The Birthday Continues

Katie got some money for her birthday from her grandparents and I told her I would take her to the store on Thursday so she could pick some stuff out but she ended up getting sick so I took her to the store today. I should have waited until Monday so I could take her without the boys. They were trying to influence her into buying things they would like too.

I think she has finally made a decision.
Yes!! We got a Tinkerbell toy and Paperoni. Thank you so much grandma's and grandpa's. She was so excited with her final purchases.
Austin and Katie trying out the Paperoni. It looks really fun and mommy will probably join in too.

Rearrangement

This posting is more for Ed's benefit than anything else. He saw some previous pictures and got a little confused because I have rearranged the furniture since he's been gone. The first picture was taken from the dining room and the second picture was taken from the top of the stairs.

Open House-Or Not

Tonight was supposed to be open house at the kids' school. I was so excited to meet their teachers and see all the projects the kids have done so far. I was going to post pictures of the kids with their teachers on the blog, but we were not able to go. Katie woke up this morning with a fever and not feeling well. I felt so bad for her. So this is where Katie spent her day.

Fall or Winter?

As I was driving around yesterday I noticed how much it had snowed the day before. When the week started there was only a little dusting of snow at the very top of this mountain. It is called Pioneer Peak and this is the view of it from our church parking lot. I thought it was so pretty because you have the snow on the mountain and then the changing leaves on the trees. This picture was taken with my cell phone so that explains the quality.

Katie turns 6!

Let me tell you about the craziness that was Katie's birthday. On her actual birthday her brothers had two parties to go to and it was also the same day as Katie's friend Kaylanie's birthday. So we didn't actually celebrate Katie's birthday on the actual day. This was the Thursday before her birthday. We don't have big birthday parties until they turn 8 so we didn't need a huge cake for the four of us. I found this cute little Spongebob cake at Walmart and it was perfect. She did take Tinkerbell cupcakes to her class at school on Tuesday. There were 3 kids in her class that all shared her birthday. Here she is getting ready to blow out the candle.

Present time. She got a Tinkerbell makeup set from Daddy and some clothes and Easy Bake food from the rest of us. She also got cards and money from grandparents. Thanks everyone. Mommy and the birthday girl. The flash must really get to Katie because she looks like this in many of the pictures we have.

First Day of School

The first day of school is usually very exciting around here. The kids are anxious to get back and see all their friends and get another year underway. This year was a little different though. Katie was starting kindergarten. She was so excited she could hardly contain herself. The problem, though, was that she started school a whole week after her brothers. When the first day of school came around she was a little hard to deal with but she mellowed out as the week went by and her first day approached. Her is Austin looking ready for his first day of 5th grade. His last year as an elementary student.

Logan all ready for 3rd grade. He was excited because when you get into 3rd grade you can finally participate in school sponsored atletic activities.
And last but not least. Katie is ready for her first day of kindergarten. She wanted cold lunch just so she could take her new Tinkerbell lunch box.

Tillamook County Fair

If we happen to ever be in Oregon during the first week of August we always try to make it to the fair. The kids absolutely love it. It is small enough to do everything in one day but it will also keep you busy. It is just a great family activity. When we first got there we made our way to the courtyard and they were having an ice cream tasting contest. So, this is Aaron participating in the contest. You had to name the flavor of your ice cream. Aaron came in a close second. He had it easy because his flavor was bubblegum. I tried it with my mom earlier and we kind of worked together to get the right flavor. I ended up winning with my mom's help.

Katie and Logan on the hot air balloon ride. Looks like fun!
Austin and Aleki on the hot air balloon ride. Austin was nice to go on this ride with his friend Aleki.
Katie on the carousel. If the kids had it their way we would have spent the whole day going on rides. We did spend a lot of time at the rides though.
They had a musical act at the courtyard stage and they asked children to come play some instruments with them. My kids jumped right up on that stage. I'm glad to see shyness doesn't run in the family.
Logan, of course, wanted to be a part of every act. So he was once again on stage with the clown. The clown was pretending to pull Logan's underwear off. I think he got a little embarassed at that.