Me and my buddy

Killian wanted to take a picture of us together and then he said "we are both so cute".  Love him!

Creativity

Keeley can play by herself for hours. She has creative worlds she creates, organizing she does, books to write....she really loves her time by herself.  When we went to check on her before we headed to bed, we discovered this playmobil and block world she'd created in her room.

I love how her mind works!

Bike riding and outside fun

Beautiful day to be outside!  Keeley learned to ride her bike without training wheels!

 Killian helped Daddy in the yard.

 Kayden learned to ride her bike without training wheels.

 Killian was finished with work and wanted to load up his car.

Then he got in on the bike riding - his first time on that bike really riding it.

Pictures from September

This month was crazy as I got used to having all three kids in school and figuring out my carpool cycle.  I also took on the task of leading the Girl Scout troop so we were just busy.  Here is a hodge podge of our pictures.

Killian found a hockey hat while Dad got his skates sharpened.

Silly times at CiCi's

Silly faces getting ready for Friday at school (Friday is free dress day)

Keeley wore her boots and Killian wanted to wear boots too.  He only had rainboots though.

Proud to be in his rain boots at school.

So handsome with his new haircut.

More silly faces.

The girls had homework and Killian wanted to do some homework too.

The girls doing "Mission Possible" at church

Halloween costumes!  And posing, obviously.

The chair

Each day I go to pick Killian up I wait in the lobby chairs.  He is always so excited to come out to see me.  Soon after we started school he told me he wanted me to "wait in chairs" while he went to school.  I explained that I did not sit there for all 4 hours but that I would be back when he was finished with lunch.  One day I was late picking him up and he was very frustrated with me when he exclaimed, "I had to wait with Patricia.  You wait in chair for me tomorrow." The next day I made sure to be in the chairs when he came bounding down the hall with a big smile and said to me, "thank you for waiting in chair for me."  Such a sweet boy.

Because there are only a handful of kiddos that stay half day the teachers sometimes forget to bring him down (he's the only half day kid in his class) and the receptionist has to go get him from the story circle.  On the other days that he comes down, the teachers let him walk down the hall by himself to me.  Today when I arrived the receptionist was not there and Killian was running late.  I walked down the hall and peeked in his classroom. As I watched he carefully put his lunch box together and carried his dishes to the sink (they plate all their food on actual plates at school).  He glanced up and I quickly hid because I didn't want to disturb him. A few moments later he came out of the class and I was waiting right there for him.  We walked to the car together and I got him situated.  As I started to drive away I glanced back at him and he said with a furrowed brow, "Mom, you came to ours door today."  I said that I had and told him I was just checking on him.  He replied, "Moooom.  You don't come to ours door.  I do it myself.  You just wait in chair."  My littlest is getting so big :(

The Perfect Dress

Today Killian and Oma went on a date to pick out the material to make his nap mat for school.  He will be spending one day a week at school full day because music and dance are in the afternoon.  I thought it would be helpful if he had some control in the nap mat (maybe he'll actually nap on it?!)  When Oma got home with him, she told me that Killian picked out a pattern for a strapless gown with very sparkly top half and satiny lower part.  As she was talking I was figuring it was a pattern he'd picked out for himself (he does play dress up a lot in princess dresses....).  After she finished describing the dress he'd selected, she proceed to tell her that it was for me.  That I would wear it when we got married.  Because he wants to marry me.  He melts my heart.

Loves his sisters

On Fridays we go into the classroom to pick up the kids.  Killian missed his sisters so much.  He ran into the lower elementary class and said "I miss you sisters"

I think she missed him too!

First Day of School

Just back from our trip and back to school!  The kids were all excited to head back to their friends.  

No idea what is going on with this "smile".  Killian is starting half-day, everyday preschool..  He will be joining the primary class at school which is a group from 3 year olds - Kindergarten.

My second grader with her big smile full of braces.

Keeley really likes to snuggle that brother. Not sure the feeling is mutual!

Oh my.  That face again!

My first and second grader!

A little more space between these two.

Kayden is moving out of the primary classroom into the lower elementary classroom with Keeley.

Maryland - Day 3

Saturday we set out with Dad and Granddad and Caroline for the Port Discovery Museum.  There was this huge climbing structure when we first entered.

Killian was just as brave as his sisters and just needed a little help to get up some of the walls.  The kids climbed for a long time together with the adults running around below to keep an eye on them.

After they exited the climbing structure the girls went one way and Killian headed off with me.

I think Killian loved this kitchen area and I think he would have stayed here the entire day if we'd let him!

We moved on to a thingamujig sorting conveyor belt.

And then met up with sisters in the water/bubble area.  Keeley is standing inside a giant bubble here!

On the way our they had these little tubes drying people!

 

It was raining on us the way back but we still played at this park.  This was the kids favorite thing.  The free thing that we just happened to find.  Not any of the things we planned or paid for.  Kids are funny.

What's the perfect way to end the day?  Ice cream!!

I didn't get any pictures the last day but it was a good day.  We woke up and met Brent and Courtney for breakfast at Miss Shirley's (delicious!) and then headed to the airport so we had plenty of time to run around and get to our location with no stress.  Several people commented that I must be a "laid back" mom to be traveling with the kids the weekend before school started.  I just laughed and explained that I really hadn't thought it through because I was most certainly not "laid back."  We loaded the plane and Killian promptly fell asleep and slept the entire way home.  I was shocked.  It was lovely.  We stopped for dinner at Texas Roadhouse, got home and cleaned up, and everyone was tucked in at bedtime. Ready for school the next day!  Great weekend!