Summer Ends and School Begins!

We worked hard to enjoy the last days of summer. We took many trips to the parks and the zoo.

Liam started all day kindergarten this year and is a big kid riding the bus with all the other kids on the street! He is doing great and really loves school.

Charlotte is looking like a big girl these days and loves
shopping with Mommy while Liam is at school.

Pulling these two in a wagon through the zoo is a workout!  I
discovered the perfect way to keep them happy - giant slushies!

Liam was so excited about his very own spray fan!
He's so funny - he had been begging for one for weeks.

Last day of summer at the Zoo!

Last Catholic school festival of the year at St. Elizabeth.
I think Liam is happy that Charlotte is big enough to be his co-pilot.

Liam's First Day of Kindergarten!  When did he get so big?
Charlotte was so mad when the bus left she just kept saying,
"I hate bus!  I hate bus!"  We had to go shopping at Target
to get her to stop crying.  When we pulled in the parking lot
she said, "Yay!  Charlotte buy shoes!"  I couldn't disappoint!

Early Summer

This kids have been especially crazy lately. I think it is the abnormally nice weather. Liam wants to know when the pool is going to open as it is obviously summer. When it is 83 degrees outside it is hard to argue with him.
Liam has been Mr. Science lately. Most days he tells me he is going to be a colossal squid scientist when he grows up. He is always building "machines" these days. It doesn't surprise me as it is in his DNA from both sides of the family.

Liam "working" on his bike.  While I was working on my bike
Liam took an adjustable wrench and removed his own
training wheels.  He then refused to ride it.

Liam posed in front of the tree
and asked me to take his picture,
but could not stop talking while
I took the picture.

A fun lunch at the park near Dad's work.  It
was such a nice day we decided to have
a quick takeout picnic.

We headed up to the Symmes Park to play
with a friend and I just could not keep
them out of the sand.  The are all ready
for our trip to the beach!

Charlotte loves to wear cute
clothes and bows but does
not hesitate to get them all
messy!

We had a lot of fun with St. Patrick's Day!
Liam kept telling me that the leprechauns
were going to come to our house and so they
did!  They turned our cinnamon rolls green,
left gold chocolate coins around the house
and peed green in our potty!

Liam's latest machine.  I wish I could describe as well as he can.  It some form of a rocket.
Last week I showed him a youtube video about Rube Goldberg machines and now he
keeps attempting to combine all of his toys into one.  He is a nerd and I love him for it!

Working Woman

Charlotte and I took a morning off from the gym. We had a morning meeting at Starbucks. Charlotte had a lot of work to get done.


After our coffee we headed to the library for toddler story time. Charlotte was so excited to see so many other kids. She really enjoyed dancing and clapping. The best part though as playing with the shakers and toys at the end.

Fashion

Liam has started wearing ties with his T-shirts to school. I need to get that kid some all stars. Here's some random pics of the kids displaying their unique fashion sense.

Liam and his Twister Jersey T-shirt at the Cyclones game.  He had to put it on immediately and it fits perfectly!  I think he will be able to wear it to his first day of college.

Charlotte making a statement in Liam's plaid fedora.  Liam picked this gem out at H&M last year.

Liam insisted on wearing a dress shirt and tie to his friend Kelly's birthday party.  He was very excited about the sunglasses that came in his swag bag.

This is Charlotte's Pat Benatar/Ballerina/Future Olympian look.

Tutu!

Charlotte received a tutu for Christmas!

Belated Christmas Post

Christmas was a blur this year! In some ways it didn't even happen as my entire family came down with the stomach flu and we had to cancel Christmas morning with the Magnus family. Does this excuse my super late posting? No. I do however have a new awesome iPhone with a blogger app that I have just downloaded so now I can forget to blog all the time everywhere!