Bon Appetite! Let's Eat!

Our sweet little baby is almost six months old now and has just started eating cereal. She seems to like it so far. Although it is exciting that she has reached a new milestone, I am sad that she is growing up so fast. The fact that she is eating cereal now really says that she is no longer my itty bitty little infant! She does not just curl into you and snuggle anymore when you hold her - she wants to be up looking around and checking out the world. She talks to us all the time, and lights up when her big brother or sisters come into the room. She is really becoming her own person now! Here are a few pictures from her first experience with food. Of course, most of it comes right back out the first time you try.

School is in session!

School has started and the kids are getting back into the routine. Both big kids seems to like school well enough and like their teachers as well. Now that M is a big girl and in kindergarten, she has a whole new set of worries. Her biggest stresses seem to be lunch and recess. It is a little intimidating to go out on the playground with all those 5th graders. And hot lunch is a little complicated! Now that a couple of weeks have passed, she seems to be getting more used to things and it not quite so scared. Here are a few pics from the first day of school. As you can see, M was thrilled but A, not so much!

The FROG Days of Summer

The last few days of summer were spent anxiously trying to get all the playing in that was possible. A and M played all day outside and loved every second of it. One day they found a toad in the yard. They appropriately names him Jumpy Spots. They spent the entire day playing with the frog - poor thing! They created a home for him and thought he must have been soooo happy to be found by them. I did make the rule that he had to be released by the end of day so he could survive. As wonderful as the "habitat" they created for him was, I thought he was better off free! :-)