Too Cool for School

Alli's 1st day of Pre-K was last Monday. She loves going to school. She was asking all summer how many more days/weeks until her first day. It's 3 days a week this year and she has a new teacher. I bought her some Sketchers Twinkle Toes shoes b/c she's been wanting them for so long and she's such a good girl. Didn't like the price, but like I said...she's a good girl, she wanted them for a long time, and she gets a lot of hand-me-downs from friends, so that was my justification that she deserved to have them :)

Jimmy, Alli, Jenna, and Cassie (and our new front door!)
Gosh, this girl is just so beautiful!!! I can't help but say it :)

Alli's First Soccer Game

Alli started soccer a few weeks ago....so far, for me, I think its so unorganized, but anyway, I guess its finally coming together. She loves it! She had her first game yesterday at St. Sabina. She wasn't very aggressive at first, but then she started getting in there and going for the ball more. She only got hurt once....I guess she fell in the pack of girls and someone stomped on her hand with their cleats. She wanted to not play anymore, but Jim talked her into playing. There are only 2-3 pre-K on the team, the rest are in kindergarten. She looked so cute in her uniform and running up and down the field. They lost 3-0.

Alli before she got to go on the field. The little girl next to her is her friend Delaney that she always talks about. They go to school together, dance together, and now soccer.

Playing forward
Action Shot!
Playing fullback....and cheesing it up for the camera :)


Running over to us at the end of the game
The babies love to be outside, so they are really liking Alli's practices and games. Lots of dirt though, which means more baths for us :( But, it makes us not be as lazy, I guess!

She is such a ham....I thought she was wanting me to pick her up...but she kept telling me to take her picture :)

Little Monkeys

One little monkey......



Two little monkeys.....and for the record, Jenna has had a bad few days.....first Jimmy scratched her on accident with a tortilla chip from her cheek to her ear, right under her eye. Yesterday, she was playing and running and hit the corner of the wall and got a huge lump! Then today, she was playing and hit the couch and got almost like a rug burn across her huge lump on her forehead! Poor baby...its really sort of hard to look at.

My dancing girl :)

Last month, we went to our friend Justin's 50th Birthday party. It was outside at a park and we all had so much fun. The kids played in the fountains, we had good food, and good music. Jenna was a dancing machine!

Random Stuff

Allison got her hair all chopped off a few weeks ago! She donated it to Locks of Love and was really excited about it when we explained it to her what her hair would be used for. It sure is a lot easier to wash and brush now too! She has been wanting it cut for probably about 2 mos, but I was hesitant b/c I loved her hair. But it was getting a little nappy to brush, probably from all of the chlorine from the pool, etc. Anyway, she is such a cutie!

Papa fell asleep and the kids made sure they put all of their toys and blankets on him.

Kelly and Mike came over two week ago with the kids.....they were all pretty interested in the lizard (or whatever) that Jim found in the basement.

Jimmy tried on Uncle Mike's shoes....those have to at least be a size 13 or bigger!
Jenna playing airplane with Uncle Mike

Home Grown Tomato

Mom and Alli planted 3 tomato plants in the yard. Alli would not even share it with me...she said it was all hers. She loves to eat tomatoes just like apples and has since she was a baby. She used to call them apples too. We are getting so many, we can hardly eat them all. I've been making salsa with them so they don't go bad though. They taste soooo good!

Of course, Alli has to pose in every picture :)

Magic House

About 3 weeks ago, we took the kids to the Magic House with my MOMMES group that I belong to. It was a really good deal...only $15 for the whole family. The kids were really good and had a lot of fun.

Playing in the water
the pulley
Not sure where Alli was hanging out...she was just running around so much playing that I guess I couldn't snap many pictures of her.

She did love the static ball....pay attention to her hair...might be the last time you see it that long ;)

Jimmy cried and cried b/c he wanted his turn. We didn't even have the guy turn it on for him b/c we knew his hair wouldn't do anything. But he had no clue..he was happy :)

Miniature Golf

A few weeks ago, when we were trying to get the house painted, I took the kids to Jane's rec center to play miniature golf. It was a really good time. It was only $1 per kid and they each got a soda, chips, hot dog, and an attendance prize. My kids names were called pretty quickly for the prizes and they got some of the better stuff, but then one was last and they got bubbles. Soooo, everyone cried b/c they didn't get bubbles....so, at the end, to shut them up, I had to trade in their good prizes for a bottle of bubbles. Silly kids!

As for the rest of the weekend, the next morning, I took the kids to Ann's house for a few hours so Jim and I could finish painting the living room. It looks really good. We got new baby gates (not sure when we'll ever be able to get rid of the gates!) and new curtains. We bought all new white doors and Billy put them in for us. They look really good. We just have one left that was on back order, then the front door. Next up is baseboard, carpet, furniture and lamps! I can't wait to be done with it. It looks a lot more modern now. My mom made us a valance for the kitchen window, which I still need to hang. She has also been reupholstering our kitchen chairs. They look great! Thanks Mom for doing all that stuff---don't know what we would do without you :) Oh, and thanks to Billy too!!!

Cassie was really into the golfing. Jimmy kept trying to throw his ball in the water and was swinging his club. Jenna liked it too. Alli was there playing with Cali the whole time, so she loved it. Ann and her boys came and so did Katie and her kids. I had a good night and Jim got a lot of painting done.
Libby

Matt