First Day of School

Not very good lighting but this is Parker, Maryn and Emma's first day of school. This year they are all going to Sonshine so I will have two days a week when I don't have any of my children. So far it has been great! The past two weeks were an "ease-in" period for Emma and I had to pick her up at 11:30 instead of 1. Needless to say I have been at that preschool A LOT. It's a little sad to not have a day where we can just be lazy in our pjs. They are all doing well, loving their teachers and making lots of friends.

Seattle with the Big Kids

Joseph and I took these cuties to Seattle at the beginning of August. (Warning- lots of pictures) We had a very rough start in the Atlanta airport- a 3 1/2 hour delay that got us into Seattle at 2 am. The kids were really good considering we spent about 7 hours in the airport since we wanted to get there early to wear them out walking around, riding the moving sidewalks and the train. And then they slept the entire plane ride. We didn't intend to take the red-eye but did and it worked out pretty well.



We did a lot of fun things- the Space Needle, went to see the Blue Angels take off, Space Museum, the zoo... but one of the kids most fun activities was to work in Dede's garden. The boys spent hours digging in the yard and Parker loved working in the garden. He pulled weeds and helped her plant flowers. One of my favorite parts of our trip was hanging out with Joseph, my dad and Debbie after the kids went to bed. There's just something about eating dinner without having to coax bites, be the referee, fill cups and plates that is so nice. We had a wonderful trip. Thanks Dad and Debbie!!

This is so Maryn. Ford worships Parker but he and Maryn play well together too. They spent a lot of time coloring.






You can't see her face very well but check out those feet. Try not to tell her how cute she is. It's going to her head!


Future gardeners


The Space Needle on a typical rainy Seattle day. But the temperature didn't get above 63 or so. I couldn't have cared less about rain coming from 95 degree weather with 100% humidity. It was glorious!


Starbucks for everyone! They even have it at the top of the Space Needle!


After checking out the Blue Angels- don't know why I don't have pictures of that- we went to the Boeing Air and Space Museum (not sure what its called exactly but you get the idea). Ford in a plane


Playing in a helicopter


So typical


Our last day we went to the zoo.




oops... from the museum and out of order



While I had Parker and Maryn in Seattle Emma spent the week with Grandma. They had a blast. Uncle Greg was there and he and Grandpops read Miss Emma lots of books. They went to visit friends and family; she was a social butterfly but didn't go far from Grandma!







Thanks Mary Sue for keeping her!!

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Greensboro Children's Museum

Last week Grandma came!! With two weeks of summer left (yes, our school STILL hasn't started. So excited for Monday!) we were in need of some help and another adult face besides Mommy. When Grandma comes we like to do little day trips that I wouldn't be able to do with the kids by myself. Last time we went to Riverbanks Zoo in Columbia, SC and this time we decide to go to the Greensboro Children's Museum. It's only about an hour and a half from Huntersville and the kids had a great time. You can pretend to be a doctor, vet, mailman, go to the grocery, camping, pizza parlor, and put on a show. There is a real firetruck, police car, and a race car. You can climb a rock wall, pretend to drive a train and build with cardboard blocks.

















We had a blast!! Thanks for coming Grandma! We had such a great time.