Savannah moves in

On Sunday after church while Owen is sleeping Mike and I usually curl up on the couch and shoo the girls off to their rooms to play quietly. The general rule is we don't really care what they are doing as long as they don't wake up their brother. So I guess I shouldn't have been too surprised when I walked into the bathroom, but I was! Savannah had moved in!

And in normal Savannah fashion, she flipped when we told her she had to clean it up!

Carrie and Chase come to 'Tucky!

We haven't had any visitors since the 4th of July so we were super excited to have Carrie and Chase come to town for a visit.

Chase had a blast playing with all the new toys!

They played pirates together!

On Thursday the girls has school so Carrie and I took the boys to Explorium and out to lunch!


Bubble Room!

Flying the simulator

Rocket Man

Then Friday the girls were off school so they all got to play together!

We went back to the Lexington Children's garden

 

 Friday evening after dinner we decided to go for a quick dip at the pool!



And this pool has a pirate ship you can climb up and slide down! The kids had a nice swim!

It was a fast and fun couple of days and we were sad to see them go back home but we are super excited because we are planning on seeing them again soon!

Newport Aquarium

One of my previous teaching co-workers moved to Indiana a few years ago and when I finally got on Facebook we realized we are only a few hours apart and decided to meet in the middle for a fun day at the aquarium in Cincinnati. She has a daughter Paisley about two years older than Owen.

We had a great time catching up and kiddos had a great time hanging out!

Picnic Lunch at Jacobson Park

On Saturday we packed up a picnic lunch and headed out to Jacobson Park to eat and play!

A rare pic with Mommy who is usually on the other side of the camera!

Giving the ducks a few leftover crumbs

Play time!!!

 

Then on Sunday Savannah's Sunday school class sang during church!

She asked me before church to pick out her cutest dress and cutest headband!

1st Week of School Success

The first three days of school went off without a hitch and we had some things to celebrate when the girls got home on Friday. Kate got a "merit" for following directions in her Language Arts class and Savannah got a "cool cat" from the librarian. I am so thankful that my girls are good in school!



Here she is with her cool cat!

And Savannah and I had a very sweet conversation in the car on the way home from school. She was explaining to me about their behavior system in her classroom. You are either a "bucket filler" or a "bucket dipper" . She was telling me all about the things you can do to be a bucket filler and to earn rewards. Then she got very quiet and serious and said, "Mom, bullies are bucket dippers." It was hilarious....if only adults were that easy!

Love this...

And might as well give you a black eye update...

We are moving into the green and yellow colors now!

First Day of School 2013

The day has finally arrived! School is back in session!

Big girl heading off to first grade :)

Her black eye is now more of a dark purple!

Very big girl heading off to 6th grade :)

Sweet boy ready to have his Mama all to himself again :)

To ER or not to ER...

Savannah has taught me a lot....in trauma care. She has had me running to the emergency room more times than I care to remember. She has had bumps, bruises, stitches, teeth knocked loose, the works. And a few nights ago she did it again! We were in the car and somehow she managed to do this to herself with one of her toys.

Ouch! All I saw when I glanced back was a knot and dripping blood....ughhhh.

But thankfully, all those trips to the ER taught me something. Even if a head would looks bad, bleeds profusely, or swells as long as you don't suspect skull fractures or brain bleeding there isn't a whole lot the ER can do. So Motrin, ice, and an invitation to sleep with Mama....



The next morning!

Sad for her though, she will have to start first grade with a black eye!

Owen's 3 year Stats

I took Owen to the dr for his 3 year well check the other day. The dr said he was just absolutely perfect :)

Showing off his Cars shirts with matching Cars tattoos on his cheeks

Here are his stats:

Height - 38 1/4 inches

Weight- 35.4 pounds

That puts him in the 75th percentile for height and the 90th percentile for weight! I say it all the time, but I will say it again - I can't believe there was ever a time when we were worried about his growth! He is one big healthy boy!

With Mommy and Daddy watching a 'big people" movie and the girls watching a "girly" movie, poor Owen had no choice but to watch Curious George on Netflix on Daddy's iPhone :)

Cooking with Mama

Owen has become really into helping Mike and I lately...the other night he helped me make a quiche.

While I was chopping the broccoli he insisted on cutting up his cheese cube

He's actually a pretty good whisker :)

Quiche turned out to be really yummy!