First Day of School

Was the 1st day of school back in August? Yes. Am I super behind on updating our blog? Yes.

Here are the kids ready for their first day of school:

Live from Fort Wayne, It's Sunday Night...

Our blog has been sadly neglected for the past few months since I went back to work the beginning of August. I have tons of things I want to post here, and will try to get to those soon. In the meantime, here are a few videos of Becca attempting to tell a joke tonight. (It sort of looks like she is wearing a purple mink stole in these videos, but it's actually just her bathrobe.) Oh, and in case you thought 4-year-olds were ready for stand-up comedy, spoiler alert: they aren't. But she is super cute, so that counts for something.

Princess Tea Party

Becca went to a Princess Tea Party this week. It was a program through our Parks and Rec Dept. There were about 10 little girls there all dressed up in princess dresses. They got to make hats, play games, decorate cookies, and play with an (empty) tea set. She had a lot of fun! I think her favorite parts were eating the cookie and dancing on the stage in her princess dress.

Elephant and Piggie

Both Samuel and Becca LOVE the Elephant and Piggie books by Mo Willems. This week Elephant and Piggie made a guest appearance at our library so we went to see them. The kids got to have their pictures taken with Elephant and Piggie, hear some Elephant and Piggie stories, and make some puppets. Here are some pictures:

Muncie Children's Museum

Last week the kids and I met some friends at the Muncie Children's Museum. This museum is great! It is a lot smaller than the Indianapolis Children's Museum so it is WAY less crowded (actual quote from the person at the admission desk when we bought our tickets: "We have 4 families here today so it may be kind of crowded."). Samuel's favorite thing there was a real semi-trailer truck that kids can climb in and pretend to drive. Becca's favorite was the area set up as a small town where kids could play in the post office, store, vet, dentist, etc...

Here is a video of Becca playing in the vet's office, a video of Samuel climbing up the ant tunnels, and then some pictures of the kids enjoying other parts of the museum. If you live anywhere near this museum and have young kids, I highly recommend checking it out!

Samuel at the top of the ant hill climbing structure.

Becca petting Speedy the tortoise.

Future mechanic #1.

Future mechanic #2.

With our friends Helen and James.

Samuel's favorite - the truck!

Swim Lessons

Both kids are doing swim lessons this summer at our local YMCA. It's Samuel's 2nd summer taking lessons, and Becca 1st. Our YMCA has a new outdoor pool with a splash pad area and a big water slide. It's super cool. We're not actually members there, but the kids can use the facilities during lessons. We have had some lessons in the new outdoor pool and some in the inside pool (like this morning when it was a whopping 58 degrees out at 8:30 am!)

Here are some pictures and videos of the kids at swim lessons:

Science Central

This week I went on a field trip with the 1st graders to our local science museum, Science Central.  Samuel has been here before and really likes it. Here are some pictures from his trip:

The boys looking at the funny mirrors.

At the fog simulator.

Watching a balloon filled with oxygen
explode when it touched fire.

My group to chaperone.
 (clearly that one boy is going to be a basketball player someday.)

Finally, a video of Samuel spinning round and round (and round and round). Before I put the video, here is a picture of him three years ago at the same exhibit. Look how much he has grown!