost track. She scored a goal. She is doing well in 2nd grade. She has passed her 5 and 6's timed addition and subtraction tests and is starting on 7's.

Alyssa loves Kindergarten. Her appetite has increased by leaps and bounds. She comes home from school starving!

Josiah is doing pretty good with the potty. Occasionally we still have accidents, like we did yesterday, but for the most part he is doing well. He is a little lost in the mornings without his sisters. He follows me around from room to room, because he doesn't like to be "alone."

We are busy and busy and busy. Jason and I started taking Financial Peace University last week and while I am really looking forward to it, it is another commitment to fit around soccer and church and family. We have a full fall.

Family Pics

The last weekend in August, our extended family got together for the weekend at Camp Bethany. These were 2 of my favorite pictures that were taken on my camera. ( I only took 8 the entire weekend. I am a failure about picture taking at camp --I just let my brother take them.)

The pictures are my grandfather with my nephew (his great grandfather) and

my dad on the golf cart with my 3 cousins, my 3 kids, and my niece and 2 nephews.

We had such a great time, we hope to do it again next summer.

New Pet?

Sunday night (Aug. 30) I heard screeching outside. We couldn't figure out what it was until we saw a hawk in the front yard eating its catch - a squirrel. It quickly flew away, but now that we knew what it sounded like, we were watching. Tuesday night, it was back. We got a picture of it sitting in the tree outside the girl's window. It was amazing and beautiful to watch.

First Day of School

Monday, August 31 was the first day of school. Micaela started 2nd grade and Alyssa started Kindergarten. Alyssa goes AM only. Just because it was August does not mean it was hot. They both wore jackets and shivered as we stood in the driveway waiting for the bus.

They both really like their teachers and had a good first day. It is so hard to believe that my kids are this old.

(Josiah was absent from the pictures because he was still sleeping.)

Emerging from the tunnel??

We have 2 completely successful days of potty training - and while I hesitate to say that we are done with the training part, I know that if I say that, we will have some problems. So I will just enjoy the successes one day at a time.