First Day of School

Today was Treydon's first day of Kindergarten. He was so excited that mom having to take a picture was almost too much for him. But he managed to pose.

Here is Ashelyn on her first day of Preschool. 8/27/09

Zoo

The kids and I were invited to go to the zoo with the van Beevers (either because they took pitty on us for not having Quin around or because they knew my kids would act up more than theirs!!!)

Here are the children trying to smile. Now my kids didn't do so well, but the others are looking!
Ashie enjoyed feeding the stingrays some fish (this girl will squish anything between her fingers), while Trey thought it was "old news".

Ashie's new smile

Ashie comes up with new stuff all the time but today it was this "new smile" that was cracking me up.

Glow in the Dark Miniature Golfing

Glow in the dark golfing CAN be fun if you DON'T HAVE two rowdy children wanting to get to the next hole as fast as possible, loud music to drown out you yelling at your kids, and a group of 10 people in front of you. That is why I always plan for the worst and TRY to make the best of it (and you better believe I can do this, I am a mother!). Quin had a "Golden Weekend" (a Saturday and Sunday off in a row - only happens once every two months around here!). So we took advantage of the situation and spent the day torturing Quin with games, rough housing, and miniature golfing (the kids have been begging for all of this)! We had lots of fun!!!!!

Ashie in "glow in the dark" mode - showing us her golf ball.

Pose Please!

During one of Treydon's soccer practices Ashie and I were playing with the camera. I asked her to pose, and this is the only picture I could get with her looking at me (after atleast 20 tries!). She is posing like her brother would pose with arms across her chest like a gangster! I love how she follows whatever her brother does.

I seriously think these shoes are so cute, but I don't know how she can manage playing on the jungle gym with them!?!

Happy Birthday Dear Ashelyn!

Ashie turned 3 today. My baby isn't so young anymore. I just look at her and wonder how my sweet baby girl got so big and independant.

For her birthday she insisted on everything red - red cake, red balloons, red pinata, and even a red play kitchen. So the theme was red. I couldn't do "just" a red cake so I made a red purse cake, to which she exclaimed "my pink purse cake!" and looked happily content. So I was safe!

I think it was funny that she chose her pink Minnie shirt to wear for her birthday party because she wanted everything red. I love the mind of a toddler!

We also made red (dark pink) cupcakes

and Trey made this red pinata and painted flowers on it for her (he seriously painted it himself!).
She said she couldn't turn three until her party, where her friends swam in our pool, broke the candy-filled pinata open, and ate cupcakes and icecream.

Happy Birthday Sweetie!

Pony Tails

Ashie insisted on having her orange bow that matched her orange shirt, but couldn't have just one pony tail. I put one on top hoping she would just forget about it and after much protesting ended up with THREE pony tails. And the two on the sides just "had" to be right by her ears so she could see them!

I love how she enjoys being a girl!