EIGHT EYES

Since I do not wear glasses, I didn't give the letter from the school nurse that Anna got last year seriously. I thought she was too young...then the nurse came to Anna's parent teacher conference and insisted I take Anna to the eye doctor. I did and sure enough she inherited Chris' poor eyesight (Sam also got his allergies from Chris!). This year when Emma came home with a letter I took her right away. SHe has BI-focals, she is neither far or near sighted, but has a focus issue. Well here are the ladies with their new lenses....

Anna Banana

Here are some of the latest of Anna

Anna at Tap

Piano Recital

The Viola, she is a very BUSY little lady

Ballerina Girl

Here is Emma at her first ballet class (age 3), and now after taking for four years (age 7 if you aren't great at simple math), I cannot believe how grown up she looks now.

Christmas Star

Every year the youngest child gets to put the star on the top of the tree, this year we have a new star and a new baby to do the job. We have yet to decorate the rest of the tree, But took a picture for Nollie's scrapbook(when I ever get around to starting his or Sam's for that matter).

Super "P" Readers

The kids love the show Super Why on PBS, here they are in their capes ready for some adventures.

THE Christmas Tree

Since moving to PA 6+ years ago, we make our trip to a local tree farm to cut down the perfect tree. Here are some pictures from this year's adventure...since it was cold, early, and we were all a bit cranky we found and cut the tree in record time, then went home and back to bed!

Were the eyes in the back of my head shut???

Why YES! I always tell the kids that the reason I can "catch" them or always know what they are doing is because I have eyes in the back of my head...well this morning I did not open them in time or this would not have happened...

EMMA GRACE

Since when did second graders spend all
day on the phone??


Are they too old to still try to match all the time?







SILLY





Another outfit I force Emma to
wear then snap a picture, she hates
all the clothes I like





Emma's birthday is the end
of August, what a perfect
time for a nice pool party?
Poor little girls lasted 5 minutes in
the pool in the windy 60 degree
weather.






Emma lost her other tooth
just in time to be our
JACK-O-LANTERN
this year!








Summer 2007 favorite outfit

JOE

He is both spiderMan and a knight!

Don't want to wait until you cut the cake!

Preschool Graduation

Here is JOE (that is what Sam calls him) A few of my favorite pictures of this monster!!

Don't feed the animals

The first attempts to feed Nollie were not too successful, as he just wanted to gnaw on his spoon! After repeated tries, he has caught on and now LOVES to eat and gets so excited when it is meal time. His favorite: Bananas

The Painter Boys

We decided the hose would be fun to play with!
Move out baby, I want my crib back!!

Aren't these boys darling!! (today Chris is included check back tomorrow to see if I feel the same way;)

Happy Birthday Sam!!

Sam had his first cake for his 2nd birthday party(thank you Grandma Toni), he thought it was quite tasty. Since allergy free food sometimes has a funny aftertaste, the other kids only took a bite or two, except Anna who had a lot. The rest went to the chickens. Sam got a cute Spider Man Mr. Potato head and Spider Man slippers.

This is why we LOVE Sam!!

After a long day of harvesting our bumper tomato crop, Sam decided to cool off.

The Beach

The kids loved going to the beach on our recent trip to Mississippi (for Uncle Ben's reception). Anna, Emma, & Jakob are showing off their High School Musical 2 dance moves. They all collected tons of shells and other bits that somehow I forgot to bring back home! Little Sam thought the water was great and couldn't get his pants off quick enough...I told him it was a family beach, we are not in Europe.