9.30.10

Ella's first field trip.

9.29.10

Girls' day in Holland with Aunt Katie.

9.28.10

Thank goodness Big Sister is such a big help!

9.27.10

It's a simple pleasure to watch your kids play with your own childhood friends. Mady and Knox enjoy a day at the park.

9.26.10

One of Mady's favorite pastimes: emptying the crayon box.

9.25.10

Soccer super fans on a chilly September morning.

9.24.10

Eagles 27, Bulldogs 16.

9.23.10

Who needs Hallmark when you have the best little card maker living in your house?
(Pictures on top half of card - all of my dad's favorite things, according to Dylan - clockwise from top left: a book, a fish, 59 - my dad's age, a rabbit, and a foot kicking a soccer ball)

9.22.10

First bubble bath.

9.21.10

First day of ballet.

9.20.10

Reading list.

9.19.10

Meeting our new neighbor, Lucy O. 
[I was so excited that the kids were all looking at the camera that I didn't realize Lucy was not :)]

9.18.10

im·pos·si·ble

1. not possible; unable to be, exist, happen, etc.

2. unable to be done, performed, etc.

3. not to be done, endured, etc., with any degree of reason or propriety: an impossible situation.

4. utterly impracticable: an impossible plan.

5. hopelessly unsuitable, difficult, or objectionable.

6. ordering pizza for twelve friends in a timely fashion and keeping everyone happy. 

9.17.10

A much needed weekend away with great friends: we danced the night away, laughed until we cried, shopped until we dropped, and ate until we (very happily) slipped into food comas.

9.16.10

We are in that terrible place between needing an afternoon nap and not needing one, so when Ella fell asleep in the car at 11am, I let her keep snoozing.

9.15.10

Patiently waiting at the bus stop for Big Brother to come home from kindergarten.

9.14.10

First homework assignment of Dylan's formal education. 
We both survived. Barely. Can you tell?

9.13.10

Mommy-Daughter pretzel date (OK, so this didn't technically happen today but who's keeping track?)

9.12.10

Our little apple pickers eaters.

9.11.10

Dylan's first soccer game of the season.

9.10.10

We have lived here three years this fall - probably about time to get to cleaning that window.

9.09.10

First day of preschool. (double *sniff*)

9.08.10

First day of Kindergarten. (*sniff*)

9.07.10

A new chair makes all the difference.

9.06.10

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In honor of Labor Day, a home improvement project (wish we could take credit for the painting and staining but we only wrote the check!)

9.05.10

Thank you, Costco, my pen pot has never looked fuller. Any guesses on how long it takes for every last one to disappear?

9.04.10

My favorite sort of Saturday.

9.03.10

Another milestone: first day I found Mady standing in her crib. (She was NOT happy when I ran to get my camera instead of scooping her up immediately).

9.02.10

Baby Princess FINALLY decides she can be troubled to actually hold her own bottle (sometimes...you know, whenever she feels like it). It pays to be the baby!

9.01.10

Dylan has been known to spend hours up in his room organizing, arranging, and displaying his car collection.