Molly at "Night School"

Molly and I went to a special night at her preschool three weeks ago. They had all sorts of nighttime activities for the kids.

This first picture is for Lucas and Amanda (Molly's cousins). They wanted to see a picture of Molly's preschool teachers. So, here is Ms. Nikki with Molly making star shaped pancakes . We'll have to take a picture of her other teacher Ms. Yama soon.

Here's Molly playing with the L*te Bright.

Here's Molly and one of her best buddies, Nic, walking up to hear a bedtime story.

Happy Gotcha Day, Miss Molly!

Three years ago today we were in China to get our sweet Molly. Hard to believe it's been three years! We had Chinese food for dinner tonite (Megan says we have to do that every Gotcha Day) and we looked at pictures from our trip.

This picture isn't too clear, but that's Miss. Molly in the tub a few weeks ago. Katie and I soaped up her hair and were able to get it to stick up while Katie took the pic!

In other news, Molly and I went to Megan and Katie's school three times yesterday (R*ck Ridge Elem). In the morning we were there for the "Top of the Rock" awards for kindergarten through 3rd grade. Katie got an award for good citizenship, specifically for being kind, but it was supposed to be for being knowledgeable (not sure which one I'd rather her get...!) as they mixed up her award with another student. Then we went back at noon for Turkey Day lunch. We sat with Katie and her buddies first and then Megan's class had lunch right after that. Molly actually remembered spilling milk on her pants at Turkey Day lunch last year. This year she just spilled milk on the floor!

Then we went back for grades 4 through 6 "Top of the Rock" awards in the afternoon. They give awards for both academics and good behavior for the upper grades. Megan got awards for "Excellence in Academics" and "Excellence in Physical Education". Hard to believe how good she is in P.E.!

Glad Megan and Katie are so good in school....figure Molly will be my payback!

Happy Halloween...Party til the Cows go Home!

It's 77 degrees here today....can't remember a Halloween that was this nice! The morning started out with 20 cows in the open space out back. Jerry called animal control and they said their owner was on his way. Sure enough, a few minutes later, there was the rancher and his border collie rounding up the cows. Thank goodness! They've been out and about lately; must be a hole in a fence somewhere. Hero rolled in cow poop last Sunday; he was covered from head to toe! And, there were cows strolling out in front of our house the other morning. The dogs just go crazy when they see them. Not sure what Hero would do if he came face to face with one, though!

Molly is a puppy this year for Halloween. She was going to be a cowboy on a horse, then a vampire and then she even wanted to be a UPS man. But, we got to return all those costumes because she decided to be the puppy. Megan was a puppy six years ago, and Molly saw that costume hanging in her closet and decided that's what she wanted to be. Megan is Morticia from the Addam's Family and Katie is a whacky witch. Pretty easy this year; usually the girls have more than one costume.

Jerry took the girls to "Boo at the Zoo" last Sunday. Molly had her preschool pumpkin party on Wednesday. The big girls went to "Trick or Treat and Scream Street" at their school last nite with friends from gymnastics while I stayed home with Molly. Jerry said it was pretty lame, but they always have fun with Kaitlyn and Gigi, so glad they went along. Then today we'll take Megan to gymnastics while Katie, Molly and I will go downtown Castle R*ck to "Trick or Treat Street" at the businesses. Then we'll pick up Megan and go trick or treating in the neighborhood. Then we will be done with Halloween...not too bad this year!

Molly is so happy that Halloween is almost over, she's scared by almost everything. She was so excited to see the Christmas tree at the entrance of Wal*mart yesterday!

Still Back tracking: 8/24/2008...Tornado out our window

This was the view out our kitchen window.....

Molly and her doggie, Grover. There was thunder and she was trying to comfort him (sort of!).

Megan and her doggie, Hero. There was thunder and he could care less!

Katie wants a goldfish....Webkinz, that is!

Dancing with the politicians....

Took this from my cousin Elizabeth's blog (thought it was funny!) and I'm surprised I was able to copy it over here...! I can't wait until November 5th!

Back tracking: 8/13/08 First Day of School!

Molly had her first day of preschool today. She loves her teachers, Ms. Yama and Ms. Nikki; though she calls Ms. Yama "Ms. Mama":) She has 10 other kids in her class and she particularly likes Nic and Kalvin. First couple of weeks of school she was talking about Alvin and I thought she meant Alvin from the Chipmunks...finally figured it out!

Katie, Molly, Megan, Hero and Grover on the way to the bus. Yeah! The big girls are taking the bus again; makes my life a lot easier!

Still Trying to Figure This Out

I found this picture on the computer...not sure I've seen it before...of Molly and Katie in the tub. It was taken way back in January. All current pics are on our other computer....guess my next step is to figure out how to download pics on this computer (Jerry usually does it!).

Guess I better start posting!

Yippee, it worked: I added a picture. This is Grover and Hero in our above-ground pool in our backyard. They look like drowned rats! The kids were in the pool with them, but they all got out and the dogs are watching them walk up to the patio with a look of "come back!".

Almost time to drain the pool and put it away until next summer. It had been cold, so the water temp was down to 65, but it's been warm all week, so maybe the kids can take one last dip this coming weekend.

Alright, I will try and start posting more often, now that I figured out how to post pictures!

We've started a blog!

Hey Everyone,
Thanks to my wonderful friend, Jenny, I've decided to start a blog for our family.

More to come later!

We are off to Chicago and then Ohio, so I will try and blog about that......!