Getting ready for Kindergarten!

As hard as it is to imagine Johnny has less than 4 weeks before he starts kindergarten. Oh my goodness, where in the world has time gone? Last week we picked out his backpack (or book pack as he calls it) and lunch box for school. It should not come as a surprise that Star Wars was the winner. He is very excited to begin to use his new stuff for school. So excited in fact that today he was practicing. Below are some pictures from his practice run.

Check out the Clone Troopers on that bag!

It may be hard to make out but the lunch box has Anakin and Master Yoda along with some more Clone Troopers.

Finally, here he is practicing with the thermos that came with his lunch box.

As you can see from these pictures Johnny is more than ready to start school. Now Mommy just has to get ready!!!

First Trip to the Park

Today Allie had her first trip to the park. She was not too sure about the adventure but eventually seemed to have fun. We started in the toddler section so that she could swing and walk around. After she was done with that we moved to the "big kids" portion of the park. Johnny had a ball there running all over the place. He also managed to go down the fireman pole, as he called it, for the first time and all by himself!! I almost had a heart attack the first time he went down but by the end of our afternoon he was an old pro sliding down so fast that I did not have a chance to get a picture. All in all we had a wonderful summer afternoon!

Here she is starting on the swing...still a little unsure.

After a few minutes she enjoyed it. The swings at the park are different than the one we have at home so I think that was what confused her initially.

She typically does NOT like to walk in the grass but the mulch did not appear to bother her.

Here is Johnny going down the pole....I can't believe how big he is getting!!

Fun with the Camera

Last year for Christmas Johnny received his first digital camera. He loves taking pictures with it and takes pictures of just about everything. The last few months the camera has been put away and he has spent his time playing with all of his Star Wars toys. This weekend the camera was taken back out and the picture taking has resumed!! This morning he decided to take a picture of his sister's rear end while she was standing by the TV. So far this morning he has taken pictures of everything from the lamp to the TV to Allie waving her arms around. I think we may have a budding photographer on our hands.

The Birds!!!

Ok so today I was sitting in the family room with my mother-in-law before I had to leave to pick up the kids from daycare. We were in the middle of a conversation and I began to hear what sounded like a flock of birds coming down the chimney!! I stopped mid sentence because I was just not sure what in the world I was hearing. We were quiet for a minute and then we both heard it again....the birds!! My father-in-law came in and we told him that there were birds in the chimney. He went over to the fireplace and almost opened the fireplace doors!! We both told him not to because neither one of us wanted to have a bird come flying into the family room. He double checked the flue to ensure it was closed yet the bird sound simply got louder! I thought for sure a bird was going to come flying out. Thankfully it did not, however, we are still hearing our feathered friends! I just hope that Johnny does not hear the birds. If he does I fear that he will want to open the doors to play with them. Needless to say I think we will need to have someone come out to look at the chimney before we start an aviary in the family room!!