50's Day

 

Today was the 50th day of school.  The boys dressed in 50's clothes for the day and they were so cute.  They were going to celebrate at school by having coke floats.  Abby reminded them that they might not like coke so they could just ask for icecream. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Had to add a picture of this cutie too!

 

 

 

 

 



Fall Break

We had plans for Bobby to take a day off for fall break and we were going to the mountains for the day to pick apples and hike.  Well...Strep throat hit again.  Abby caught it again and they gave her stronger medicine which she had a reaction to.  She broke out all over and then we had to start all over with antibiotics.  So we didn't get to do our big day out.  We tried to keep her home as much as possible during the break.  On Sunday she had been in the house 4-5 days straight so Bobby came up with the plan to ride up to the mountains to get some apples and at least go for a drive.  We had a good little day.  Abby was a little nutty from being cooped up and taking Benadryl for several days.  She got a Shrek hat and mask with her Wendy's meal and spent most of the day wearing it.  We did manage to get some apples and stopped at a few scenic overlooks.  By Monday we did venture out to the library and Steak and Shake for lunch.  Even though we didn't do a lot it was still nice to not have to get up early and rush out the door. 

In other news, Noah lost his 4th tooth.  It was literally hanging by a thread by the time we realized and Bobby pulled it.  The tooth fairy should just move in with us! Noah and Nathan each have a  couple more that are loose right now. 

Noah lost tooth #4.

A friend that the boys met!

Abby's awful rash!

 

 



A little nutty....



 

 

 

 

 



My lunch dates at Steak and Shake

 

 

 

Grandparent's Day

Abby's class celebrated Grandparent's Day last week.  Each grade level takes turns having it so everyone doesn't show up at once.  Mimi was free that day so she drove out and surprised the kids.  She decided to go ahead and have lunch with all 3 that day.  Luckily they eat lunch back to back.  They were all so surprised.  Noah and Nathan brought some friends to eat with us.  It's so cute watching them with all of their new friends.  Abby decided she wanted it to just be the three of us and of course she entertained Mimi the whole time. 

 

 

 

 

She had to make a silly face!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another Visit from the Tooth Fairy

Nathan lost his first top tooth a few weeks ago.  It's a big deal when they lose the first tooth.  To me it's an even bigger deal when they lose that first top tooth.  It changes the whole way they look and smile.  It seems to take away that last little bit of the baby look.  We realized the tooth was barely hanging in there and part of me wanted to wait one more day to have one last school picture before he lost it.  I had Bobby go ahead and pull it because I didn't want it to fall out at school.  Of course, the new tooth has already broken the skin and is coming in already.  Noah is right behind him and his is loose too.  We are really doing our part to keep the tooth fairy in  business.  By the way she brought Nathan a shiny gold dollar.  He was very excited.  Now if mommy can get used to her "baby" not looking like a baby anymore. :)

 

 

September Misc.

The school year is trucking along.  We stay busy all week running around and seem to just collapse on the weekends.  We had a couple of cases of strep throat this past week.  Abby and Noah had it so we hope the rest of us escape it.  The boys had Apple day at school.  They made apple hats, taste tested apples and had homemade apple sauce.  (I always loved seeing the kindergartners in all of the little hats they made when I taught school.)  The kids had their school pictures.  I wanted to take a picture before they left.  Obviously, I wasn't thinking how hard it would be to have 3 kids picture ready by 7:30 AM.  I went to have lunch with the kids last week and the boys invited some of their new friends to eat with us. 

Blinded by the flash but check our her cute outfit for school pictures.

 

Daily evening cuddling

 

 

Poor sick baby stayed in bed 2 days

 

 

With our buddies at lunch

 

 

 

 

Apple day

 

Waiting to pull out of car rider line

 

 

Roasting marshmallows on our tinker toy campfire!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monster Trucks

On Friday night we met up with all of the cousins and went to see Monster Trucks at one of the local speedways.  Nathan and Noah had gone before but none of the other kids had ever seen the trucks.  We got there early enough to go down on the track to check out the trucks.  The kids really enjoyed it and loved getting to see their cousins.  It was a fun night but we were all exhausted (especially mommy). 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So excited to hear the roar of the engines!

 

 

 

Hayden  came prepared!

 

 

 

Crazy cousins!