Thursday, September 5, 2019

Summer adventures and back to school


Checking out a fire truck at the farmers market
Nathan wanted to wear one of Elly's shirts that day....





Nathan helping me with some chemistry

Fun activities with grandma





Swim lessons


Pile of mulch at the playground = highlight of the week

Elly's first time practicing without training wheels

Measuring out the sugar for grandma Wiederholt pickles






Teaming up 


Checking out the police car at safety night










Hanging out at the coffee shop with papa








Releasing our first monarch butterflies of the summer



At the farm for corn boil





Feeding grass to the pigs


Elly and Nathan wanted matching sweatshirts 



Building a jail.




At Messy Fest with papa





Pretty sure this game ended in bath time



We needed lots of balloons because it was a party



Camping at Governor Dodge State Park.  Firing up the ol' Coleman stove

S'mores time



Hiking to the falls











Elly brought the first aid kit on our hike in case anyone got hurt





Sawing the tent...

Carrots on bread for snack time?!?!

Black Earth Children's Museum

Trying to get that sink to work.









Wearable art.




Elly drew a frog.



A new game that involved wearing gloves and putting our heads through a basketball hoop.

Doodles' turn.



Nathan pointing out all the animals











Moving rocks out of the garden...



Using the rocks from the garden to make a new path to the street

Safety first. 



Waiting for the Lions train at the "We survived the flood" party

A whole fire truck and the most exciting thing is a flashlight 













Elly working on her dribbling skills

Hanging out at the library













Sometimes messes at painting time escalate quickly. 




Doodles.

Elly reading to Nathan at nap time.



Nathan's mac and cheese restaurant at Elly's kindergarten play night

Mac and cheese.



Getting ready to freeze corn for the winter

Corn for movie snack time...


Cutting a chicken in half was fascinating 




When you tell Doodles he has to play on the porch, but he wants to play in the dirt....









Our fancy 12 year anniversary dinner











Getting to the bus stop on time practice run.


Working with daddy.




Pretty much a biologist now....


Checking out the velour curtain that will go up in the lab...

Marching band cow

Off to the bus stop on the first day of kindergarten 
















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