Miles turns 16 months, and lots of birthday parties

For the week of 8/28-9/3

Ruby had a good first week of school. Reid didn't start until 9/10, so we did lots of fun stuff like play dates, grocery shopping, and things like that. :)

 Play date with our friends, we are loving our play house! It has gotten so much use.

 Poor guy fell off the arm of the couch and bit a nice hole in his lip. :( It took me a full 5 minutes to get the bleeding to stop. Thankfully babies heal very quickly.

 Miles and the neighbor Maya.

 Bath time! They still like taking baths all together (most of the time).

 Zzzzzzzzz Ruby and Reid both love to read before they fall asleep.

 Brushing teeth together before school.

 I got to go over and help with Ruby's lunch on Wednesday. It was so fun to see her at school!

 Studying up on table settings. Hahaha!

 Post nap. He usually wakes up pretty happy.

 It was a nice, hot day, so the big kids got the pool out.

 Reid worked on tracing words and did really well! He's so ready for Preschool.

 Cutie pie heading out the door to school.

 Reid made "book island."

 Helping pick out mushrooms at Winco.

 Home Community! We have tons of little kids.

 Reid sure enjoyed the homemade ice cream sandwiches we brought.

 We borrowed Where the Sidewalk Ends from the library and Ruby loves it.

 Busting out the craft box while Miles naps.

 Reid makes stuff like this a lot. Haha!

 Spaghetti night!

 Our little guy is 16 months old already! He is such a joy.

 Zzzzzzzzz

 Fresh play dough.

 Miles's first time playing play dough, he loved it. And then of course he tried to eat it.

 Ruby's creation.

 On Monday we went to our friend William's 4th birthday party in the morning. That's Reid as a worm.

 Ruby loves hanging upside down.

 Doing the scavenger hunt.

 Miles loved crawling through the tunnels.

 And the little chickens!

 Story time! See Reid back there on the hammock.

 And then he took a nice little spill. Haha He was fine.

 Then after nap we headed over to celebrate all of the Pullen September birthdays.

 Miles and Frances are best buddies.

 <3

 They had this super fun old robot.

 Cora pushed Reid around.

 Three of the little girls.

 Twinsies!

Ruby starts 1st Grade

For the week of 8/21-8/27 

Our big girl started 1st Grade! She was so excited to go back to school to see all of her friends. She got Mrs. Marlia for her teacher and has lots of friends in her class this year. We had a very fun last week of summer and went swimming the Saturday before school started.

 Ru and Reid wanted their toenails painted. Ruby got shades of pink/red, and Reid got rainbow toes.

 Miles loves to climb on the bathroom stool and get into the drawer.

 Ruby had her Back to School Night, so we all walked over there to meet her teacher and have a picnic.

 She wanted to get all dressed up for it.

 He loves yogurt and especially loves berries!

 Gluey Kabluey, their favorite! It lends itself to hours of fun and is remarkably easy to clean up.

 Helping baby brother brush his teeth.

 Somebody is ready for a nap...

 And somebody else made a big mess...

 Eir datch!

 Mmmmmm

 We went down to the Conestoga pool on Saturday morning and we had SO much fun. It was nice and warm, and the kids had a blast!

 Miles loves the water.

 Ruby went down the waterslide a ton of times! Andy got Reid to go down it with him and he loved it too, and I took Miles down several times. It was the best day.

 Then Ruby planned dinner and we made pizza.

 The boys love to play with their tools and trucks.

 Cereal Sunday!

 Blanket fort time.

 We went on a nice bike ride/walk up in the neighborhood north of us.

 They have a fun park.

 The kids always want me to take photos with this sign for some reason. Haha

 Ruby's block tower while the boys rested/napped.

 And Ruby's first day of school! She was pretty excited. We all walked her over to school.

 With the school sign.

 With her teacher, Mrs. Marlia.

 And we left her with a group of girls all ready to play. :) She had a great first day!

 Meanwhile... I bottled my first batch of Kombucha. I made raspberry lemon ginger, and it was delicious.