Hay Bales

There is a big open field very close to our house. Several times a year it gets plowed & tons of hay bales are made. They'll sit there for a week or two before they get hauled off. It's such an uncommon thing to see in the middle of the city & it's one of the things I've come to love about being in this area. When we drive by them the kids like to say "hi" to the hay bales too. Here are a few photos we went over to take yesterday.

Build & Grow

We went to our first Lowes Build & Grow Clinic this morning. The kids got to make little fire trucks. Afterwards we went outside and they had a real fire truck there. The kids got fire helmets, stickers and coloring books to take home. Jonathan even got to spray the real fire hose (with a little help from a fire fighter, of course). Emily opted out of the spraying part. It was a lot of fun!

Music with Mom

Emily started Kindergarten back in August. Katherine is due any day now. So Jonathan & I have had a few weeks to hang out - just the 2 of us. It's been really nice & I think he really enjoys the time with mom (and the time he gets to play in big sister's room without being told what he can and can't do).

I found a class at our local rec center called Music with Mom. We go every Friday for 45 minutes & basically get to just play together. Jonathan has shown a great interest in music & already has a very impressive library of song lyrics and tunes stored in his head. He impresses me with his ability to memorize a song after only hearing it very little.

His favorite part of the class is when the teacher brings out the big parachute & he gets to make it go up really high & run under it. He also likes banging the cymbals together when they get to pick out an instrument.

I've very much enjoyed our time together in the class & will look back on it fondly as our special time once this family of 4 becomes a party of 5.

1st Lost Tooth!

Emily lost her 1st tooth today. We're pretty sure it happened while eating pizza at lunch. We don't know where the tooth is either, so it's likely in her tummy! I will not be searching for it later. ;-)

She found the bunny ears in her dress-up drawer today & requested that I draw a bunny face on her.

Labor Day

We had one last summer outing at our local water park today. It was fun & very relaxing. The kids had a blast & we had to convince Jon that he was totally worn out when we left as he kept saying "I'm not tired!" I'm thinking asking to be carried everywhere is a pretty good indication that you're totally worn out, kiddo! We will all sleep very well tonight. There's nothing quite like a day in the water and sun to get you totally pooped. ;-)