more shoes

Sure wish I could post a picture of Noah's newest pair of $50 shoes (they are a little cuter than the last pair)! I tried wide shoes at Payless, and they didn't even come close to fitting. We went back to Stride Rite and came home with 8xw. Size 8???? Eli just got out of eights. I understand that the shoes have to fit the biggest part of his foot, but they're so long. I'm just trusting that the nice man at the shoe store knows what he's doing!

sister visit

I loved having Krista, Zach, and Drew here for the weekend. They pulled in Friday afternoon and left today around 3:00. Yesterday we left Noah with Joel and took the other three boys to Adventureland (like Valleyfair). We had so much fun and had some VERY tired boys by the end of the afternoon. Eli's favorite things were the bumper cars, hot air ballooons, and the tea cups. Zach liked the ferris wheel the best, and I think Drew just liked everything. Sure wish I would've had a camera!! Thanks Sister for making the trip! Kris- maybe it was all that spinning that made Drew sick!

bummed!!!

So, I went to charge the dead battery on my less than 9 month old camera, and the charger is not working. I'll have to send it in to get fixed. I thought I had my husband convinced to get me a new camera last month, but he hasn't said anything lately. Maybe this will give him a little push. Anyway- no camera, no pictures. SAD!

Do girls do this???

All Chase and Noah want to do is play on the couch. Chase spent most of the morning yesterday perfecting his "walk off". He'd fall and just laugh. I don't know how many times Noah flipped off. He'd start to cry every time. Not because he was hurt; because he was mad that he wasn't on the couch any more.

Another first

Eli was probably 2 1/2 before he had his first juice box. Oh- it's good to be the second child!

Eli napping after his big day

Somebody was not ready to take his back pack off.

He took a big nap after preschool. As I am writing this, it is 9:30pm, and he is laying in his bed trying to read a Dick and Jane book with the light from his little Mater night light. It's so cute that I almost plugged in another night light. Almost.

First day of preschool

BEFORE
AFTER

Bed Head

We have our first curl!!

WHASSUP!

I hope everyone has a good day back at work tomorrow. My big boys start preschool this week. I can't believe it!

Labor Day Weekend

I think this was our first Labor Day Weekend that we didn't spend at the lake. We missed everyone, but we managed to keep ourselves busy. Here are the boys swimming in our friends' pool on Saturday.