Good News!

This past week Trent and I celebrated two months of unemployment :)! But that isn't the happy news.

Connor learned to ride a bike!

He has always been a little nervous to ride his bike. Then for a couple of weeks he wanted to ride it everyday after school. One day he said, "Tomorrow can you take my training wheels off?". When he got home that is the first thing he wanted to do. We headed over to the nearby school and Trent helped teach him to ride his bike. It was so fun to watch and I am so proud of him!

Random Pictures

This is our cute nephew that we have been watching 2 days a week.

Connor laid out his clothes for the next day. Silly bands and all. :)
Owen "hanging out" at the park.

Superman.

The boys.

The girls.

Star of The Week

This week at school Connor was the star of the week. His teacher displayed a poster of him with pictures on it all week. Today Trent and I went in to talk about Connor to the class. We were told to fill a bag of things that describe Connor and things he likes.

We brought:
A pumpkin- because he loves Halloween and dressing up in costumes.
Star Wars toy- because he loves Star Wars.
A knight action figure and a toy snake- because he wanted to show them to his class :).
A picture of his family- To show how many kids are in his family.
Pickles- because he loves them and has loved them since he was a baby.
A football- because he is on a flag football team and he enjoys it.
Zelda video game- he likes to play video games after he has done his homework and chores.

(Pictures are from a field trip to the fire station I went with Connor on a couple weeks ago)

The Dog

When Trent and I were first married he bought me a dog statue for Christmas. I had seen it in a window of an antique store and liked it. It reminded me of the RCA dog. Connor was never allowed to touch it. When he was about Owen's age he was playing with it and knocked it over. The dogs ear broke and I was really sad about it. Dumb. The other day Owen was playing with the dog and I got out the camera. Who cares if the dog breaks? I guess it is true when people say parents lighten up with their younger kids. I hope so.

Fall

Since it is mid-September I spent the morning putting Halloween decorations up (even though Trent thinks it is way too early). With school back in session and the weather cooling down, it really is beginning to feel like Fall. We had a fun Summer with a lot of different activities going on. Here are a few things we did during the Summer that I never blogged about :) :

Liberty Park

Camping at Strawberry Reservoir. Trent and the boys are cleaning the crawdads they caught.

Connor, Leah and their friend Tyler selling otter pops to make some money :).

They didn't last long. They were happy to get a dollar a piece :).

Mother Goose Time

A group of moms and I are doing a little co-op Preschool together called Mother Goose Time. Leah's first day was a couple of weeks ago. She is loving it and so am I (because it isn't my turn yet :) ).

Happy for her first day

Just arrived at Mother Goose

1st Grade

Connor started first grade this week! Yesterday was his first full day of school. He seemed pretty tired and grumpy when he got home. He says he likes it and he was really excited about his teacher and some of the things she does in their class. Connor told me that she hands out pennies when they are working quietly. Sounds like my child, always wanting to earn money :).

Yesterday when I walked him to school he held my hand. It was sad to think he is soon going to grow out of that. He is growing up and it is a little sad for me.

At his desk