Cole- 2 1/2 months old

Cole is now 2 1/2 months old. Amber is back to work so Cole is attending one of the local child care centers. He has almost doubled his weight. Rolie-Polie.

A Day at the Farm

While spending the weekend at my parents farm, the kids found a baby kitten. They spent most of the afternoon trying to construct a cat house.

Matt

Hannah

Dedric

Quite the trio at work here.

Big Time.

Hannah started preschool this year. She was very excited to finally go to school like her sister and brother.

On the first day, Hannah cried for most of the time. She decided that she wasn't ready to be "so big". She told me in the sweetest voice " I wanna go hang out with you" "I don't wanna go to preschool".

Now that we are a few weeks into it. Hannah loves preschool! No tears were shed today when I dropped her off. She even came home telling me that she got to "sit on the red spot and go check the weather". I'm guessing that when they have circle time that if you sit on the red spot that you get to report the weather.

Hilarious!

Hannah's new trick is to take the dog by the leash and get on her trike. She then hollers "Go". Dot takes off running and pulls Hannah and her trike down the sidewalk. She squeals the entire way. The dog seems to "giggle" too!

And off we go!

Dot

Come back here!

They do have the occassional crash. But, that doesn't stop them from hopping back on and going again!

First Day of School

Matthew (First Grade)

Mallory (Third Grade)

Matthew's teacher is Mrs. Cook, the same one he had for Kindergarten. Abilene has developed "looping classrooms". This is where students can stay with a teacher for two years at a time. Most of the kids in Matthew's Kindergarten class also chose to stay in Mrs. Cook's class for First Grade as well. We were pretty excited about this. They are all such a great bunch of kids! Mallory is splitting her day between regular education and special education. It's has proven to be a good mix. This year has started on an extremely positive note. Mallory also has two paraprofessionals that split the day with her. Mallory is enjoying her new glasses and is handling them very well. It's been a great start to the school year!

Tilt-A-Whirl

Hannah got to ride her first amusement park ride this summer at our county fair. We had a blast!