I'm going to be a kid!

This is spirit week at school. Each day kids dress up using certain guidelines. AJ and TK only go two days a week. The first day was pajama day.... no problem with that, who doesn't want to stay in their pj's all day!?! The next time is dress up like "what you want to be when you grow up". I have asked him before and his response is, "Well do I have to stop playing when I grow up, because you and dad work a lot and don't play very much?" We talked about this. After that he decided for awhile he could be teacher so he could still read books. I recently asked him again so we would be prepared for school and he is insistent he is going to be a kid when he grows up. TK says she will be a monster..... a monster and a kid, I wonder how this will play out in 10 or 20 yrs.

Meet Finney.... our new addition

My mom made TK her own "princess" tent. She made a similar one when AJ turned three for him and TK couldn't be more excited to have her own space now, of course, right next to AJ's!

You can see a little of AJ's. One day we will have a wall behind their tents, but for now the area is unfinished.

We started asking TK a couple of weeks ago what she wanted for her birthday: two things: ANOTHER baby doll and ANOTHER fish. She even had a name for the fish: Finney.


It's my party!

Can you tell AJ and I decorated? He reminded me I am not the best at it.....

Who wants more cake?

AJ picked out a Strawberry Shortcake for TK. He said since we already had the doll and fish taken care off he could get something else. He is so thoughtful!

oh my babylegs

This is my daughter... she is turning 3 on Friday and likes to do everything herself. AJ has instilled a love of music in her and they often spend a good part of the morning moving the cd player from his room to her room and dancing.... dancing to a 1/2 a song per cd and then changing the cd. This was her outfit for this day.... baby girl loves her babylegs!

The best breadsticks ever!!

We stopped for some lunch and I had the best breadsticks of my life!!!

Almost all the grandkids.... Michael was too tired!

Rainy day at the lake

What should you do when you wake up and it's a rainy day on the lake? Make mom go sit on the beach with you until you are both freezing... so says AJ. (Not many pics of TK on this trip since outdoors are not her fav. She did love reading books by the fireplace though.)

We headed north for a last trip of the summer. 18 of us in the cabin for the weekend!! It was a blast.... AJ loved the fishing. They kept a pail on the dock for the minnows they caught. I think the six boys mananged to catch 4 minnows.

Can you see the love?