First Day of Kindergarten

Annelise ready to start her first day of school. She was very excited to use her new butterfly backpack and lunchbox.
After school when I picked up Annelise she summed up school as "great!". When we got home I started asking her all of the zillions of 'Mom' questions I could think of. After awhile I stopped and she said, "Mom, ask me more questions." So I did. Her day sounded really fun.

Best school story of the night:
Tonight at dinner Annelise got off the table and started jogging around the kitchen and says, "Mom, I learned how to jog today".
Mom: "That's great."
Annelise: "Yeah, we learned it in a new class".
Mom: "What class?"
Annelise: "I think it's called JP."
Mom: "You mean PE?"
Annelise in her super excited voice "Yes! That's it! It was called PE! And we learned how to jog!"

So I wrote a quick note about JP on my dinner napkin and she asked what I was doing. She liked my note and told me to write down other things she saw at school today. So here they are.
Things Annelise saw at school today:
jogging kids
small playground (not the big one)
teacher
red table
alphabet rug (sat on the lion)
friends! (new friend named Hannah)
art

Lily is walking

She walks now! Lily has so much more fun now that she can keep up better with her older siblings.

And so we don't forget: Lily with her lovey and favorite two fingers.

Lily learning to walk

Curly Head

Everyone who saw Lily in Utah missed her true hairstyle. This little girl has curls! I had to document this in case they grow out like Annelise's did.

Butterflies and a Birthday

July 20, 2010


Happy 5th birthday Annelise! Butterfly everything and it was perfect.
Best present: "butterfly costume". Why? "So I can be a butterfly rockstar."
What Annelise looks forward to most being 5: "going to kindergarten."
I love your imagination and excitement for life. You are a very fun girl.

Modeling her new leotard, tutu, and butterfly wings all at once.

Visiting the Children's Museum

We were lucky enough to meet up with my old college roommate Becca and her kids for a day at the Children's Museum last month. I decided to spend all day there with the kids since we don't make it often. They had a blast, cried when we left and promptly fell asleep in the van before we even made it out of the parking lot. It was a really fun day!

Outside water play.

Annelise trying to treat her "patient".

Nathan pretending to be a veterinarian.

Riding the Vietnamese scooter.