Drew's first day at friday playmats

We enrolled Drew at the YMCA. They have a wonderful preschool/swim lesson program. Every friday Drew gets to go play and swim for 2 hours. This is the first time we have left Drew with anyone other than family. He loves it.

Boy fishing

The boys went fishing today, they were not so lucky in catching anything. We all had a fun. Drew Loves to fish.

Sofia's first day of kindergarten

Hugs and Kisses from Drew, Grandma and Daddy.

This is the picture the local newspaper ran in there special on "Back to School"

Sofia and Alyssa on there first day of school.

So had a great day at school today. We got to take her into her school, I didn't want to leave her. We said our "see you later" and I walked out crying. I didn't let Sofia see me. I'm just in shock on how time flies by so quickly.

Summer is coming to a END:(

We have had a busy summer, with play date, vacation, parks, zoo's and the fair. We will be saying goodbye to summer next week. Sofia starts Kindergarten on the 24Th. We can't believe it!

Rmembering Grandpa Ed

Picking out which color they wanted. I bought all the color of the rainbow.

Getting ready to release there balloons.
Drawing the balloons with chalk afterwards.

Two years ago today, we lost Grandpa Ed to cancer. He is missed greatly. We released balloons in honor of him. The kids each got to either write a letter or color a picture. Sofia choose to do both. They each got to release there balloon, but before they did they gave the balloon a kiss. And said please carry this balloon, picture and kiss to heaven for our grandpa.

Sofia lost her first tooth

The before and after! Our Sofia is getting older, she lost her first tooth today. The tooth fairy bought her a certificate and money. Grandma also got her something extra special. Thank you Ms. Tooth Fairy

Dolphin Swim Classes

Waiting there turns.

Drew and Sofia are taking swimming lessons. Drew did very good for the first time. Sofia did well also. She just doesn't like the water as much as Drew. They both really enjoyed class.

Build A Bear

The kids loving on Grandma!

Sofia and Drew helping Grandma with her panda bear!

They were thinking of a name for there new animals!
They needed a bath before they could come home! Today, we took Sofia and Drew to build a bear workshop. Sofia has been asking to go here for about a month. I was so shocked at what Sofia picked out. She picked a lamb. Drew's was not a shock, he picked a horse. Grandma picked out a panda bear and a wolf. The kids are so in LOVE with there animals. I can see we will be going back to order accessories. What a great day we had with Grandma!

A Healing Journey On Butterfly Wings

Today, we went to Klehm Arboretum to release butterflies. The butterfly release was a program through our local Hospice. We released 6 butterflies in honor of Grandpa Ed. One for each of his grandchildren. It was so beautiful and such a wonderful experience. Thank you Mom for doing this for all of us. We all miss Grandpa Ed. Today felt like he was right along side of us.

Minnesota Vacation

We just got back from our vacation in Minnesota. We went to Ojibway resort, Steve grandparents used to own it. We had fun seeing where Steve spent his summers. The kids loved catching fish.

Somethings I learned on my vacation:

1) Minnesota is beautiful!!

2) Minnesota has mosquito's the size of birds. Next time we will bring more bug spray for the outside of our cabin.

3) We can survive a week with no T.V.

4) We should of brought more warm clothes.

5) I loved the boat ride, but the fishing was not my cup of tea!