First Day of 3rd Grade

Oh yes, I'm so happy to go to school.

I can't believe that time has marched forward yet another year. My ever growing boy is now in 3rd grade!!!!! Wow. Time flies. He is excited to be going to a new school, and we are very excited for his teacher this year. Mrs. S is one who goes the extra mile. In August she went to each and every one of her student's homes to meet her children and their families. She is doing all she can to make this year a great one. After the past 2 years of school, we look forward to working with her.

Happy Birthday Celebration #3

When you're a 3 year old little princess, I guess you should have 3 birthday celebrations. Olivia was so excited for her birthday this year, since we were gone for her actual birthday, we decided to let her have a party with her friends after we got home. She had a Princess Tea Party.

We had finger sandwiches, cut in shapes of flowers and butterflies, fruit kabobs(the hit of the party), jello jigglers, chips, and veggie sticks. We served pink lemonade out of her tea service.

The Table

We had a wonderful lunch.

After lunch we painted fingernails and toenail. Lisa and Madi came to help. They did an awesome job.

Olivia and Maddie decided they wanted to paint my fingernails. They both attacked my hands with a different color. Luckily they chose light colors so you couldn't see the paint up to my wrists unless you were looking for it.

After the nails dried, we made a princess craft, and then we had cake and ice cream. I stayed up until 3 AM finishing the cake. I was happy with the way it turned out.

Yep, she's still afraid of fire.

Enjoying the cake and ice cream.

Time for presents.

I couldn't resist putting the wrapping on my head.

Uh hummmm! Is that a Barbie? So it has begun.

Ryan and I had picked out a present for Olivia back in May, but after the bike ride at the Celery Flats, Livvy wanted a bike so bad that we decided to put away her other present until Christmas and we got her a bike. She was in heaven. She loves her birthday bike and we have taken in out on many a bike ride since then. It really was a great thing to do, because she can enjoy the rest of the good weather to ride her bike, and her other present will be perfect at Christmas.

Happy Birthday our little princess.

Olivia wore a permanent track riding her bike around the main level of the house. She is a little speed demon.

Celery Flats

Picnic at the park.

Olivia, Christina, and Brynn

Look at these 3 cuties!

We went for a bike ride at the Celery Flats. The older kids had so much fun and were very fast. The younger kids took more time, but look at those little wheels. I was so impressed that they were able to bike 3 miles on those little tires. This was Olivia's first time riding her little bike on the path. I told her a story about Christina (the friend in the middle)- one day Christina was riding and lost control of her bike and she rode into the pond at the end of the trail. If you can tell, Olivia wore her bathing suit over, (and under) her dress in case she too went off the path and fell in the pond. You'll be happy to note, that no one rode into the pond that day.