1st Day of School

I know it's been forever since I've posted anything! I apologize, this whole blogging thing takes a lot more time than i realized! So I'm making more of an effort to try an update weekly!

Today was the 1st day of school for Lucas and Avery!!! YAY!! Avery is a duck, which are 1 1/2-2 1/2 year olds with a total of 8 kids in the class. Lucas is a ladybug, which are 3-5 year olds with 16 kids in the class. Avery's teachers this year are Miss Regal and Miss Caitie. Lucas' teachers are Miss Glenna and Miss Chris.

Avery loves her new Hello Kitty backpack and couldn't wait to go to school! Lucas was very excited to go back and see all his friends!

Avery eating breakfast before getting ready for school.

All dolled up and ready to go!

Lucas getting shoes on ...

in the parking lot for more photos. It was bright out and Lucas was done taking pictures!

Avery next to her cubby

I'm looking forward to seeing the kids grow and become more independent this year in school. Lucas is still very shy and keeps to himself. Although he did play with different kids throughout the summer sessions, I am hoping he becomes more outgoing! As for Avery, I just hope Miss Regal and Miss Caitie are ready for her... she's gonna give them a run for their money!!!

MOMS

**For those of you who always wonder what i do all day....


*Thank you for sending this to me, Marcelle

Avery's big moment!

i know i have so much updating to do here... but i thought this was more important than some of the things we've been up to! i promise to update pics this weekend!




we had a playdate at our house this morning and avery decided that this was the big day she would make her walking debut!

we're so proud of her!! thanks to all our mom friends that coaxed and cheered her on!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS

This year Santa brought many many gifts!! Eric's parents came out for about a week and a half to celebrate christmas with us! Santa brought Lucas his first real bike and he was soooo excited! He also got plenty of trucks, trains, and planes, with a few cool outfits to wear! Avery got many many girly toys; my little ponies, a lot of pink little people toys, and some very stylish clothes and shoes from Grandma. Here are some of the highlights....

Royal Gorge

On Christmas Eve, we drove down to Canon City (near Colorado Springs) to ride on the Royal Gorge train. It was the first long drive for Avery and only the second for Lucas. Needless to say we've discovered that Avery gets carsick fairly easily! Anyway, we left around 830 and headed south. It was a gorgeous day and no snow in sight!! We got to the train station at about 11am and had just enough time to run some to the store and buy Avery a new outfit since she puked in the car! HAHAHA! We sat in the Vista Dome car and enjoyed some lunch. Lucas was in HEAVEN! He loved every minute of being on the train. It was a great day trip and we all had a really good time! We hope to do it again in the summer time!

decorating cookies

Our neighbor, Teri, invited us over to decorate christmas cookies with her son, Brenden (8 years old). Lucas didn't really understand what we were doing. All he knew was that he was playing with cookies and making a big mess! He seemed to have fun and even got to eat a couple of cookies!