Luke's 1st Birthday

Yesterday was Luke's 1st birthday.  We took him to Sweet Tomatoes (a soup and salad buffet) and had a good time as you will be able to tell from the pictures!

opening his first present - a shark backpack

Kate helping Luke open his second present - a moose pillow pet and a Thomas movie

eating supper at Sweet Tomatoes

tasting sprinkles for the first time

and he likes them!

buh!  when is it MY birthday?!

 

Fun Pics of the Kids

He's on the go and getting faster everyday!

Jack warming up at soccer practice

Jack doing drills

Kate was special person on this day at Children's Day Out --- yes, I took this picture solely for the outfit choice.....

Kate's 1st Day at Children's Day Out

Our little girl is growing up way too fast!  Today was her turn to head to Children's Day Out.  She insisted on wearing a nice church dress and pink sparkly princess shoes with no socks.  It wasn't until we were about to leave that she finally let me put her out-of-control hair into pigtails, with the compromise that one bow was pink and the other was purple (her dress was pink & green).......
She was unsure of going to the Brown Bear room.  I accepted a postition at CDO as an assistant teacher in one of the 4 year old classrooms.  I think that at one point Kate wanted to stay with me in my room.  But, Jimmy came and we took her to her room and Daddy stayed and let Kate show him around.  She didn't cry when he left!

A couple of times during the day, the director would stick her head in our door and let me know that Kate was doing great.  When I ran into Kate in the hallway, while taking some girls to the bathroom, Kate looked at me strangely for a minute, but followed her teacher when redirected! 

Her teachers, Ms. "Kappy" and Ms. "WauWau (a.k.a.  Ms Kathy & Ms. Laura) both told me that Kate did an excellent job today!  So here are a few pictures we snapped this morning that we thought you would enjoy! 



She insisted on wearing her backpack in the car on the way home, took a nap with it on, and I believe she finally took it off at dinner!



I love this shot of Jack!

and can you tell which one of our children is the wiggliest?  :)