Butterfly

My recent favorite of Sierra's artwork...

She did did this on the easel at Poppa and Lala's house...approx 10 minutes after she woke up one morning. The girl could draw and color all day!

September fun

On an evening walk to the mailbox and we ran into Dusty, the horse, and his owner. I love that this happened right across from our house! Sierra was so excited but terrified at the same time - she sat just barely long enough for a photo :)

Entertaining ourselves while Reid was getting his hair cut :)

Such a big boy! He sits sooo still the whole time - it's like the cape turns him into a statue! But every time I caught his eye, he gave me a little smile - sweet boy.

Jumping princesses...and little brother. We pull out the trundle often to let the kids jump on it - they call it a trampoline bed.

What I found after sierra's rest time - she had played dress up with her animals :)

Sierra's first ever gymnastics class!

First day of school!

We met the teachers last week and ever since, Sierra has been SO excited to start school again!! Reid - not so much. He kept asking if Sierra could be in his room or if he could go to hers. Sweet and sad.

This is Sierra's 3rd year (crazy!) and Reid's 1st. Daddy went with us and Sierra was really shy, not wanting to let go of Mommy's arm. But of course she did great and loved it - in her words, "it was pretty cool!". Reid whined for just a second, went in to his teacher's arms and didn't even cry! What a big boy! He did great too, but didn't nap - no surprise, especially since he's only napping 50% of the time at home anyway.

I feel very thankful and blessed by their teachers this year already. I just can't believe how big our kiddos are!

Here are a few "before" shots of the first day...I think Reid was in denial - he would  not even touch his backpack and kept scooting farther away from it...it was quite amusing (to us)

Sand "box"

Who needs the beach when you have a sand "box" (i.e. volleyball court) at the park down the street!

They had a blast!