Back to School

Will had his first day of preschool at St. Michael's last Thursday. Even though I sent him in the wrong uniform for Thursdays (who would think they would have Mass the first day? They have to wear red shirts and black pants to Mass.) he loved it. I don't think I did any permanent damage by sending him in the wrong uniform but time will tell!

I had fresh chocolate chip cookies waiting for him when he came home. I'm hoping he will remember the cookies and not the uniform.

Happy Birthday Drew!

We celebrated Drew's first birthday on Sunday with family. It was a beautiful summer day! The kids loved the slip and slide and pool in the backyard and Drew loved his first taste of cake.

Thanks Uncle Nick for bowling the kids down the slip-n-slide. They had a great time!

Party Animals

We have had lots of birthday parties in the past few weeks. Here a some pictures from the big events!


Lauren with cousin Mamie Katherine (Jill & Jeremy's) at her 3rd birthday party. Love the cheetos on their faces!

Will couldn't get enough kayaking. Grandpa Mark was nice enough to take him several times. He kind of had the hang of it by the end of the day.

My friend Whitney and I made a cake for Will's friend's party. We think he turned our pretty cute!

Will's friend's party was at the zoo in Fargo. The kids loved the carousel and of course all the stinky animals. Frankly, I was a little concerned about my children's sense of smell. They didn't seem bothered at all! The zoo did a special animal presentation for the kids at the party so they could pet some of the animals. E. Coli here we come! (Yes they used hand sanitizer but still I am grossed out.) Will & Lauren thought it was awesome of course!

One last picture of another birthday cake. This is the cake Whitney and I made for her daughter Nora's 5th birthday party. For those of you fortunate enough not to have small children obsessed with "High School Musical" this is Sharpay's golf cart. This weekend we will make a monkey cake for Drew's 1st birthday party. It should be fun!

Drew Turns One! (and other happenings)

How can our baby be one already? This year has gone by so quickly. I don't know what it is about first birthdays but they are rather bittersweet for me. I find myself remembering the day he was born and trying to remember every detail. Like holding on to all the little details of the day will keep him small.

Today I was digging in the kids art supply closet and a tower of coloring books fell out. I didn't have time to be irritated because Drew laughed so long and hard about it that I had no choice but to laugh too!

He is in constant motion. We are amazed at how quickly he crawls around the house, up the stairs, into the bottom of cupboards, coffee tables and end tables! We have decided that "Dash" is a fitting nickname for him.

We will celebrating his birthday in a few weeks so he'll have to wait to try that first bite of cake!

In other happenings all three kids had tonsillitis while Josh was out of town. I brought Drew in at 4:00 on Wednesday and the doctor was hesitant to let him go home. After promising I would bring him back if I couldn't get him to take the antibiotic that night, my phone rang. My friend that was watching Lauren and Will called to let me know Lauren had a fever of 102. A quick call back to the doctor and I had another prescription for Lauren.

After profuse apologies to my friend Whitney for the illness her family would soon endure, I noticed Will had a fever. Another call to the doctor and another trip to the pharmacy. (That is three prescriptions for antibiotics and three trips to the pharmacy in three hours. ) I decided that the pharmacy should have a "Buy three antibiotics, get a bottle of Valium or Xanax free".

Needless to say it was a rough few days and nights. I am so glad that my parents were around to help me out! We are all starting to feel better.