Jerry's First Haircut

 Jerry's been looking a bit...bushy lately. I decided to give him a haircut and actually found time on Monday to do it. Here are our before and after pictures. He wasn't terrible, but also not the most cooperative.

Before

 After!

See ya!

Madison

 We took a trip to Madison for a friend's wedding reception last weekend. Remarkably, I managed to forget my camera in the hotel room for the actual reception. I remembered it when we went to the East Towne Mall though. The kids had fun in the little playland. 

"Look at me! I climbed all the way!"

Bee

Fun fun fun.

G is for Gracie

Play Date!

 The day after Daddy surprised the girls with a new water table, we got to have a playdate with Shirley and Richard! We had loads of fun.

Checkin' out the water table

Shirley came up with the awesome idea of using straws in the water table. I could only find two, but that didn't stop them.

Shirley loves our keyboard.

We got a little artistic.

And then a little more wet...

Richard was really diggin' the easel.

Jerry got a little bored...

The swingset got a good workout.

 We found a HUGE grasshopper on the top pole of the swingset. The kids took turns being lifted up to see him close up. Eventually, they all wanted to touch him. I was certain as soon as the first ooey, gooey kid finger touch him he'd hop over the fence into our neighbor's yard. To try to be fair, I lifted Gracie and Shirley up at the same time and we counted to three before they touched him. He took a little step to the side and looked annoyed. I let Bee touch him. Still, he stayed. I asked Richard if he'd like to try and he said yes. He touched him on one side and told me he wanted to see the other side. After touching him on both sides, Richard seemed satisfied. The grasshopper was still there after all that poking!

And so did the kitchen set.

Fall Fun

 My camera cord suddenly stopped fitting into the camera properly, so I have a bunch of photos from the last month or so to upload and blog about. These are just a fall day when we decided to go to the park near our old apartment. 

Love Daddy son photos!

I love this progression of Bee swinging photos

When we got home from the park Daddy had a surprise for the girls. A water table!

15 Months

 In honor of Jerry's 15 month birthday, I thought I'd post a pic of each of my kids at 15 months. It's so fun to look back at how far we've come since having children. And pretty funny to see how much more hair Jerry has than Bee did at his age!

Gracie

Brianna

Jerry

10 on 10

I've been meaning to do a ten on ten for a long time now, but always forget until it's too late. Today I remembered while at dance class. Better late than never! So, here's my ten on ten, the evening version. Except that I apparently only took nine pics. It's a start...

Attempting to entertain Bee at Gracie's dance class.

Peeking in the viewing window at Gracie's class.

A little advertising at dance class.

Dancing to her own music-she combined Gracie's two dance songs from last year!

Grocery shopping! With three screaming kids! At baby's bedtime! Yea!

They CAN share! Exchanging pudding for Nerds. Mutually beneficial.

Tomorrow's dinner!

Relaxation

Can't wait.