August Recap

Whoever once said that the days may be long but the years are short, was not kidding!  Time is flying by!  We've had so many fun days this summer that we'd like summer to just continue all year long but we know it can't.  So we packed in what we could before school started and had it continue throughout the whole month!  First up, First Friday on the square.  Even after driving back all day from MN it didn't stop us from attending!

Ashley loves going to the gym with Mommy on Saturday mornings.  Mommy likes having her there too - the time goes way faster with this crazy one!  

Bubble gloves!

Why are kids sleeping pics so cute?!?!  Love how he cuddles up to 'Bear' with SkipIt in his hand!

Oh you thought Ashley was all smiles all the time?  HA!!!  Fussy pants wasn't getting her way in having more popcorn!

Ashley's favorite food besides soup?  Romaine lettuce with ranch!

Nathan (from Sporting soccer) and his brother Mason's birthday party was a fun time!

Socks to bed?!?!?

Trevor received a bubble making kit a while back and we decided the day before school started would be a good time to break it out and see what could be made.  Well, they devised an apparatus similar to what 'The Bubble Guy' in San Diego uses and guess what?!?!  After about an hour of trying and trying - IT FINALLY WORKED!!!!!!!  We were ecstatic!!!!!!  

After school and weekends involve a lot of play dates.  Ashley requests them often!  Trevor just goes out to find his friends!  Thankful for wonderful families right around us with kids that are our kids ages!  

Friends' birthday parties fill our time too!

Puzzles with Daddy!  One of her favorite activities!

Oh Toby, always right by the oven any time it is on.  Such a heat seeker!

Can't wait for football!!!  Ashley and the Vikings dog practicing cheer moves!

Love Trevor's teachers!!

One of Ashley's first school projects was to make the cutout person look like her.  She picked the hair color (brown with blonde/yellow lines), a bow in the hair, a skirt with pockets and bracelets on her arm.  She is a crafty one!

Trevor's friend Kellan spent the night one weekend!  Mini Murph pizzas for the win!

Back to the gym!  Ashley loves to do the workouts.  She even pulled the same weight the adults did!  So Bruce called out the people working out, letting them know that a 5 year old was pulling the same weight and told them to step it up.  What does Ashley do?  Adds a weight and pulls away!  Strong, confident girl right there!

Because Ashley made the dance competition team and not wanting to overload activities we decided to take a break from cheer for this year and instead hired a tumble/cheer instructor to come to the house to give a private lesson once a week.  So far it's working great!  And it's so nice to not have to leave for another activity!  Right now Ashley's dance and Trevor's hockey are both Monday and Thursday nights so we divide and conquer and have 3 nights home!

Trevor the engineer.  Always helping his friends get home :)   Although that day Jack C from his class the past 2 years rode the bus home with Trevor for a play date.  So really it was just bringing Kellan home.

The Pinnacle 3rd grade boy crew at our house after school one day.  Makes our heart happy that T has boy buddies so close!

ZZZzzzz!

On the Wednesday before Labor Day weekend we headed to Dave and Buster's for family game night.  The kids and Mommy would be heading to MN for a quick trip - primarily for Mommy to see Taylor Swift with her cousins and sister-in-law Annie.  When Katie asked Mommy back at Christmas we thought it would be fun to go for a long weekend and go to the State Fair and stuff but then Daddy ended up having to work that weekend but the kids and Mommy still went (pics to come in September posts).  So fun family night was in order!!!  

1st Day of School for Both Kids!

How in the world do we have a 3rd grader and a kindergartner?!?!?!  Happy and sad tears all wrapped into one!!!!  They woke up ready to go - mind you, they have to get up at 6 the first day for a good breakfast and pictures.  School starts here at 7:30 and we leave by 7!  Every other day we get them up at 6:30 :)  

Trevor was pretty vocal about not needing us to take him to his classroom, but...you know....we did but made it a quick goodbye.  

Ashley soaked up the time with Mommy and Daddy before going in her room. 

But once she was in, she knew exactly what to do.  Gave us a quick wave and blew a kiss and off we went.  

Thank goodness Mommy jam-packed her day so that the tears stayed at bay.  One thing she had done last Spring was set-up a Facebook group for incoming kindergartner parents at our school so that we could have some playground playdates throughout the summer so the kids and parents could get to know each other.  So on the first day of school about 15 of Sara's kindergarten Mom friends went to brunch at 11:00 at a favorite place.  We had fun chatting and laughing!!  Before Mommy knew it,  it was time to walk to the bus stop (one house over from ours).

Ashley had the best day and couldn't wait to tell Mommy all about it.  Trevor gave a quick hug, grabbed a snack and headed off on his bike to see his friends.  There are 5!!! boys all in 3rd grade on our street!  Amazing enough none are in the same homeroom so after school they all meet up and play until activities or dinner!

Trevor's teacher sent a pic though - looks like it was a thumbs up day!!!!  

Back to School Fun

Lots of things to fit in before school starts tomorrow!  Lunch with Daddy at work!

Meet the teacher for Ashley!  Mrs. Machon!

Watch out Kindergarten!  Here she comes!!!!  She is SO ready!!!

Pretty sure Trevor did this same pose with the Gator outside the school when he started there!

Then the next night Trevor had his Open House!  He was PUMPED to have the only male teacher in the school, Mr. Johnson!  

Back to school hair cut for Trevor - we've been going to Capps, a barber shop and this time because of a goof-up, Capp himself cut Trevor's hair.  Boy is he focused - he spent 45 minutes on Trevor's cut!!!

Looking good bud!!!

And of course we had to get in some swimming before school starts!  That night they played Sandlot on the big screen!  Fun times!  Once again, summer went too fast!!!

Ashley's 1st Pageant!

We took Toby to the vet in the morning for some shot he needed and while we were there the tech asked if Ashley was going to be in the Miss Benton County pageant at the fair later that day.  We said nope and left.  In the car ride home Ashley asked what a pageant was and Mommy told her.  Nothing else was asked or said about it until about 3:30 in the afternoon when Ashley came up to Mommy and said that she wanted to be in the pageant.  So Mommy looked online quick and saw that for her age group it was casual dress, no make-up and you had to check in by 5:30!!!!  Well luckily it was a rainy day and we didn't have plans that night and she had taken a bath earlier in the day so her was already washed.  Mommy put some curls in her hair while Trevor picked her dress and off we went at 4:30 to give us plenty of time to get to where we were going and get registered.  First picture taken of her ready to go - she really is a one take wonder!

Also loved this one though :) 

She was excited for her first pageant!  We walked the stage a few times so she knew where to go and what to do!

Other than that we had A LOT of down time since we got there so early.  Luckily these goofballs were patient :) 

And after the babies and toddlers went, it was Ashley's group!!  Ashley was a little shy up there but stood where she was supposed to while they read off her information.  Waved a bit and smiled then walked off when she was supposed to.  

What nobody told us in entering this pageant last minute was that it was a feeder program to Miss Arkansas so most of the other girls were pageant pros!  Ashley didn't win but she said she had fun and wants to do another one so we consider that pretty amazing!  She is brave!!!  Love her!!!