First Day of Pre-K

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K1 had her first day of PreK. She walked in the classroom, saw the Cinderella "dress-up dress" and never looked back. No tears from her or me! She came home with pink paint on her dress, she got to go to the library and have music class!

I think A2 had a harder day. She kept asking when we could go pick up K1.

Growing

There are a few things growing around here. First, and most importantly, are our families. My 2nd brother and sister-in-law just announced they are expecting number 3. They have two boys, so we are rooting for a girl this time. Here is a picture of the eight cousins on my side of the family.




I don't have a recent picture of the 7 cousins from Nathan's side, because we haven't been all together since last November. Nathan's older brother and his wife had a beautiful baby girl last week, and his sister told us yesterday that they are now expecting their 3rd as well. We love all these nieces and nephews!

The other, and much less important, things that are growing around here are our grass and pumpkins. Our grass got its first trim this week, and the pumpkins continue to take over the sidewalk. The picture of the grass below shows the girls on their "racetrack."

Cranky Frank

Our friend, Brett, had a contest to name the contraption on his hand. (He says it doesn't hurt!) My suggestion was the winner, and I got to meet "Cranky Frank" last week. Here are the three of us...

Happy Birthday! (Yesterday)

Happy Birthday to our beautiful daughter, K1! She is a blessing to our family. We cannot believe how big she is getting!

She had a wonderful present of waking up and having her daddy home, after he had been in Alaska for 10 days. His plane came in after she was sleeping on Tuesday, so when she woke up on her birthday, she got a big hug and kiss from her dad!