First Day of School!

Back to school for the kiddos!  Luckily they were up raring to go, excited for the day!  School starts at 7:30am and we leave by 7 so it was an early morning but they didn't seem to mind!

The night before school they completed their interviews!  Always fun to see what they say!

Trevor was far too cool to get a picture at school but luckily Ashley as happy to say cheese!

Trevor's teacher sent a pick of the class during the day! 

And before Mommy knew it, it was time for the bus to come!  Woo hoo!  She missed her little buddies terribly!!

To celebrate the first day of school our neighbor Roxie invited everyone over to decorate cookies!  Yum!  Hope everyone has the best school year!!!

Back to School Haircuts!

Back to school hair cuts for both kiddos!  Ashley had 2" cut off (shh don't tell her though because she only wanted a tiny amount) and Trevor looks dapper as ever.  Think we finally found the right person for his hair!

Bubble Fun!

Bubbles just never get old!  Trying to be like the Bubble Man in San Diego - complete with a new concoction to make the best and biggest bubbles! 

Slime Studio!!

A new family moved into our "twin house" as we call it and turns out that they have a boy going into 4th grade as well!  So Mommy took them all to check out the new slime studio before school started. This place is neat-o.  So many toppings to put in your slime and great helpers to make sure the slime turns out good.  Great new addition to the neighborhood!  

All the Pools!

Pinnacle pool, back to school bash at our neighbor's, new unicorn goggles ... and when that's not enough pool time you have fun in the bathtub pretending.  Ah to be young again!

CPE Open House

We can hardly believe it is time for school to start again!!  Time has got to sloooow down!!  The kids school is going through some changes with a new principal and a bunch of teachers moving over to stay with the principal but all seems good!  Really good actually!  Because Mommy is on PTO she has access to information and people which is nice but she's learned that the new principal is all about family and opening the school up more for volunteers which are great changes!  Both kids have teachers from Thomas Jefferson and both are highly recommended and are the lead teachers.  Mrs. Arbuckle placed them well.  Fingers crossed at least!  Trevor has Mrs. Danenhauer and Ashley has Mrs. Dayer. 

Benton Co Pageant and Fair Fun!

Earlier in the summer Ashley asked if she was going to get to do the Benton Co pageant again so we got her signed up.  The day of, she was ready!!!  For her age range 0-6 it's casual and no makeup and we picked a dress we thought would be good but brought a back-up for once we saw what other people were wearing!

Quick change and she was ready to rock the stage!

She was like a runway model they way she booked it to the appropriate places then posed and blew a kiss.  Too precious!!

And then it was time for the results!  

Ashley took 3rd!!!!!!  She was over the moon!!!!!

So proud of our girl for having the confidence to do her thing up on stage!!!  She's already talking about doing it again next year when she's 7 so that she can have 2 looks.  One fair look and one evening gown.  And of course, all the makeup!!!!!   

After the pageant we hit up the midway for some rides, food and fun!!! We got out right in time for the rain to start up.  Seems to happen every pageant year!  2 for 2!

Trevor's Toe Issue

Trevor has had a weird callus thing on the bottom of his right middle toe for years.  Mommy finally decided to take him to a podiatrist and luckily she did!  We learned that his toe tip is growing crooked (as his growth plate) because of a tight tendon from gripping.  We are hoping to avoid surgery where they cut the tendon so we are going to brace it for the next 6 months and go back and see how it looks!  Fingers (er, toes) crossed!

Daddy Tennis!

Daddy is getting back into tennis and is so fun to watch!  Since Mommy had a Shadow Valley team match on the day of a tournament at Pinnacle, she found him a great partner to play with instead!  They ended up in the finals but lost :(. Not too shabby for just getting back into it!  Go Babes!