More September pics

This girl is so adorable when she sleeps. Here I caught her taking a very rare nap. 

Despite the hot summer, my flowers thrived!

This is what you find in your house when you are the mom of boys!

Friends at the Playground

Brenna and Hannah were too hot and tired to walk all the way home.

This boy was very hot and ready to go home! 

We love having Brenna and Sydney in Wichita! We spent a very hot day playing together. And to burn off some of their energy, I made them walk to the neighborhood playground. Unfortunately I didn't pack enough drinks and it was soon time to go home and cool down!

School Pics

Andrew - 2nd grade (age 8)

Jonathan - Kindergarten (age5)

 

Hannah - Kid's Day Inn (almost 3!)

Botanica with Friends

Jonathan and Brenna making music.

Scary!

Ahh, much better!

Sydney found a praying mantis. Andrew saw an opportunity for a photo opp.

The Butterfly garden

This was the hatchery for the butterflies

If you were very careful, you could catch and hold the butterflies.

Auntie Jill was the official butterfly catcher.

On a warm September Saturday, we met Sydney and Brenna at Botanica and spent a beautiful afternoon enjoying the children's garden! Hannah stayed home because we went during nap time, and we're not quite ready to give that up yet! The children ran and ran in the children's garden while Jill and I sat by the entrance and enjoyed adult conversation. A great day for all!

The New Deck

before

demolition...

rotten wood - the reason for this project

half-way done

The children found their own use for the old rails of the deck - a cage!

The finished deck!

Much Better!

Labor Day weekend, Keith decided it was time to tackle our rotting deck. We had an usually rainy July and we found mushrooms growing in the railing of our deck and realized we couldn't wait much longer to fix it. So, on the hottest weekend we had in a while, Keith started demo-ing the deck. The three-day weekend flew by and he wasn't able to get it quite all done. But by the next weekend, it was finished! It looks amazing and Keith did a fantastic job. I have to admit, I was a bit skeptical about the plan, but it turned out great and we are all enjoying his hard work!

Hannah's first day!

This big girl had her first day of Kid's Day Inn today. She was so excited and walked right into the classroom like she had been doing it since birth. KDI is just one day a week and a great intro into preschool. So, if you can't find me on Thursday mornings, it's because I'm running errands as fast as I can or sitting in quiet house soaking in the silence.

Soccer!

Because we live in a democracy and because Jonathan's team is co-ed, they decided to be called the Ninja Ponies. Oddly, you didn't hear that being yelled much on the sidelines. Ha!

The boys started soccer this month. This is Andrew's second year to play and he loves it! This is Jonathan's first year and he's not as sure about all the running. But he does love to play goalie!