Back to school! Here we come 2nd and 3rd grade!

First day of 2nd grade for Steven and 3rd grade for Sydney.  I always get so anxious the night before the first day back at school.  Surprisingly Steven wasn't nervous at all, but Sydney kept saying I don't want to go back.  But I was able to get Steve home for lunch so I could surprise them at school and have lunch/recess with them.  They were doing great so far!  Tomorrow Tori will start preschool twice a week for 2 hrs.  at my friends in home preschool.  This new schedule is going to be hectic including the wild little two year old at home!  I love my kiddos and am going to miss them , but it was time they go back and get their brains stimulated because I am not too good at that!  

                                                 Sydney always has to have a sassy pose.

                                                          and a cheesy one too!

Finishing out the summer.....

Steven lost his first top tooth FINALLY!

 This is how Reese napped for 2 1/2 years (with a blanket of course) but has decided she is done with the car seat...it was the only way I could lay her down and she wouldn't cry at all.  She loved it, but now we are transitioning to naps on my bed and some days no naps.......FUN I TELL YA!

                             Sydney, Tori and even Reese had fun  playing Barbies, while Steven played Avengers.   Im not sure Ill miss the huge Barbie mess sprawled from family room through kitchen into Living room....

                                     Sydney is on the Nampa Optimist Cheer squad...its pretty intense for there age and started the season with 6,  2 hour practices followed by a  Jamboree at the BSU stadium with over 4000 kids.  She loved it and had fun  Cheering on the blue turf.  I have to admit I don't know where she got her talent when it comes to cheer but dance is definatley her thing...not so much sports like her dad would have liked but she is finding where her talents are for sure.