Preschool - can it be?!?!?!

Our little peanut started preschool!!! We cannot believe how time has flown by. She is soooooo proud! As are we :)

PS She decided that her shirt needed to be tucked in, not us, just a preview of Elise Faith in school for the next 18+ years (Good luck to her future boyfriends too! )




It's been a bit of an "afterschool adjustment" for her - kinda like having a stressful day at work (not that school is stressful or not fun for her, just a change) and taking it out on your spouse who you love most! She is getting 3 wks, then I will kick her out of the house :)

Closing summer pics

CAMPING!!!

We finally DID IT!!!! Our first family camping trip and it was soooo enjoyable :) The kids were so good and the first morning Elise woke up saying "I LOOOOOVE Camping!". It was so nice to be just the 4 of us (plus the playground behind our site...next time a bit more remote, but great distraction for the first time camping parents).

Greg and I weren't as prepared as we originally thought, but the fact that we were close to home/city it worked great.




Pretending their glow sticks were "mustaches".








One of my many favorites of the weekend was that I got to hold our kids when they fell asleep at night and for Patrick's naps. WONDERFUL!



Come to find out Elise thought "S'Mores" were only camp fire cooked marshmallows - it was like Christmas when we told her what the real things were!

Heaven

So, at Patrick/Greg/Harold/Gus' birthday Patrick got a shirt from Auntie Doty and Uncle Abe of the Philippines and islands on it and Greg got one with all the cities/provinces on it. Elise asked what it was and Greg told her "that's were Grandpa lived and was born". She looked at him seriously and asked, "Dad, is that heaven?"

Here's to the awesome kids that Grandma Grandma (Kathy) and Grandpa (Gus) created...

Patrick's 2nd revisited

Here's his cake - what he calls his "caaarr racer". It was a hit and actually alot of fun to make. Maybe I am getting a bit better at this cake making thing - don't get me wrong, I am still a novice with little intent on becoming "professional". Every year I get stressed out about it and frustrated, but when I look back on it I hope the kids will have some memory of the cake their Mom made and Dad tolerated Mom making. :)



So for 2 yr old stats...I was certain our man was in the 50th for most. However he surprised us in being in the 35th% for height and weight overall. YIKES! So, I had a bit of a moment a few days later because based on the "you double your kids 2 yr old height for final height" our Patrick will be 5'7" ish~! Not the 5'10" I was thinking he'd be. There's still a chance :) But if he isn't I hope he has his Dad's outlook on height...it doesn't matter!