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12 is not too old to pretend...
Thursday, August 29, 2013
Just because
we happened to have a little leftover pound cake and a bit of icing...
and Samuel claimed it was his beloved polar bear's birthday. He turned "15."
Swim playdate
We had a swimming play date yesterday and it was a blast! Four moms and eight kids (all were 4 or under except Emma). I can't believe that was the first time we've swam this summer! We have had our little pools filled a couple of times and played in the hose/sprinkler, but to actually go swimming, this was it! We know we have some great swim time ahead on our Florida vacation in a couple of months though!
Emma and her buddy Riley
I love the progression of these photos with Lucas and his age-mate Emory:
Samuel hiding and his friend Carsten is on the left
Little sweetie
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
boys will be boys
Samuel with his mini collection of cicada shells... (at his feet)
We found a handful of them and then continued looking in that area (by a tree in our front yard) and ended up finding TWENTY-THREE of them! I may have climbed a tree with broom in hand and knocked 4 or 5 down from a high branch. :)
Lucas and Samuel couldn't wait to SMASH them... stop on them, crush them, ride over them with their bikes... they could barely restrain themselves for me to get a picture...
There were some acrobatics of course...
In our search for cicada shells, we found a worm. It was no longer living, but still quite fascinating...
Locust shells, worms, and things that squirm... that's what little boys are made of.
Monday, August 26, 2013
Sunday, August 25, 2013
two and a half
Back in July near the time Lucas turned 2 1/2, he and I ventured out on a 5 minute photo shoot. He wore his favorite hat (he refers to as his cowboy hat), and explored a small section of Queen Anne's Lace in our neighborhood. He was so interested in the flowers that it was hard to get him to look at me. Afterwards though I was thrilled with the pictures... more so than with his 2-year-old pictures so I decided to document this age formally by sending pictures to family. These are truly some of my favorite photos of him EVER. They clearly show his beautiful eyes, his interest and vest for life, and the sweet precious spirit of him...
Saturday, August 24, 2013
The first day of school
Monday was the first day of school for our two oldest:
Some of what Emma and I did on our first day of home school:
After we picked Nathan up from school I took the kids out for ice cream cones. We also had a special treat after dinner...
The end of summer
For our last hurrah before school started we went to a family fun center for an afternoon of fun with other families from Grandma's church. We've been to this place before and knew the kids would be thrilled. It was a great way to end summer break!
Time with Grandma and Grandpa
We so enjoyed our trip to Wisconsin. We had some down time for the kids to just play and enjoy being at Grandma and Grandpa's house... the drums are always a favorite:
This time Nathan played "for real" since he has a whole year of drum lessons under his belt!
Bedtime books
One day we visited an awesome new park nearby!
This slide was SO much fun (even for Mom!)
Grandma & Grandpa even got in on the fun!
And another day we went to a Zoo!
Sister/Brother snuggles on the train ride
We also got to hang out with Uncle Jordan for a while at a really cool restaurant that had great food, yummy ice cream, and their own Carousel!
Great summer memories!
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